Pans Labyrinth The Criterion Collection DVD

An Academy Award winning dark fable set five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War, Pan s Labyrinth encapsulates the rich visual style and genre-defying craft of Guillermo del Toro (The Devil s Backbone, Cronos). Eleven-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero, in a mature and tender performance) comes face to face with the horrors of fascism when she and her pregnant mother are uprooted to the countryside, where her new stepfather (Sergi López), a sadistic captain in General Franco s army, hunts down Republican guerrillas who refuse to give up the fight. The violent reality in which she lives merges seamlessly with a fantastical interior world when Ofelia meets a faun in a decaying labyrinth and is set on a strange, mythic journey that is at once terrifying and beautiful. In his revisiting of this bloody period in Spanish history, del Toro creates a vivid depiction of the monstrosities of war infiltrating a child s imagination and threatening the innocence of youth. DIRECTOR-APPROVED TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - Newly graded 2K digital master, supervised by director Guillermo del Toro - Audio commentary by del Toro from 2007 - New interview with del Toro by novelist Cornelia Funke about fairy tales, fantasy, and Pan s Labyrinth - New interview with actor Doug Jones - Four 2007 making-of documentaries, examining the characters,

Key details: MPAA rating: R (Restricted) | Product Dimensions: 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces | Director: Guillermo del Toro | Media Format: NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen | Run time: 1 hour and 59 minutes | Release date: October 18, 2016 | Actors: Doug Jones, Ivana Baquero, Sergi López | Subtitles: : English | Studio: Criterion Collection | Number of discs: 2

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Customers say: Customers praise this film as a classic by Guillermo Del Toro, with excellent image and sound quality. Customers find the film suspenseful and beautiful, and consider it well worth the money.

Review snippets: How do we symbolize a society’s willingness to fully abandon totalitarianism and establish the rule of law? With a girl, Ofelia, who is fatherless and has been adopted by a dictator, and a mother who dislikes the dictator but believes / Great addition to this collection Read more