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November 17, 2006
Sketching Pan: del Toro's Labryrinth of sketches
In the Guardian, Guillermo del Toro introduces a selection from his sketchbooks: "Pan's Labyrinth started with a visual image. As a child, I was convinced that a goat man lived in the bedroom closet and was going to come out and grab me. This goat man later became the basis for Pan, the central character of the film. I also wanted to create 
two opposing worlds. I used the angular, cold world of fascist-era Spain to represent reality, and a very rounded and uterine world to represent the fantasy that the child escapes into. I guess you could say that I am obsessed with images of stillborn things, and seduced by the idea that the womb is the most comfortable place to be. I also have a fear of reason and dogma; it gives me the shivers. But maybe my upbringing keeps getting in the way..."
Posted by Ray Pride at November 17, 2006 05:28 AM
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