The transnational fantasies of Guillermo del Toro / edited by Ann Davies, Deborah Shaw, and Dolores Tierney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davies, Ann, 1961- editor.

Shaw, Deborah, editor.

Tierney, Dolores, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toro, Guillermo del, 1964---Criticism and interpretation.

Toro, Guillermo del.

Toro, Guillermo del, 1964-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xi, 210 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

Offering a multifaceted approach to the Mexican-born director Guillermo del Toro, this book examines his many roles: as special effects meister, screenwriter, comic fan, and horror guru. The contributors marshal their expertise in the fields of horror, fantasy, the gothic, and Spanish and Latin American cinema to provide a comprehensive account of del Toro's work and its impact on Mexican, Spanish, and American film production. Examining his wide-ranging oeuvre (fiction writing, filmmaking, special effects), the contributors trace the connections between his Spanish language and English language commercial and art film projects. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

del Toro's principles and practices. "There is no such thing": del Toro's metafictional monster rally / Glenn Ward

Guillermo del Toro's monsters: matter out of place / Ann Davies

Myth and monstrosity: the dark realms of H.P. Lovecraft and Guillermo del Toro / Rebecca Janicker

del Toro's English-language works. "This is something new" or "something very, very old": The strain trilogy in context / Simon Bacon

Adapt or die: mimicry and evolution in Guillermo del Toro's English language films / Peter Hutchings

Of monstrous masses and hybrid heroes: del Toro's English-language films / Laura Podalsky

Pacific Rim: reception, readings and authority / Niamh Thornton

del Toro's Spanish-language works. Reflected horrors: violence, war and the image in Guillermo del Toro's El espinazo del diablo / The devil's backbone / Miriam Haddu

Transnational political horror in Cronos (1993), El espinazo del diablo (2001) and El laberinto del fauno / Dolores Tierney

Between fantasy and reality: the child's vision and fairy tales in Guillermo del Toro's hispanic trilogy / Juan Carlos Vargas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137407832

1137407832

OCLC:

881656011