Guillermo del Toro

lecture this week the theme for the readings are based around Popular Culture. The first reading titles “Our Zombies, Ourselves” by James Parker he explains the role of fictional monsters in the popular imagination. Parker’s essay is an extension of Toro and Hogan’s fascination with vampire myths just in reference to zombies. He picks various films and books that depict the elements of a zombie threw the writers eyes. He also chooses to cite a Canadian punk band which shows another variation of…

In Cronos, a 28 year old Guillermo Del Toro puts his cards on the table with astounding skill and confidence. Many of the themes and techniques which will enrich his later work are not only present, but developed well beyond the nascence one might expect given Del Toro's relative lack of experience. Shot in Del Toro's native Mexico, Cronos tells the story of Jesus Gris, an elderly antiques dealer who discovers a strange…

Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro uses many significant scenes to highlight the important themes and ideas portrayed throughout the film. The scene i will be analysing is the pale man scene. Del Toro uses many film techniques to help highlight the important themes and ideas such as rebellion and disobedience, power and control and choices. Del Toro uses film techniques such as mid shots,diegetic sound, mise en scene and non diegetic sound. An important film technique del toro used was a…

In this essay I will be talking about the use of narrative in Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, to subvert the traditional western style cinema,the use of Costume to emphasis the traits of the engaging characters that have been created in this film as well as Lighting to establish the atmosphere of each scene. Del Toro uses Disobedience as a theme for this film, The main character Ofelia, disobeys almost every authority present in the film, The rebels present in the military conflict of the…

fear(Jaws), wonder(Back to the Future), love(Moonrise Kingdom), and provocation of thought(Mulholland Drive). This years Blade Runner 2049 is a film that made feel wonder, with it’s fully realized world and ideas, and made my mind buzz with ideas. Guillermo del Toro’s newest film, The Shape of Water, gave me a similar reaction to last year’s La La Land. When I walked out of La La Land, I was full of wonder and magic. I was ready to take on the world. When I walked out of The Shape of Water, I…

Pan’s Labyrinth, directed by Guillermo (gill-yea-mo) Del Toro, is a visually striking, dark fantasy film compiled of a range of equally gruesome and intriguing scenes that address the grim realities of 1944 fascist Spain through a child’s perspective. Del Toro does not delude nor pacify the cruel reality of the narrative where he displays a society that glorifies a corrupted male-dominated society. In the ‘Final Task’ scene, Del Toro’s intertwining of the camera techniques, colour scheme,…

of Guillermo Del Toro’s visually striking, 2006 film, Pan’s Labyrinth. Through the application of audacious stylistic techniques, Del Toro creates a mesmerising, yet haunting cinematic experience. The lush binding of lighting, camera, and sound techniques are used to morph between eerie fairy-tale escapades and a horrific reality to create a film which expresses the value of imagination. The colour palette and its association with the lighting is an effective stylistic technique used by Del…

films are able to be classified as depending on their elements. Both Zhang Yimou’s Raise the Red Lantern and Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth are classified as dramas, among other things. However, the historical elements in with the directors tackle in their film are consistent with historical dramas. Both Yimou and de Toro are able to use their main…

The Devil’s Backbone (2001) Devil's Backbone (2001) - source: Sony Pictures Classics The Devil's Backbone (2001) - source: Sony Pictures Classics Del Toro's next film is The Devil's Backbone, a dense and politically charged ghost story set during the Spanish Civil War, features one of the most haunting opening sequences in modern cinema: Fade in. The camera moves toward a darkened doorway. "What is a ghost?" a voice asks. "A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again?" We enter the…

Imagination also allows an individual escape from hardship, permitting one to ease into a more amiable state of mind. The film Pan’s Labyrinth, directed by Guillermo del Toro, uses several literary and directing techniques that accentuate values of imagination. Although difficult to objectively declare the fantastical elements in the movie are real, del…