Pan's Labyrinth (BFI Film Classics) - Softcover

Diestro-Dopido, Mar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844576418 ISBN 13: 9781844576418

Publisher: Palgrave Macmilan Higher Education, 2013

Synopsis

Guillermo del Toro's cult masterpiece, Pan's Labyrinth (2006), won a total of 76 awards and is one of the most commercially successful Spanish-language films ever made. Blending the world of monstrous fairytales with the actual horrors of post-Civil War Spain, the film's commingling of real and fantasy worlds speaks profoundly to our times.

Immersing herself in the nightmarish world that del Toro has so minutely orchestrated, Mar Diestro-Dópido explores the cultural and historical contexts surrounding the film. Examining del Toro's ground-breaking use of mythology, this book resists a definitive reading of the film – instead exposing the techniques, themes and cultural references that combine in Pan's Labyrinth to spawn an uncontainable plurality of meanings, which only multiply on contact with the viewer.

This special edition features an exclusive interview with del Toro and original cover artwork by Santiago Caruso.

About this title

Book Description:

A thought-provoking introduction to del Toro's cult film that addresses the film's many themes, its historical context, and del Toro's other works

About the Author:

Mar Diestro-Dópido is a film critic based in London. She is a regular contributor to, and researcher for, Sight & Sound, and has written for Little White Lies, Dazed & Confused and Vertigo, as well as various academic books and journals.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmilan Higher Education
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1844576418
• ISBN 13: 9781844576418
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128