What:
Pan’s Labyrinth
Where:
Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon St, Carlton
Kino Dendy, Collins Place, Melbourne
When:
In cinemas January 18, 2007
Win:
A double pass to an exclusive ThreeThousand preview screening on Thursday December at Cinema Nova, 7pm. Just be one of the first 70 to send an email with the subject heading ‘THREETHOUSAND’ to katrina@hopscotchfilms.com.au. Entries close Tuesday December 5.
Watch the trailer:
here
Back when we actually were kids and not just pretending to be, escapism took the form of movies and books as opposed to beer, while darkness and excitement were found not in a dank pub but in a fairytale.
Whether flying through the sky with Falcore in The Never Ending Story or climbing The Far Away Treewith Dick and Fanny (before their names were funny), there was nothing like the magic within myth and legend, which unfortunately seems to subside from the age of 8.
Until now that is. Pan’s Labyrinth is a gothic tale for adults, which throws away the ‘dare to believe’ clichés in favour of a well-woven plot.
Director Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy) combines the history of the Spanish Civil War with classic folklore, to tell the story of 10-year-old heroine Ofelia, who discovers an overgrown labyrinth amidst a desolated army outpost, and through it travels toanother world.
With ghoulish and groundbreaking special effects, Pan’s Labyrinth is the perfect antithesis to anyone disheartened by the recent cheese-flop Chronicles of Narnia
Format: Cinema
Mood: Epic
Keywords: Guillermo Del Toro, Spanish, Fairytale
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