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edited by
danel olson
preface by
ivana baquero
introduction by
Guillermo del Toro
afterword by
fernando tielve
published by
Centipede Press
Guillermo del Toro’s The Devil’s Backbone
and Pan’s Labyrinth: Studies in the Horror Film
Edited by Danel Olson
Preface by Ivana Baquero
Introduction by Guillermo del Toro
Afterword by Fernando Tielve
This is a Centipede Press Book
Published by Centipede Press
2565 Teller Court, Lakewood, Colorado 80214
Package contents copyright © 2016 by Centipede Press
Preface © 2016 by Ivana Baquero
Introduction © 2016 by Guillermo del Toro
Afterword © 2016 by Fernando Tielve
All other interviews, notes, photographs, images, and essays are
© 2016 by their respective owners.
Images from The Devil’s Backbone © El Deseo, Tequila Gang, and Anhelo Producciones.
Images from Pan’s Labyrinth © Estudios Picasso, Tequila Gang, and Esperanto Filmoj.
Cover design by Mark Winn.
Every effort has been made to trace the copyright holders,
and the publisher apologizes for any unintentional omission.
We would be pleased to hear from any not acknowledged here and
undertake to make all reasonable efforts to include the appropriate
acknowledgement in any subsequent editions.
Conceptual Drawings by Raúl Monge pages 1, 7, 90, 183 (top), 263, 358, 374, 414.
Conceptual Drawings by Carlos Jimenez: pages 85, 184, 244, 326, 342.
Conceptual Drawings by Carlos Zaragoza: pages 2-3, inside front and back covers.
Conceptual Drawing by Carlos Giménez: page 183 (bottom).
Conceptual Drawing by Raúl Villares: page 410.
Conceptual Drawing by Guillermo del Toro: this page.
Photographs by DDT: pages 8, 381, 389, 416.
The views and opinions expressed in the interviews do not necessarily
reflect the views and opinions of the editor and press.
All rights reserved.
ISBN 978-1-61347-101-2 (pbk.: alk. paper)
Printed in the United States on acid-free paper.
April 2016
www.centipedepress.com
Contents
9 Preface · Ivana Baquero
13 Introduction · Guillermo Del Toro
ESSAYS
19 To Capture a Ghost · Anna Taborska
53 An Insect Trapped In Amber · Dylan Trigg
69 Defusing The Mythology of World War II ·
Walter Rankin
91 Metaphor and Myth in Pan’s Labyrinth ·
James Cortese
109 The Quest for Meaning in Pan’s Labyrinth ·
Romana Cortese
139 The Transforming Lullaby · Christine Gengaro
153 Pleasing Spectral Fathers · Danel Olson
185 The Unquiet Dead ·
Jonathan Ellis and María Sánchez-Arce
207 The Fantasy of High Art and History ·
Christopher Hartney and Sarah Penicka
245 Embracing the Horror · Jacob Hodgen
INTERVIEWS
265 Junio Valverde (Santi) · Danel Olson
269 Eduardo Noriega (Jacinto) · Danel Olson
281 Fernando Tielve (Carlos) · Danel Olson
292 Marisa Paredes (Carmen) ·
Mari-Carmen Marín & Danel Olson
298 Federico Luppi (Dr. Casares; Rey) · Danel Olson
303 Ivana Baquero (Ofelia) · Danny Peary
307 Ivana Baquero (Ofelia) · Danel Olson
315 Ariadna Gil (Carmen) · Mari-Carmen Marín
319 Maribel Verdú (Mercedes) · Mari-Carmen Marín
327 César Vea (Lieutenant Serrano) · Mari-Carmen Marín
337 Manolo Solo (Lt Garcés) · Mari-Carmen Marín
343 Roger Casamajor (Pedro) · Mari-Carmen Marín
347 Iván Massagué (El Tarta) · Mari-Carmen Marín
351 Doug Jones (Pale Man, Pan) · Robin Parrish
359 Sergi López (Capt. Vidal) · Maria Delgado
363 Guillermo Navarro · John Calhoun
375 David Martí · Danel Olson
393 Javier Navarrete · Christine Lee Gengaro
397 Guillermo del Toro · Walter Chaw
403 Guillermo del Toro · Kimberly Chun
411 Guillermo del Toro · Danel Olson
415 Afterword · Fernando Tielve
Dedicated with love and wonder to
Guillermo del Toro,
Fernando Tielve,
Ivana Baquero,
David Martí & DDT Efectos Especiales,
all cast & crew,
and my wife & daughters.
Con admiración y profundo agradecimiento a
Mari-Carmen Marín.