He brings with him his pregnant new wife, and her daughter. A Spanish Army Captain leads a detachment of soldiers into the mountains to track down and eliminate a stubborn group of rebels. 'Pan's Labyrinth' takes place in 1944 Spain, as the Fascists clear out the last of their opponents from the Civil War.
Pans Labyrinth 2 Full Of Inanimate
There is depth to the script, and clear attitudes and values that Jim Henson conveys. There is certainly intelligence to this film if analysed deeply. Labyrinth is about Sarah keeping her imagination alive, her fantasies and dreams, and these help her figure out what she is doing wrong, it helps her realise how her attitude is wrong and causes her to be depressed. She does not want to, her room full of inanimate companions, dreams and fantasies, she feels are slipping away. She acts like a child in her self importance and possessiveness but she is perhaps starting to grow out of her young imagination.
I have in the past and realised the full implication in a bad dream, a dream is the most effective doorway to imagine something outside of it really happening. How many times have you said something, that every teen must have to their parents, for instance `I wish you were dead', very cruel but it is said. Sometimes we don't realise things we have said or done until we dream.
I do really like this film, the look, the cheesy feel good 80's music, the characters, it is all great. What I really love about the film is, that before the days of CGI, inside the Goblin world, which accounts for 90% of the film, everything is 100% set work, there must be well over a hundred sets and they are all imaginative an create the enchanting atmosphere of the film, these sets combined with some fantastic matte paintings from ILM that give even more of a scale to the film. The film itself is much like the Wizard of Oz in terms of story (intentional maybe as it could represent something that Sarah finds special and perhaps inspirational). Certainly on a visual and script basis there are some clever touches when you consider this is a kids film. What is also interesting is Sarah being a young girl at the start of puberty has a certain fascination and perhaps crush on the Goblin King, perhaps a combination of the character from the book and the likeness of which she has created this character in her head. The man in the photo probably a figure of blame for the loss (however large) of Sarah's mother.
I can still to this day sit down and enjoy the film because I remember what Jim Henson tries to teach us. It is a firm fans favourite and still gains new young fans. Real artistry was involved, there was exuberance and charm to it and it has lasted a long time.
Overall this is a classic fantasy film with much artistry and charm to appreciate, certainly Henson had a skill in all his fields in the industry. Perhaps certain events in recent years may have panned out differently had this been heeded by more people, but that is all just hear say.
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