Week 5 of ENG 281 Ethics/Film: Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

[In BCTC's library on reserve at the front desk for ENG 282 is the two disc special edition of Pan's Labyrinth which has some of the best "making of" extras I have viewed -- highly recommended for anyone trying to understand/interpret/analyze thr film and Del Toro's creative process.]



“We need myths that will help us to identify with all our fellow-beings, not simply with those who belong to our ethnic, national or ideological tribe. We need myths that help us to realize the importance of compassion, which is not always regarded as sufficiently productive or efficient in our pragmatic, rational world” -- Karen Armstrong, A Short History of Myth (2005: 136-7)


Pan's Labyrinth (Spain/Mexico: Guillermo Del Toro, 2006: 119 mins)

Ahuja, Akshay. "Pan's Labyrinth." The Occasional Review (January 24, 2007)

Balthaser, Benjamin. "Fantasies of Empire." DarkMatters (September 11, 2008)

Calhoun, John. "Fear and Fantasy." American Cinematographer (January 2007)

Cattaneo, Ann, et al. "Transformations: How Fairy Tales Cast Their Spell." Philoctetes (November 30, 2007)

Emerson, Jim. "Pan's Labyrinth." RogerEbert (December 29, 2006)

"“Fantasy and Myth in Pan’s Labyrinth: Analysis of Guillermo del Toro´s Symbolic Imagery.” Interdisciplinary Net (February 2010)

Herrero, Carmen. "Pan's Labyrinth/El Laberinto Del Fauno (2006): A Study Guide." Cornerhouse (No Date)

Kermode, Mark. "'Pain should not be sought - but it should never be avoided'." The Observer (November 4, 2006)

Lightcap, Torey. "Pan's Labyrinth." Explore Faith (2007)

Mann, Michael. "Interview with Guillermo Del Toro." What's Up Mann (December 2006)

Miller. T.S. "Escaping into the Real: The Fantasy of Pan's Labyrinth." The Internet Review of Science Fiction (December 2008)

Newitz, Annalee. "Pan’s Labyrinth – Can Fantasies Rescue Us from Fascism?" Wired (February 7, 2007)

O'Flynn, Siobhan. "The Fragility of Faith in the Films of Guillermo del Toro." (University of Toronto Mississauga: CFC Media Lab) Tanvir, Kuhu. "Pan's Labyrinth of History." Edit Room (February 26, 2008)

Perschon, Mike. "Embracing the Darkness, Sorrow, and Brutality of Pan’s Labyrinth." Tor (May 25, 2011)

"Psycho-Critical Analysis of Pan’s Labyrinth: Myth, Psychology, Perceptual Realism, Eyes & Traumatic Despondency." Dona Majic Show (No Date)

Walsh, Colin. "Fairytales, Fascism, and understanding symbolism in Pan's Labyrinth." Moving Cinema (August 30, 2011)

Watson, Pete. "Pan's Labyrinth Character Symbolism." YouTube (June 18, 2012)

---. "Pan's Labyrinth Fairy Tale Elements." YouTube (June 13, 2012)

---. "Pan's Labyrinth Historical Background." YouTube (June 11, 2012)

---. "Pan's Labyrinth Regime Critique." YouTube (June 18, 2012)

White, Camiele. "Cinema Art: The Film Tapestry of Guillermo del Toro." Cinemascope (September 21, 2010)