Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth

Fantastic book, full of information about the movie, well worth buying

Amazing amazing amazing love this book as an artist myself it’s just pure joy to read and look at

good new material on build

Very good book real good illustrations well worth the money.

Interesting and fascinating

Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Pan's Labyrinth is one of my favourite films of all time. I remember being mesmerised by film when I first watched it. This companion book put to words just how amazing the film was.You can think of this book as an anniversary tribute as the film was released 10 years ago.The book's written by Mark Cotta Vaz, an author whom I've come to associate with writing movie books with depth. This book talks in detail about the film production. You'll read about how the film was financed, casting, the politics of film making, creating the story, props, and shooting on location.This book let's you know how Guillermo del Toro think, direct and work with people. The making of the film was fraught with difficulties such as handling the budget and politics. It's inspiring to read about how the whole team persevered and made the film. This 160-page hardcover is filled with lots of interesting stories.In addition to the wonderful text, there are also many behind-the-scene photos, film stills, concept art and storyboards. Of particular interest to me are the photos and explanation on how they made all the creatures in the movie. It's like reading about how magicians do their tricks. The storyboards are awesome as they perfectly illustrate selected key moments.Overall, it's an excellent companion that I can easily recommend to any fan of the film. There's so much to know about this film. This book should delight any film buff.(See more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

_Pan's Labyrinth_ is my favorite film, so my expectations for this book were mountainous. And I have to say that it transports me. The hundreds of drawings give an idea of the many iterations of creatures and conflicts, and the lavish and plentiful photographs show cast and crew trying to render magic that will not be seen in cinema the same way again.Through it all, one can glimpse del Toro intoxicating others with his visions -- those transmutations of Machen, Blackwood, Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, and more visual artists than I can name.For everyone who wants to go back to the labyrinth where Ofelia made her triumph and sacrifice, this book is the portal. Looking like the kind of book whose obsessions and images could attract curious fauns, I took it out to the woods to test it out. No fauns sighted just yet, but maybe when the moon comes out.Along with Insight's _At Home with Monsters_, this is the film book of the year for me, just as Abrams' _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ (from Mark Zoller Seitz) was my first-pick movie book last year. This fall, authors Mark Cotta Vaz and Nick Nunziata, along with the editors and designers, have my complete wonder.

A welldesigned and illustrated informative guide to the production and story of Pan's labyrinth.