«La obra singular de Guillermo del Toro lo ha convertido en un cineasta clave de fin del siglo pasado y principios del presente. -Del pr鏊ogo de Felipe Cazals En una amena conversaci鏮 informal junto a su amigo Leonardo Garc燰 Tsao, cr癃ico de cine con una larga trayectoria, Guillermo del Toro recorre en estas p墔inas sus tempranas influencias, sus inquetudes infantiles y sus primeras aventuras creativas en Guadalajara; una historia de pasi鏮 juvenil que da paso a una de las carrreras cinematogr塻icas m嫳 celebradas de nuestro tiempo. Desde la odisea que signific?la filmaci鏮 del cortometraje Do鎙 Lupe, para la que 幨 mismo tuvo que conducir, cargar y descargar el cami鏮 con el equipo de filmaci鏮, hasta la universal celebraci鏮 de su m嫳 reciente filme, La forma del agua, somos testigos de la lucha, los obst塶ulos las alegr燰s y los obsesivos m彋odos de trabajo que hacen de Guillermo del Toro una de las mentes m嫳 singularmente aut幯ticas del cine internacional, y somos recompensados con las pistas definitivas que unifican el imaginario de su universo f璱mico.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
"Guillermo del Toro's singular work has made him a key filmmaker of the twentieth century and the dawning of this one." --From the foreword, by Felipe Cazals
Within these pages, in a very enjoyable, casual conversation with his friend Leonardo Garc燰 Tsao--experienced movie critic--Guillermo del Toro walks us through his early influences, his childhood troubles, and his first creative adventures in Guadalajara. It is a story of youthful passion that gives way to one of the most celebrated filmmaking careers of our time. Since the odyssey that meant making his short film
Do鎙 Lupe, in which he had to drive the truck, as well as load and unload all the equipment, to his latest and universally acclaimed film,
The Shape of Water, we witness the struggle, the hurdles, the joys, and the obsessive work methods that make Guillermo del Toro one of the most singularly authentic minds in world cinema. We are now rewarded with the definite clues to the imaginary in his cinematic universe.