Anna Hamillas Film Blog

Watches and time: What is the symbolism and backstory to Captain Vidal’s watch? Why is it an important plot device? The symbolism behind the watch is when the one officer at the table told it he said that he smashed the watch so his son knew what time he died and what it took to be a hero. We see the captain using a watch periodically and to him it's a symbol of obsession. He is obsessed with the passage of time. He knows he is living to die, his whole driving force is based on the story of his father, who died and broke the watch to show his son how a real man should die. His watch obsession parallels with his obsession with death. In the hill scene where they are firing the guns at the rebels he says “it's the only decent way to die.” Vidal is obsessed with the passage of time and he lives by its restrictions and he is aware of them. He is a man of action and, a military captain, who forces his will on the world like the gears do on a watch. Keys: Keys seemingl...

Choose   two   questions to answer: Is this a typical Hollywood movie? Discuss. It's not a typical Hollywood movie, although there are movies like Pan's Labyrinth we rarely see movies like this. Pan's Labyrinth is first of all in spanish and usually a lot of hollywood movies would be english with the occasional talking in other  languages featured in the film. This style of film is unique to the director of the film, Guillermo del Toro Gómez. If you look into his other films such as; The Shape of Water, Crimson Peak, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and more they all usually have something in common. In his films he usually uses sfx makeup to convey a character or thing. Although hollywood films use sfx makeup, Guillermo uses things in a connection to stories to tie in these characters and add to the film itself and not having in these makeups just to be in the film. In addition to these characters real historical events are added to the story, so in a way it's...