Jorge R. Gutierrez, as it turns out, has something of an artistic fascination with death. His first feature film, The Book of Life, opened last weekend. Produced by Guillermo del Toro, it’s a love story that crosses into the afterlife and builds upon the aesthetic and spiritual traditions of Dia de los Muertos. Death comes early on in the film, when Manolo (Diego Luna) is bitten by a venomous snake and sent into the next world. To regain the love of his life, Maria (Zoe Saldana), he has to find a way to come back from the beyond. It may not be the only recent animated feature for kids to address death, after Paranorman and others, but its embrace of such a morbid narrative is an exciting risk. For Gutierrez, however, this is nothing new. His final film as a student at CalArts in 2000 was a 3D short called Carmelo. It...
- 10/25/2014
- by Daniel Walber
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Hitting theaters from Fox this Friday, The Book of Life is one of the most anticipated films of the Fall. While this stylized animated adventure is produced by Guillermo del Toro, its director is a relative unknown. That man is Mexican creator Jorge Gutierrez, best known as the man behind the Nikelodeon series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera. But before he made El Tigre, Gutierrez made a bit of a splash while at Cal Arts with his 2001 Student Emmy Award-winning short Carmelo. We've got the impressive short for you now, and the connections to this weekend's The Book of Life will be pretty obvious from the get go. Check it out below....
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- 10/14/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Exuberance and imagination is what has led Guillermo Del Toro into becoming one of the most interesting filmmakers of this generation. Growing up in Mexico, he was exposed to the grim realities of life and death, but in spite of such tragedy, he cultivated a rigorous imagination. Though his directorial efforts have somewhat slowed down, he has become much more involved as a producer, selecting his next work: “Book of Life.
Fox Animation Studios have come to lend Del Toro a hand in making this new animated feature. “Book of Life” will be based on the Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead which is a time to remember the family members that have died. The exact details of this future film are still undisclosed. Similarly, Pixar will have its own project based on the holiday: “Day of the Dead.”
Picked by Del Toro, animator Jorge R. Gutierrez will come on board to direct.
Fox Animation Studios have come to lend Del Toro a hand in making this new animated feature. “Book of Life” will be based on the Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead which is a time to remember the family members that have died. The exact details of this future film are still undisclosed. Similarly, Pixar will have its own project based on the holiday: “Day of the Dead.”
Picked by Del Toro, animator Jorge R. Gutierrez will come on board to direct.
- 12/13/2012
- by Ruben Gonzalez
- LRMonline.com
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