The context of Pan’s Labyrinth is the fantasy genre. We see how Del Toro conveys his thoughts and feelings about why he chose these particular themes in his movie, and the reasons and symbolism behind them. I did the slide “artistic and cultural”, which describes Del Toro’s influences and how these themes are featured in certain scences. It shows references to Greek mythology and the fantasy genre and from this we understand why he added these particular scenes to be in his movie. Del Toro also shows other historical events during his movie, as Pan’s Labyrinth is set five years after the end of the Spanish Civil War during Franco’s reign. This gives us a perspective of what fascism was like. The Spanish Civil War was a fight between democracy and facism and Del Toro was critical of the fascist regime. Del Toro uses monsters in his film to depict his view of fascists, particularly Captain Vidal and the Pale Man. This shows the nasty side of fascism and how it is used to take away people’s free will.
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