Unlike the Wes Anderson book, which came out around the same time and is also very pretty to look at, this volume gives real insight into an artist's ideas, ambitions, methods, and sensibilities. The rats, the old men whispered, were messengers between this world and the grim and ancient caverns far below Salem. Cabinet of Curiosities: “A cabinet of curiosities was an encyclopedic collection in Renaissance Europe of types of objects whose categorial boundaries were yet to be defined. With his movies - from blockbusters like Hellboy to the Oscar-winning Pan's Labyrinth - comics, and novels, del Toro has proven himself to be a unique visionary. As a kid I dreamed of having a house with secret passages and a room where it rained 24 hours a day.

Now, for the first time, del Toro reveals the inspirations behind his signature artistic motifs, sharing the contents of his personal notebooks, collections, and other obsessions. The bulk of the text is an extensive interview with del Toro on all aspects of his creative works and inspirations, which is also peppered with glowing testimonials from the likes of other creative luminaries such as James Cameron, Alfonso Cuaron, Adam Savage, Neil Gaiman, Ron Perlman, and others. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). In the book, the Reader is invited to Bleak House, a huge collection of artifacts and mementos that offer personal inspiration and reference material. Cabinet of Curiosities is a dream come true for del Toro fans, providing an intimate look at his collections, personal notebooks, and creative processes.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

In an interview with Netflix, Guillermo Del Toro explained his intention with the series: “All my life, what I wanted to do more than anything is an anthology TV series. My only complaint is while there are some photographs from the 2010 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark in this collection, that is not one of the movies that was discussed in its own chapter.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

In all, the film garnered more than 40 international awards and appeared on more than 35 critics’ lists of the year’s best films. Inca nu am reusit sa-i vad toate filmele, insa imi doresc sa ajung la ele - pana acum, preferatul meu ramane Pan's Labyrinth.Para mí Guillermo del Toro es uno de mis artistas/directores/escritores favoritos, creo que hay pocas personas como él en la actualidad. More than once this collection made me think of Jodorowsky's Dune, a fantastic documentary about a movie that never came to be. Two are co-written by del Toro himself, while the others are written and directed by various filmmakers.