Pan’s Labyrinth is making waves around the world and is a contender for six Oscars including Best Foreign Language Film of the Year and Original Screenplay. In the movie, a young girl copes with her harsh stepfather and the horrors of the Spanish Civil War by escaping to a fantastic world filled with fauns, fairies, and ogres. Melding the realism of war with a fairy tale creates a truly dark and disturbing film. The Pan’s Labyrinth web site states that writer and director Guillermo Del Toro “is well versed in mythology and the history and forms of fairy tales, as described by authors including Maria Tatar, Jack Zipes, Vladimir Propp, and Bruno Bettelheim.” Del Toro states, “There is something vaguely embryonic about all the magic environments because I believe that fairy tales are ultimately about two things: facing the dragon or climbing back to our world inside.” Check out one of our many books about the influence of fairy tales:
God of the fairy tale: finding truth in the land of make-believe. Jim Ware 398.2 WA
Spinning straw into gold: what fairy tales reveal about the transformations in a woman's life. Joan Gould 398.352082 GO
The Brothers Grimm: from enchanted forests to the modern world. Jack David Zipes 398.20922 ZI
The witch must die: how fairy tales shape our lives. Sheldon Cashdan 398.45 CA
Off with their heads!: fairytales and the culture of childhood. Maria M. Tatar 398.45 TA
The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales. Bruno Bettelheim 398.2 BE
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