Pan's Labyrinth (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

This video was shipped quickly and arrived in good condition. This video is an enjoyable addition to my video collection! I am always impressed by the quality of the Criterion Collection versions of these films.

This movie is a must have from Guillermo Del Toro amazing and talented director. This film is very captivating and entangle with realistic storytelling with fantasy that is very entertaining. I wanted to have this Criterion Collection Blu-ray to my movie collection and this looks beautiful. Love this movie.

Great movie by Guillermo del Toro, but beware: Area Code 1 / USA only, cannot be watched in Europe

How do we symbolize a society’s willingness to fully abandon totalitarianism and establish the rule of law? With a girl, Ofelia, who is fatherless and has been adopted by a dictator, and a mother who dislikes the dictator but believes in the saying: “keep your friends close and your enemies closer.” Even with such guardians, a girl can’t do it alone. Guillermo del Toro aims high in Pan’s Labyrinth, blending politics, fairy tales, regime transitions, and the underworld. Totalitarianism is represented by the Francoist dictatorship in Spain. The act of withdrawal—the escape from reality when a situation is too dire to confront—is portrayed through what seems to be a pact with the Devil made by the girl. She seeks guidance from a creature that resembles “The Beast”: a middle-aged, intelligent, half-man, half-animal figure with two horns. It’s unclear whether del Toro is expressing his pessimism. In the film, the alternative to totalitarianism seems to be either a male-dominated resistance movement—which comes across as a group of men eager to replace the dictator and restore another testosterone-driven regime—or a girl who cannot succeed on her own and perhaps makes a compromise too large to bring about anything positive in this world. The movie is also unforgiving in its portrayal of the female world: women are depicted as concerned only with the short-term well-being of their children, displaying a kind of myopia when it comes to the importance of fighting for society as a whole. A pact with the Devil doesn’t pay off in this world… Overall, the dialogue, visuals, and scenes are of outstanding quality. The message may seem pessimistic, but that’s just one interpretation by a reviewer of a film that, at times, feels like a labyrinth with no exit.

Great addition to this collection

Tremenda edición de esta pelicula de culto, muy buen arte y packaging.

This movie is superb on every level and this is still the best version to have of it (new 4k color grading is a disaster!)

Entertaining movie.

Fantastic movie absolutely beautiful visually the 2K upgrade looks great and the extra’s are great as usual with a Criterion release

Excellent remastered! Five stars for this release!

Produto de ótima qualidade. Só não dei a maior pontuação pq a caixa veio um pouco danificada.

Una gran película de un gran director, en una edición Bluray con la calidad característica de Criterion, en la impresión del disco, del cartón por ambos lados, así como un folleto con un buen análisis de los aspectos que llevaron a la creación de esta gran película, referencias e inspiraciones del director.

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