The Devil’s Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth: Studies in the Horror Film
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (922 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1613471017 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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An Incredible Study of "Small Tales of Loss and Melancholy" Flimed on an Epic Scale It is hard to imagine two recent movies that advance the art of the horror film more than Guillermo Del Toro’s The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth. Danel Olson’s newest contribution to Centipede Press’ Studies in Horror Film series unwraps these two films with the love and care of an archeologist unrolling a rare scroll for the first time. The Devil’s Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth: Studies in the Horror Film provides a panoramic review of these now iconic films. Guillermo Del Toro opens the volume by describing his two films of horror relatin
Indispensable for GdT fans." --Chris Hewitt, _Empire_ (print, July 2016) . The essays are rich, but the prize here is a series of interviews with del Toro's collaborators, culminating in three with the man himself. "The work of Guillermo del Toro has always seemed ripe for academic examination. And this book, focusing on the twin peaks of _The Devil's Backbone_ and _Pan's Labyrinth_, delivers
Del Toro himself muses on the struggle to follow his film-dreams, Ivana Baquero (Ofelia) contemplates the deeper lessons of magic, and Fernando Tielve (Carlos) portrays the supernatural reality of being inside del Toro’s art. Through stories and sources unavailable until now, this volume brings scholars, cinephiles, and collectors closer to the most impassioned film-alchemist of our time. From the Gothic imagination behind Cronos, Mimic, Blade II, Hellboy, Pacific Rim, Crimson Peak, and Trollhunters arises a ghost story and a fairy tale unlike any otherDuring the 2000s, Guillermo del Toro directed, wrote, and produced two films held by secrets of the past, The Devil’s Backbone (2001) and Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), both of which garnered international acclaim and broke records for Spanish features. Exploring “childhood fears of mortality and abandonment in the same way the brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen might” (The New York Times), The Devil’s Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth ranked a