Pan’s Labyrinth is Del Toro’s Spiritual Sequel…

What does Pan’s Labyrinth say about “reality”, and our belief in what lies beyond the material world? Director Guillermo Del Toro, who will be directing The Hobbit and is about to unleash Hellboy 2: The Golden Army on multiplexes called this 2006 film a “spiritual sequel” to his thoughtful period piece The Devil’s Backbone.

There are differing ideas about the film’s religious influences. Del Toro himself has said that he considers Pan’s Labyrinth “a truly profane film, a layman’s riff on Catholic dogma”, but that his friend Alejandro González Iñárritu described it as “a truly Catholic film”. Del Toro’s explanation is “once a Catholic, always a Catholic”.

Cinemagogue’s monthly film event in Seattle will view the film in it’s entirety followed by an exploration of narrative themes and spiritual musings, of which this film has an endless supply. We’ll even reveal the truth of the story’s coffee-talk controversy - is the fantasy aspect real, or in the protagonist’s mind? If you look hard enough, the answer IS there, and Del Toro confirms it. Those local can join us Friday July 11, 7pm at Mars Hill Church’s Wedgwood Campus.