| Posted by: spacemonkey at May 21, 2008, 12:39 pm | | Topic: On 'Pan's Labyrinth' Forum: JoBlo | | I agree, in this way Pans Labyrinth is very similar to other fantasy films like for example Labyrinth, Bridge to Terabithia, The Wizard of Oz, and Mirrormask. The fantasy world reflects whats going on in the protagonists life and in this fanatsy world, not everything is happy and perfect because the evil things from the real world, are present in the fantasy world as well. So thats why the fantasy world, though conforting in certain respects, has a dark side to it as well. More so in del Toros dark fantasy of Pans Labyrinth. Whats interesting though is that its in the fantasy world where the main character usually learns to deal with their problems, and faces them. So they can re awake in the real world and deal with them. In Mirrormask, the main character had to learn to deal with the fact that her mother has cancer (represented in the fantasy world by the black ink that comes out of her mouth), In Labyrinth the main character has to learn how to grow up and learn the balance between escaping into fantasy and being responsible with your duties in the real world. In Bridge to Terabithia, one of the kids has a sucky family life so he escape into the magical world of Terabithia, later this helps him to deal with death. In Pans Labyrinth, Ofelia is just going through some really fucked up shit, dealing with oppression, hunger, an evil violent step father and the fact that her little baby brother might die. Her escapes to the fantasy world help her deal with it all. I agree with you in saying that this film has a bit of a rebellious streak, I remember leaving the theater and thinking that Guillermo del Toro was suddenly using his new found fame and his films to send out a message against blind obediance to any oppresive powers. Its hidden in there, but to the clever movie goer (thats us) these themes do not go unnoticed. |
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