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thebyrchentwigges:
Guillermo del Toro frankly says that The
Shape of Water is a love letter to cinema. Movie aficionados see the artistic
care in every shot, enjoy unpicking each film reference. There’s something more,
too. I see the cinema references in The
Shape of Water as offering an alternative version of the American Dream –
the same way those movies influenced my own immigrant father.
The price of admission…
Behind the cut: the straight-arrow American
Dream versus messy Hollywood fantasies, what Hollywood movies
meant to Guillermo del Toro and to my father, and defying machismo by stealing magic and romance. Spoilers for
The Shape of Water.
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thebyrchentwigges:
Guillermo del Toro frankly says that The
Shape of Water is a love letter to cinema. Movie aficionados see the artistic
care in every shot, enjoy unpicking each film reference. There’s something more,
too. I see the cinema references in The
Shape of Water as offering an alternative version of the American Dream –
the same way those movies influenced my own immigrant father.
The price of admission…
Behind the cut: the straight-arrow American
Dream versus messy Hollywood fantasies, what Hollywood movies
meant to Guillermo del Toro and to my father, and defying machismo by stealing magic and romance. Spoilers for
The Shape of Water.
Keep reading
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