Pan's Labyrinth (#838) (Criterion Collection) [USA]

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Release date: October 18, 2016
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Price: 27,99$ / 31,96$

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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. 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 Francisco Franco’s army, hunts down Republican guerrillas refusing to give up the fight. The violent reality in which Ofelia lives merges seamlessly with her fantastical interior world when she 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 Edition:
  • Newly graded 2K digital master, supervised by director Guillermo del Toro, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
  • Alternate 7.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
  • 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, special effects, themes, and music of the film
  • Interactive director’s notebook
  • Footage of actor Ivana Baquero’s audition for the film
  • Animated comics featuring prequel stories for the film’s menagerie of creatures
  • Programs comparing selected production storyboards and del Toro’s thumbnail sketches with the final film; visual effects work for the Green Fairy; and elements of the film’s score
  • Trailers and TV spots
  • English subtitle translation approved by del Toro
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Atkinson

    New cover by Becky Cloonan
 
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Announced today by Guillermo del Toro. The Criterion release of Pan's Labyrinth will celebrate the film's 10th Anniversary. It'll feature new cover art from Becky Cloonan who was personally chosen by del Toro and Criterion.
@tridon Another 'Pan's Labyrinth' Edition!? :OMG: AWESOME! :woot: :drool: Thanks for the thread Ken! :thumbs:
I'll definitely be getting this, love the artwork! :hungry:
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That's better artwork than any other Pan's release thus far imo. I might be game for this.

Very obvious reference to a certain "specific" region of female anatomy (which I think is a great bold move btw). I love stuff like that. Rather than choosing to view it as demeaning or crass, I prefer to think of it as celebratory and endearing. I think there is a lot of symbolism to be found in this case.

Anyway... that aside, I like the color palette and the overall look. :LOL:

omg I hope I don't get banned for this post :rofl: