Pan's Labyrinth - surrelism and classical horror at its best

[kontra]

Pan's Labyrinth is nothing like you've ever seen before. Its a movie with a very dark and surrealistic theme. From the brilliant mind of Guillermo del Toro comes the story of Ofelia, her journey through a fantasy realm of creatures and myths. But this is no "goo-go" "gaa-ga" roopkotha sorta fantasy...instead, the players here are dark...twisted and demented, but all of them carry a message..and a terrifying sermon. I'm quoting some stuff from wikipedia, imdb and some other sites

Short Plot:

In a post-Civil War northern Spain in 1944, a 12-year-old girl, Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), moves with her heavily-pregnant mother and stepfather into a new home in the countryside. Her stepfather, Captain Vidal (Sergi López) has been posted to this remote area to rid it of rebels. Disliked by the sadistic Vidal, Ofelia, who revels in ancient stories and fairytales, discovers an immense and ancient labyrinth guarded by a Faun (Doug Jones). He tells her she is the long-lost daughter of the king of a magical land, and to regain entry to her kingdom she must carry out three tasks. So Ofelia enters a strange and no less dangerous world of fairies and extraordinary creatures such as the terrifying Pale Man (Doug Jones).

Genre:

Pan's Labyrinth, titled in Spanish as El Laberinto del Fauno, is a 2006 horror / fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro. The film premiered in the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and is expected to release in American theaters on December 29, 2006. The film has been chosen as Mexico's entry for Best Foreign Film at the 79th Academy Awards

Cast:

Actor - Role
Ivana Baquero- Ofelia
Doug Jones -Pan / The Pale Man
Sergi López - Captain Vidal
Ariadna Gil - Carmen
Maribel Verdú -Mercedes
Alex Angulo -Doctor
Roger Casamajor- Pedro


Influences

Del Toro has said the film has strong connections in theme to The Devil's Backbone and should be seen as an informal sequel dealing with some of the issues raised there[1]. In 2004 Del Tores said: "Pan is an original story. Some of my favorite writers (Borges, Blackwood, Machen, Dunsany) have explored the figure of the God Pan and the symbol of the labyrinth. These are things that I find very compelling (remember the labyrinth image on HELLBOY??) and I am trying to mix them and play with them." Some of the works he drew on for inspiration include Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinths, Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan and The White People, Lord Dunsany's The Blessing of Pan, Algernon Blackwood, Pan's Garden, and Francisco Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son


Useful links:

* Official Site

* Official Theatrical Trailer: Must see (courtesy, youtube. Remember..youtube
renders all other sites containing videos OBSOLETE)

* Wikipedia entry on Pan's Labyrinth

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My two cents:

Must watch Pan's Labyrinth.....CAANNT RESIST...AARRGGGHHHH...


I had one more question, can any of the mods/old-members tell me if its allowed to post the review of a very good movie you've seen which is not an "upcoming" one, but definitely worth a review? For example, I have one of my favourite movies Napoleon Dynamite lined up for a review...but its about a year old...so should I post a review?

[anikaputush]

The pix look creepy! Yaay..I like creepy stuff!
Wanna watch this too!

[khekshial]

Im waiting for this movie for a long time. Waiting for a good quality DVD print .

[rongon]

brutally awesome... aside from the fact that u have to keep ur eyes stuck on the sub titles, everything was of the hook..... deserved oscar in couple of other categories too..

costumes, graphics, acting, soundtrack.. mindblowing...
.... oshadharon chilo "lulllaby" soundtrack ta .. check it out on youtube. search with pan's labyrinth lullaby

kontra bro, ,, surrealistic artistry and vision asholei dekhaa geche ektu...
conscious vs unconscious, reality vs dream ,, fantasy vs facts ... egula shob odvut vabe pashapashi existence .......not epash-opash ...


highly recommended .. dekhe felo shobai..

cheers ....rongon

[khekshial]

oshadhoron ekta movie! je na dekhse she bujhbe na, shobar dekha uchit ! Guillermo del Toror arekta movie dekhlam devil's backbone oitau beshi joss!

[oYn]

gotta watch it

[habijabi]

Ending ta oshomvob joss . movie ta samanno slow lagte pare