- The film originated when director Gilmour Del Toro was 6 years old when he watched "Black Lake Demon". When actor Julie Adams was swimming on the water and monsters snorkeling under her, Gilmour del Toro felt that this was love. 46 years later, the director found a suitable story to fulfill his childhood dream.
- Director Gilmour Del Toro said that Sally Hawkins is not only the first choice of the heroine, but also the only choice, which is the script written specifically for her.
- In an interview with Mexican TV, Gilmour del Toro said that if the film failed at the box office, he might no longer be a director. However, he was promoted in 2006's "Pan's Labyrinth" and 2001's "Ghost Boy's Academy". I also said something similar.
- When the film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2017, the screening venue was the Elgin Theatre, and it happened that the protagonist in the film was shot in this theater downstairs.
- Actor Doug Jones plays the role of Murloc who spends 3 hours in makeup every day.
- There are many old movie images in the movie. The director said that these images are not a tribute to the movie, but from the love of the movie. "The Shape of Water" is a love letter he wrote to the movie. This is not just a tribute, but a Create its own reality.
- Ninety-five percent of the scenes of the film were shot in indoor studios, because it was a cold winter in Canada when the film was filmed, and the film had to show a lot of rain, and it had to rely on artificial rainfall, and it had to be hot water.
The Shape of Water behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Constance 2021-10-20 19:00:20
It turns out that you are a god, a rock that has died for thousands of years, with healing magic, willing to peel off my scales; it turns out that I am a drop of water, a pampas reed in the evening, filled with love, but can't speak. You took me to the bottom of the lake, the floating plants hide magic; I filled the bathroom with water, and the theater downstairs oozes love. It turns out that the silent wound on the neck in childhood was actually a token of love. Being lonely, I am destined to recognize you, teach me to speak with my heart, and to breathe with my gills.
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Adolfo 2021-10-20 19:00:19
The heroine part is like a Korean movie, the villain part is like Hollywood in the 90s, and the other part is like an animated movie.
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Giles: [to the Amphibian Man sitting in the bathtub] Have you always been alone?
[pause]
Giles: Did you ever have someone? Do you know what happened to you, do you? Because I don't. I don't know what happened to me.
[laughs]
Giles: I don't know! I look in the mirror and the only thing I recognize, are these eyes. In this old man's face. You know sometimes I think I was either born too early or too late for my life. Maybe we're both just relics.
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Zelda: [after questioning Elisa about her evening] Lor'...! Never trust a man. Even when he looks flat down there.
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Radio and television your mother exploded, even if Oscar is mixed with water, you can't cut it like this!
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Yusheng, please advise.
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"The Shape of Water", I don’t know where you win
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Is "political correctness" really in the right direction?
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