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Volume 35 Issue 03 |
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Pan's Labyrinth: A fairytale for adults that carries the whimsy of a child's vision |
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by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN A&E Writer Pan's Labyrinth Directed by Guillermo Del Toro Starring Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Doug Jones, Alex Angulo, Manolo Solo, Cesar Vea, Roger Casamajor, Ariadna Gil Opened January 12th One of the things I thought of when I watched the dark fairytale, Pan's Labyrinth, was how I delighted in the feeling of knowing that fairies existed, (even though I had no proof), when I was a little girl. Maybe it was having a very difficult childhood that made it necessary to believe in magic, and that's what endeared the character of Ofelia (Ivana Baquuero) to me. Ofelia, a quiet little girl who loves her mother (Ariadna Gil) comes to find herself living in a remote part of Spain, after her mother, who is suffering a difficult pregnancy, marries a stern general (Sergi Lopez). Ofelia, able to see more than her mother, even at her young age, immediately dislikes the cold stepfather her mother has brought into her life. Only the sudden appearance of a strange insect, who she is sure is a fairy, gives her something positive to focus on. And, as life in the gloomy compound goes on, with a pitched war between Ofelia's brutal stepfather and his soldiers, and the men he deems 'rebels'; Ofelia comes closer to knowing the truth of the secret world she'd found beyond the abandoned labyrinth in the compound. Also, events close-in to make the legend -- spoke of in the fairytale Ofelia is given via a magical book by the faun she meets in the labyrinth (Doug Jones) -- overlap the two worlds of fantasy and reality that our young heroine lives in. An absolutely magical film that will enthrall and excite those with open minds and hearts, and those who may have once believed in magic, or still do. I would have put this film on the top of my list for last year's films, but it was too late. So, I start this year's list with 'Pan's Labyrinth' as the best film I've seen in 2007. Go see it and you'll see what I mean. |
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