The Devil’s Backbone |
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[El Espinazo del diablo] 2001 - Spain Director Starring |
Janne requested a full report of my viewing experience: so I must produce it under current conditions (somewhat intoxicated; then I must defend such an approach to film viewership). Janne: (all:) this was one of the most powerful experiences I have had in some time.
Yes, and: the most horrific things are closer to our selves than we would prefer to acknowledge. Del Toro’s consuming interest in the Spanish Civil War is so compelling because of how fully (maturely) realized it is through the eyes of children, and how personal the fundamental issues become. Terror is not war, writ large, so much as it is a slightly distorted, somewhat abused and unlucky version of you. His blend of fantasy, horror and stark reality is so powerful because when it all comes out in the wash it’s all reality. It’s not the “spooks” in his films that scare you. It’s life. |
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