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Article: 3 directors fuel Latin film renaissance: Cuaron, del Toro, and Inarritu are key parts of Mexican resurgence.
- Article from:
- The Blade (Toledo, OH)
- Article date:
- January 14, 2007
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Byline: Christopher Borrelli
Jan. 14--TORONTO -- This is a story of three films and three friends and one country. The country is Mexico, and the films are some of the most assured and powerful of the past year: Babel, Pan's Labyrinth, and Children of Men. As for the friends, read on. The Freak from Guadalajara -- as Guillermo del Toro had become known around the office -- was back. This was 1987, Mexico City. Alfonso Cuaron was an assistant director for Mexican television, shooting episodes for a Mexican Twilight Zone. "We would call it the Toilet Zone," he remembers. "We didn't have the budget for anything more than prosthetic make-up effects." Cuaron, ...
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