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| Pan's Labyrinth
by sekhmetvotaress at 3/18/2008 9:25:33 PM
will try to write without giving away aspects of the movie, plot, or ending.
Pan's Labyrinth. Here was a movie that thoroughly fed the mind and soul. A movie that went deeper than most cinema ever aspires to reach.
Lester Bangs a la Almost Famous said of Rock 'n Roll in the 70s: "You got here just in time for the death rattle." --This is how I feel about storytelling. Great Storytelling in cinema is nearing the end. Everything is just the same crap, repackaged and resold.
On the outside, the same could be said for Pan's Labyrinth. But...only on the outside. Sadly, I fear the general public will miss it completely, because they have been dumbed-down by this mass production of filth we call art. They will have forgotten about the ancient symbols... Because of this, I recommend this movie only for those who are really willing to look deeper into the meaning and psychology of the film. If you stay aloft in the...aesthetics...you will miss it, completely.
This is a movie one could write a thesis on: the familiar and old archetypes of heroine, mother, predator, teacher; transformation through tasks and knowledge; attaining wisdom; spiritual growth. And through those things the story unravels and weaves itself beautifully.
The Labyrinth, itself, is a symbol of entering the Underworld - or Otherworld.
There is so much I want to say about this...but it would give aspects of the plot away, and I feel that is unfair to the person who has not seen the movie.
As each scene unfurled, it became clear to me what was happening. I realized I was watching a "Little Goddess" movie: The Goddess who travels to the Underworld, undergoes certain ordeals, and returns wholly changed. These are symbols that speak to our subconsciousness. But, as I said, one must look for the story behind the story to see this.
Once upon a time...
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