What is fantastic for me is that the Romantic movement comes out as a counter balance to everything that has been accumulating since the Age of Reason. I think the downfall of imagination as a genre or as a perception starts with the Age of Reason, which says everything else that came before us, all those superstitions, all those myths, are childish.
Guillermo del ToroIf you're doing a big spectacle film, you've got to be mindful of large masses. Even then, you've got to be responsible only to your storytelling.
Guillermo del ToroThe point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you've been harboring since you were 7.
Guillermo del ToroSomebody said to me, in a very well-meaning way, at a screening, "We love the movie but it's too violent. If you tone down the violence you could reach a great audience of kids.".
Guillermo del Torofor in the absence of God he had found Man. Man killing man, man helping man, both of them anonymous: the scourge and the blessing.
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