Friday, January 26, 2007
PAN REDUX
I saw PAN'S LABYRINTH again tonight. It's definitely my pick for best film of the year. It stands up very well the second time through; there's lot I didn't notice the first time through. In fact, my entire read of the film has changed. I'll post that as a a comment, so don't read the comments unless you want MAJOR SPOILERS.
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MAJOR SPOILERS! DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE!!!
The girl's fantasy is just that, a fantasy that never happened.
Everything that happens in her fantasy is an extrapolation of what she has seen in the real world, which is hideous and disgusting, so she creates a fantasy world in which she can survive mentally.
In the end, as she is dying, she sees a heavenly vision to end her fantasy, and her life. It's not a happy ending. She sacrifices her life to save her baby brother.
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