{"id":169,"date":"2007-02-26T08:05:12","date_gmt":"2007-02-26T07:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fairiesworld.com\/weblog\/?p=169"},"modified":"2007-02-26T08:19:50","modified_gmt":"2007-02-26T07:19:50","slug":"fantasy-art-scoops-three-oscars-in-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fairiesworld.com\/weblog\/2007\/02\/26\/fantasy-art-scoops-three-oscars-in-hollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Art scoops three Oscars in Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the way in to the Hollywood Oscar Ceremony Red Carpet interview Oscar nominee <a title=\"Pans Labytinth\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/player\/nol\/newsid_6390000\/newsid_6395900\/6395989.stm?bw=bb&#038;mp=wm\">Guillermo del Toro spoke about the political content of his film, Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Surprise Surprise he walks away with a multiple collection of three Oscars!<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Best cinematography<br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Best art direction<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Best make-up <\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Pan&#39;s Labyrinth&#8221;<\/strong> brings a terrible fairy tale of dark fantasy to life<br \/>\nThe Spanish-language dark fairytale Pan&#39;s Labyrinth also won three Baftas awards including the award for best foreign language film In London at the Royal Opera House Sunday 11 February 2007.<br \/>\nIt&#39;s about an imaginative little girl, Ofelia, played by IVANA BAQUERO, whose wicked stepfather is a brutal officer in Franco&#39;s army.<\/p>\n<p>The child seeks refuge in a dark world of fantasy. This is Del Toro&#39;s most ambitious and accomplished film to date, although, despite its affinities to other childhood stories about lonely little girls who experience strange adventures, it&#39;s not exactly a film for children.<\/p>\n<p>It&#39;s very dark and violent, with the fanatical and brutal stepfather, acted by Sergi Lopez, more terrifying than any of the fantasy creatures Ofelia encounters.<\/p>\n<p>The story is compelling and deep, the film is both beautiful, exciting, often horrifying. The digital effects are superb one cannot help but be totally immersed in this powerful story.<\/p>\n<p>(Courtesy of Bossa-Nova.info)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the way in to the Hollywood Oscar Ceremony Red Carpet interview Oscar nominee Guillermo del Toro spoke about the political content of his film, Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth. Surprise Surprise he walks away with a multiple collection of three Oscars! Best cinematography Best art direction Best make-up &#8220;Pan&#39;s Labyrinth&#8221; brings a terrible fairy tale of dark [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5,4,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fairiesworld.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fairiesworld.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fairiesworld.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fairiesworld.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fairiesworld.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fairiesworld.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fairiesworld.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fairiesworld.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fairiesworld.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}