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Today, Guillermo del Toro is considered one of the best storytellers in film. What he does with a mixture of live action and special effects is really ahead of its time. One just has to look at his recent films like Hellboy, it’s sequel and the Oscar nominated Pan’S Labyrinth. Every filmmaker has a beginning, and del Toro’s was 1993′s Cronos. Cronos is an interesting film to say the least. Del Toro has put together one of the most interesting vampire movies to date. In most vampire films you know what you are to expect. A vampire has two long teeth that will suck blood to survive. Here, there are no long teeth. To stay alive the blood of the vampire must be sucked by an insect looking mechanism. It is very hard to take an idea that is as old as a vampire and make it your own.
Today, Guillermo del Toro is considered one of the best storytellers in film. What he does with a mixture of live action and special effects is really ahead of its time. One just has to look at his recent films like Hellboy, it’s sequel and the Oscar nominated Pan’S Labyrinth. Every filmmaker has a beginning, and del Toro’s was 1993′s Cronos. Cronos is an interesting film to say the least. Del Toro has put together one of the most interesting vampire movies to date. In most vampire films you know what you are to expect. A vampire has two long teeth that will suck blood to survive. Here, there are no long teeth. To stay alive the blood of the vampire must be sucked by an insect looking mechanism. It is very hard to take an idea that is as old as a vampire and make it your own.
- 12/15/2010
- by Brad Reiter
- Killer Films
Guillermo del Toro's name seems to pop in relation to a new project every week, but he hasn't actually directed that many movies. Instead of picking up whatever comes along, he has generally chosen projects that appeal to his very specific interests. del Toro's first film Cronos (1993) -- which is now available on Blu-Ray from The Criterion Collection -- lays out the stylistic and thematic approach that del Toro still follows to this day. Cronos is a good movie -- not a great one -- that paved the way for superior works like The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth.
An antiques dealer named Jesús Gris (Federico Luppi) lives with his wife Mercedes (Margarita Isabel) and young granddaughter Aurora (Tamara Shanath). One fateful day, he comes across a mechanical gold scarab. The ancient device, which yields mysterious powers, slowly transforms Gris into a new being with strange uncontrollable passions. Gris'...
An antiques dealer named Jesús Gris (Federico Luppi) lives with his wife Mercedes (Margarita Isabel) and young granddaughter Aurora (Tamara Shanath). One fateful day, he comes across a mechanical gold scarab. The ancient device, which yields mysterious powers, slowly transforms Gris into a new being with strange uncontrollable passions. Gris'...
- 12/5/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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