From what I have read about Guillermo del Toro’s movie Pan’s Labyrinth it is no surprise that Mexico has entered it as their foreign-language submission for the Academy awards this year. Our friends over at joblo.com give us this:
Talk about great news for genre fans … and Guillermo del Toro. Mexico has selected PAN’S LABYRINTH as its foreign-language submission for the 79th Annual Academy Awards.
Here is the description of the film: Pan’s Labyrinth” is the story of a young girl that travels with her mother and adoptive father to a rural area up North in Spain, 1944. After Franco´s victory. The girl lives in an imaginary world of her own creation and faces the real world with much chagrin. Post-war Fascist repression is at its height in rural Spain and the girl must come to terms with that through a fable of her own.
Man I hope this wins. I haven’t even seen it and I’m routing for it. It sounds a little like a dark version of Alice and Wonderland. From what I have been hearing Pan’s Labyrinth has been getting nothing but glowing reviews and standing ovations (Toronto Filmfest audiences clapped and yelled “Viva Del Toro”).
I came across a quote from him attached to his imdb.com profile and it to me speaks volumes of who he is as an artist and a person, hopefully it translates well for this movie that I am dying to see, here it is:
“When you have the intuition that there is something which is there, but out of the reach of your physical world, art and religion are the only means to get to it.”
I love that! I saw Hellboy on a whim, wasn’t that interested in it but the movie was a gem, one of the most entertaining comic book movies I seen. This movie looks like a true piece of art. If you want to see the trailer to Pan’s Labyrinth click here:www.panslabyrinth.com
Tell me it doesn’t just chase anticipation into your spine.
