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Article: Dark fantasies of a Mexican auteur: AS GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S FILM PLACES LITTLE GIRL, GIANT FAUN IN WOODS, DON'T EXPECT BAMBI.(Movie review)
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- January 8, 2007
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Byline: Bruce Newman
Jan. 8--Despite his standing as one of the leading directors of Mexican cinema's New Wave, Guillermo del Toro was accustomed to having the titles of his Spanish-language movies translated for English-speaking audiences: "El Espinazo del Diablo" became "The Devil's Backbone" in 2001, and "La Invencion de Cronos" -- his 1993 breakthrough film -- became, well, OK, "Cronos." But without that fancy rolling R. Del Toro's current film is about a life-changing encounter between a magical -- but menacing -- faun and a little girl, so he expected "El Labertino del Fauno" to be titled "The Faun's Labyrinth" when it opens here Friday. But it isn't. ...