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. - Criterion page for the DVD releasePan's Labyrinth (Spain/Mexico: Guillermo Del Toro, 2006: 119 mins)
"Adventures in Moviegoing with Guillermo del Toro." The Current (May 25, 2017)
Ahuja, Akshay. "Pan's Labyrinth." The Occasional Review (January 24, 2007)
Atkinson, Michael. "Pan's Labyrinth: The Heart of the Maze." The Current (October 18, 2016)
Barker, Jennifer Lynne. The Aesthetics of Antifascist Film: Radical Projection. Routledge, 2013. [Get through interlibrary loan]
Blitch, Savannah. "Between Earth and Sky: Transcendence, Reality, and the Fairy Tale in Pan’s Labyrinth." Humanities 5.2 (2016): 1-7.
Cattaneo, Ann, et al. "Transformations: How Fairy Tales Cast Their Spell." Philoctetes (November 30, 2007)
del Toro, Guillermo and Cornelia Funke. "Guillermo del Toro's Influences." The Current (October 19, 2016)
Ebert, Roger. "Pan's Labyrinth." Chicago Sun-Times (August 25, 2007)
Greenhill, Pauline and Sydney Eve Matrix. Fairy Tale Films: Visions of Ambiguity. Utah State University Press, 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)
Kotecki, Kristine. "Approximating the Hypertextual, Replicating the Metafictional: Textual and Sociopolitical Authority in Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth." Marvels & Tales 24.2 (october 2010): 235-255.
Lightcap, Torey. "Pan's Labyrinth." Explore Faith (2007)
Lindsay, Richard. "Menstruation as Heroine’s Journey in Pan’s Labyrinth." Journal of Religion and Film 16.1 (2012)
López, Issa. "Pan's Labyrinth." Switchblade Sisters #4 (November 30, 2017) ["This week is a fantastical episode of Switchblade Sisters where April sits down with director Issa Lopez to discuss the influential Guillermo Del Toro film, Pan's Labyrinth. Issa opens up about her lonesome adolescence, the death of her mother, and how these events influenced her work. She tells April about the emotional process of working with children on her most recent film, the fantasy-horror Tigers Are Not Afraid. And she also discusses the culture of witchcraft and magic in Mexico and how that pervades many Mexican artist's work."]
Mann, Michael. "Interview with Guillermo Del Toro." What's Up Mann (December 2006)
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McSweeney, Terence and Amresh Sinha. Millennial Cinema Memory in Global Film. Columbia University Press, 2012.
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)
Orme, Jennifer. "Narrative Desire and Disobedience in Pan's Labyrinth." Marvels and Tales 24.2 (2010): 219 - 234.
"Pan’s Labyrinth: A Richly Imagined, Dreamlike Voyage of Self-Discovery and Character Formation." Cinephilia and Beyond (ND)
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)
Sanchez, Francisco J. "A Post-National Spanish Imaginary: A Case Study - Pan's Labyrinth." The Comparatist #36 (May 2012): 137-147.
"I remember my own childhood vividly ... I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would scare them." -- Maurice Sendak in conversation with Art Spiegelman, The New Yorker (September 27, 1993)
Atkinson, Michael. "Pan's Labyrinth: The Heart of the Maze." The Current (October 18, 2016)
Barker, Jennifer Lynne. The Aesthetics of Antifascist Film: Radical Projection. Routledge, 2013. [Get through interlibrary loan]
Blitch, Savannah. "Between Earth and Sky: Transcendence, Reality, and the Fairy Tale in Pan’s Labyrinth." Humanities 5.2 (2016): 1-7.
Cattaneo, Ann, et al. "Transformations: How Fairy Tales Cast Their Spell." Philoctetes (November 30, 2007)
del Toro, Guillermo and Cornelia Funke. "Guillermo del Toro's Influences." The Current (October 19, 2016)
Ebert, Roger. "Pan's Labyrinth." Chicago Sun-Times (August 25, 2007)
Greenhill, Pauline and Sydney Eve Matrix. Fairy Tale Films: Visions of Ambiguity. Utah State University Press, 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)
Kotecki, Kristine. "Approximating the Hypertextual, Replicating the Metafictional: Textual and Sociopolitical Authority in Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth." Marvels & Tales 24.2 (october 2010): 235-255.
Lightcap, Torey. "Pan's Labyrinth." Explore Faith (2007)
Lindsay, Richard. "Menstruation as Heroine’s Journey in Pan’s Labyrinth." Journal of Religion and Film 16.1 (2012)
López, Issa. "Pan's Labyrinth." Switchblade Sisters #4 (November 30, 2017) ["This week is a fantastical episode of Switchblade Sisters where April sits down with director Issa Lopez to discuss the influential Guillermo Del Toro film, Pan's Labyrinth. Issa opens up about her lonesome adolescence, the death of her mother, and how these events influenced her work. She tells April about the emotional process of working with children on her most recent film, the fantasy-horror Tigers Are Not Afraid. And she also discusses the culture of witchcraft and magic in Mexico and how that pervades many Mexican artist's work."]
Markham, John. "Guillermo del Toro and the representation of the Spanish Civil War in ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ and ‘The Devil’s Backbone.'" (Personal Website: January 6, 2015)
Maurer Queipo, Isabel. Directory of World Cinema: Latin America. Intellect, 2013
McSweeney, Terence and Amresh Sinha. Millennial Cinema Memory in Global Film. Columbia University Press, 2012.
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)
Orme, Jennifer. "Narrative Desire and Disobedience in Pan's Labyrinth." Marvels and Tales 24.2 (2010): 219 - 234.
"Pan’s Labyrinth: A Richly Imagined, Dreamlike Voyage of Self-Discovery and Character Formation." Cinephilia and Beyond (ND)
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)
Sanchez, Francisco J. "A Post-National Spanish Imaginary: A Case Study - Pan's Labyrinth." The Comparatist #36 (May 2012): 137-147.
"I remember my own childhood vividly ... I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would scare them." -- Maurice Sendak in conversation with Art Spiegelman, The New Yorker (September 27, 1993)
Smith, Paul Julian. "Pan's Labyrinth." Film Quarterly 60.4 (Summer 2007)
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)
Zalewski, Daniel. "Show The Monster." The New Yorker (February 7, 2011)
The Role of Women Under Franco: A Reflection in Pan's Labyrinth from Allison Green on Vimeo.
---. "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)
Zalewski, Daniel. "Show The Monster." The New Yorker (February 7, 2011)
The Role of Women Under Franco: A Reflection in Pan's Labyrinth from Allison Green on Vimeo.
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