El espinazo del diablo = The devil's backbone /
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| Edition: | Director-approved two-DVD special ed. |
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| Imprint: | [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013] |
| Description: | 2 videodiscs (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert. |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Series: | Criterion collection ; 666 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 666. |
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| Format: | DVD Video |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9279077 |
| Summary: | Guillermo del Toro, who quickly became one of the most talked-about directors in contemporary horror films with his first two features, Chronos and Mimic, takes on a more subtle tale of terror with this psychological suspense piece. Casares (Federico Luppi) and Carmen (Marisa Paredes) operate a small home for orphans in a remote part of Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Helping the couple mind the orphanage are Jacinto (Eduardo Noriega), the groundskeeper, and Conchita (Irene Visedo), a teacher who is also involved with Jacinto. Casares and Carmen are aligned with the Republican loyalists, and are hiding a large cache of gold that's used to back the Republican treasury; perhaps not coincidentally, the orphanage has also been subject to attacks from Franco's troops, and an unexploded bomb waits to be defused in the home's courtyard. One day, a boy named Carlos (Fernando Tielve) arrives at the home, looking for a place to stay after being left behind by his parents. Casares and Carmen take him in, and the boy soon strikes up an unlikely friendship with Jaime (Inigo Garces), a boy with a reputation for tormenting other kids. But Carlos soon begins having visions of a mysterious apparition he can't identify, and hears strange stories about a child named Santi who went missing the day the bomb appeared near the orphanage. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. Special features: Disc 1: Guillermo del Toro introduction; Commentary featuring writer-director Guillermo del Toro; Trailer. Disc 2: Summoning spirits (interview with Guillermo del Toro); ¿Que es un fantasma? (2004 making-of documentary); Spanish gothic (2010 interview with writer-director Guillermo del Toro conducted by Javier Soto); Director's notebook (interactive gallery includes preparatory drawings and concepts); Designing The devil's backbone (interview with the filmmaker about the initial designs and prosthetics for the characters, effects, and art direction); Deleted scenes; Sketch, storyboard, screen (compares del Toro's thumbnail sketches and Carlos Giménez's storyboards with the final film); A war of values (new interview with Sebastiaan Faber about the film's depiction of the Spanish Civil War). Insert includes an essay by critic Mark Kermode. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + |
| Format: | DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (16:9, 1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1. |
| Audience: | Rating: R; for violence, language and some sexuality. |
| Production Credits: | Costume design, José Vico ; editor, Luis de la Madrid ; production designer, César Macarrón ; music, Javier Navarrete ; director of photography, Guillermo Navarro. |
| ISBN: | 9781604657432 160465743X |
