Maze of War
The "Pan's Labyrinth", by Guillermo del Toro, is a Spanish movie created in 2006 with the setting of 1944, five years after the Spanish Civil War. The protagonist, Ofelia, loses her father in the war, and her mother marries Captain Vidal, who works for Spanish government. Ofelia moves to Vidal's house, where she finds out that she was a fairy princess in her past life. So in order to return to the world of fairies, she completes 3 tasks given by a faun, including facing a giant toad and children-eating monster called the "Pale Man". Captain Vidal also stands against Ofelia from achieving her goal and eventually kills her. But it allows her to complete the final task by spilling her own blood instead of her innocent baby brother, and she finally ends up in the fairy world.
The "Pan's Labyrinth" contains quite a few symbolism and have reference to other stories. One example is the Captain Vidal's pocket watch. Vidal was always fixing the watch, making sure that it was working like he wanted. This symbolizes the dictatorship in fascism, where one man has the power to control everything.
The colour scheme for the 'real' world in the movie was very grey and dark, symbolizing the cold, harsh truth of war, and the fairy world was a lot brighter and more lively, symbolizing joy and peace.
The table of fest for both Vidal and Pale Man shows the wealth of the rich while the poor starved. Also Pale Man consuming the fairies is a reference to the painting "Saturn Devouring his Son" by Francisco Goya.
The "Pan's Labyrinth" itself is a parable to the fascism in Spain. when Francisco Franco dictated over Spain for 36 years, many people rebelled against him. the movie shows that so much power upon one man can corrupt him, and on one would justify a corrupt power.
The "Pan's Labyrinth" is a Spanish movie, so it may not be comfortable as an English movie, but it is a great film containing spectacular story, and it should be in your must-see list, whether you believe in fairies or not.
The "Pan's Labyrinth" contains quite a few symbolism and have reference to other stories. One example is the Captain Vidal's pocket watch. Vidal was always fixing the watch, making sure that it was working like he wanted. This symbolizes the dictatorship in fascism, where one man has the power to control everything.
The colour scheme for the 'real' world in the movie was very grey and dark, symbolizing the cold, harsh truth of war, and the fairy world was a lot brighter and more lively, symbolizing joy and peace.
The table of fest for both Vidal and Pale Man shows the wealth of the rich while the poor starved. Also Pale Man consuming the fairies is a reference to the painting "Saturn Devouring his Son" by Francisco Goya.
The "Pan's Labyrinth" itself is a parable to the fascism in Spain. when Francisco Franco dictated over Spain for 36 years, many people rebelled against him. the movie shows that so much power upon one man can corrupt him, and on one would justify a corrupt power.
The "Pan's Labyrinth" is a Spanish movie, so it may not be comfortable as an English movie, but it is a great film containing spectacular story, and it should be in your must-see list, whether you believe in fairies or not.
No comments:
Post a Comment