

Rather than a traditional chronology or filmography, the exhibition is organized thematically, beginning with visions of death and the afterlife continuing through explorations of magic, occultism, horror, and monsters and concluding with representations of innocence and redemption. Taking inspiration from del Toro’s extraordinary imagination, the exhibition reveals his creative process through his collection of paintings, drawings, maquettes, artifacts, and concept film art. He now works internationally, with a cherished home base he calls “Bleak House” in the suburbs of Los Angeles. The story starts at a spine-tingling pace: a young woman cloaked in gray is swept up in a swirl of rain, fog and mud and sped to London by horse-drawn carriage.

Working with a team of craftsmen, artists, and actors-and referencing a wide range of cinematic, pop-culture, and art-historical sources-del Toro recreates the lucid dreams he experienced as a child in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Beginning with Cronos (1993) and continuing through The Devil’s Backbone (2001), Hellboy (2004), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), Pacific Rim (2013), and Crimson Peak (2015), among many other film, television, and book projects, del Toro has reinvented the genres of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. 1964) is one of the most inventive filmmakers of his generation.

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