"Pan's Labyrinth"

Sandrine 2021-10-13 13:07:14

The narrative structure of "Pan's Labyrinth" basically has two clues moving in parallel: the little girl Ofelia's fantastic world of imagination and the dark real world she is in. Ofelia shuttles between these two worlds. It is a bridge that connects two parallel lines that do not want to intersect. Whenever a scene enters another reality from one reality, the true and false conversion elements of magical realism come into play. Then, the more beautiful the illusion, the more cruel reality will be highlighted.
At the end of the movie, Guillermo del Toro let Ofelia enter the fairy tale kingdom described by God Pan after being killed. This is simply the magic of the story. It is precisely because of this most obvious hint that the concept of magic realism using traditional magic to serve reality has been completely subverted, the proportion of magic has been greatly increased, and it is the first time that it stands on the same position as reality and becomes a whole. It can even be interpreted as the main thread of the story, which is reality in the physical sense.

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  • Herta 2022-03-24 09:01:06

    I disagree with the blunt eyes of the little girl in the sun, the fairy tale in the virtual corresponds to the reality in the reality, the beautiful fantasy

  • Estefania 2022-03-23 09:01:07

    Saturn Devouring One of His Children

Pan's Labyrinth quotes

  • Carmen: You're getting older, and you'll see that life isn't like your fairy tales. The world is a cruel place. And you'll learn that, even if it hurts.

    [throws the mandrake onto the fire]

    Ofelia: No! No!

    Carmen: Ofelia! Magic does not exist. Not for you, me or anyone else.

  • Ofelia: Mercedes, do you believe in fairies?

    Mercedes: No. But when I was a little girl, I did. I believed in a lot of things I don't believe anymore.

    Ofelia: Last night a fairy visited me.