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El labyrinto del Fauno
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 9:47
by Mr. Johnson
It surprises me that this film hasn't got a topic yet. FOR SHAME!
I was lucky enough to go see it with Mrs. Johnson in a deserted cinema, and they only played it once at around midnight.
from imdb:
"Pan's Labyrinth" is the story of a young girl who travels with her pregnant mother to live with her mother's new husband in a rural area up North in Spain, 1944, after Franco's victory. The girl lives in an imaginary world of her own creation and faces the real world with much chagrin. Post-war Fascist repression is at its height in rural Spain and the girl must come to terms with that through a fable of her own.
The special effects rocked my socks and this film finally convinced me (and i think some other people as well) of Guillermo del Toro's qualities as a director. Having said that, i highly reccomend watching this film, although i don't think many cinemas still play it in Britain. So rent it when it hits the stores, Mr. Johnson tells you to.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 10:25
by Dog Pants
I saw a bit of this on Film 2006 around New Year. It does look really quite good, but because it doesn't have explosions and Jennifer Lopez in it it doesn't get any advertising. I might splash out when it comes out on DVD seeing as there's not a cinema within 40 miles of me - last time I invested in a foreign film that had piqued my interest I wasn't disappointed (No Man's Land if anyone's interested).
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 10:37
by spoodie
This film is really good, best of the few new films I saw last year.
A word of warning though; the trailer and other material shows a lot of fantasy type stuff but this aspect only takes up about 30-40% of the film. The non-fantasy stuff is extremely enjoyable and brutal in parts. I was expecting a semi-kid-friendly film but this is definitely not that.
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 11:06
by Mr. Johnson
spoodie wrote:This film is really good, best of the few new films I saw last year.
A word of warning though; the trailer and other material shows a lot of fantasy type stuff but this aspect only takes up about 30-40% of the film. The non-fantasy stuff is extremely enjoyable and brutal in parts. I was expecting a semi-kid-friendly film but this is definitely not that.
i was kind of expecting that too, but at least now i know a new use of bottles.
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 11:18
by Fear
If you are looking to
then search for "Pan's Labyrinth"
Not the <strike>pretentious</strike> fancy title of this thread.
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 11:24
by Mr. Johnson
i only tend to remember what the title on the screen was. Also, it makes more sense as there isn't actually a "Pan" in the movie, as Pan is a specific mythological creature, and the "Fauno" in the film is as he says one of several.
plus it's one of the only times i can pronounce and remember the original title.
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 11:37
by spoodie
I wonder why it's called Pan's Labyrinth, it doesn't seem to be a translation of the Spanish title and like you say there's no "Pan" identified in the film, it's just assumed that that is the name of the faun.
Don't be put off by the fact that this is a Spanish language film, I'm not a great reader and I could easily keep up and forget that I was reading subtitles.
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 11:41
by Fear
It translates as:
The Labyrinth of the Fauno
What is a "Fauno"?
teh wikiwotsit wrote:In Roman mythology, fauns are place-spirits (genii) of untamed woodland. Romans connected their fauns with the Greek satyrs, wild and orgiastic drunken followers of Dionysus. However, fauns and satyrs were originally quite different creatures. Both have horns and both resemble goats below the waist, humans above; but originally satyrs had human feet, fauns goatlike hooves. The Romans also had a god named Faunus and a goddess Fauna, who, like the fauns, were goat-people.
Is that what it means?
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 11:57
by spoodie
Fear wrote:Is that what it means?
Yeah that's what a faun/fauno is and thinking about I remember a famous faun called Pan, plays a wind instrument of some type.
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 12:05
by Dog Pants
spoodie wrote:
Yeah that's what a faun/fauno is and thinking about I remember a famous faun called Pan, plays a wind instrument of some type.
Pan pipes?
Am I missing an obvious joke there?
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 12:05
by Fear
Dog Pants wrote:Pan pipes?
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 12:07
by Mr. Johnson
indeed, a "
panflute"
you guys see what i did there?
anyway:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_%28mythology%29
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 12:10
by Woo Elephant Yeah
Pan- He loves goats, best of all the animals
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 13:15
by spoodie
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 13:20
by MIkkyo
Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:Pan- He loves goats, best of all the animals
oooooh thats the stuff right there.
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 15:09
by tandino
Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:Pan- He loves goats, best of all the animals
Pfft!
I was gonna imply that that chap was clearly some kind of paedophile if he's slipping it into a kid, but on closer inspection the goat's got horns so it must be mature...
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 16:50
by Woo Elephant Yeah
tandino wrote:
Pfft!
I was gonna imply that that chap was clearly some kind of paedophile if he's slipping it into a kid, but on closer inspection the goat's got the horn<s>s</s> so it must be okay <s>mature...</s>
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 16:57
by Dr. kitteny berk
weird, I was looking at sweeping this 2 days ago.
Suppose I should.
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 17:15
by Woo Elephant Yeah
Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Suppose I should.
The film or the goat?
Posted: January 10th, 2007, 17:17
by Dr. kitteny berk
already done the goat.