Pan's Labyrinth Annotated Bibliography Detenber, Annotated Bibliography

Monger's review will help me analyze Pan's Labyrinth from the perspective of music and sound. It will help me show how Pan's Labyrinth would be a very different movie, were it not for the director's skillful use of Navarette's music.

Newitz, Annalee. "Pan's Labyrinth - Can Fantasies Rescue Us from Fascism?"

Wired Blog Network. 7 February 2007

Newitz's politically motivated analysis of Pan's Labyrinth asks a provoking question: Can fantasy serve as a form of political protest? Given that we currently live in a media-saturated universe that gives rise to all sorts of outlandish fantasies about the nature of reality, and the fact that the threat of fascism seems to loom everywhere - many nations around the world are ruled by authoritarian dictators - this point-of-view seems vital when discussing such a highly allegorical film as Pan's Labyrinth.

I will use this article as a departure point for my own unraveling of some of the controversial political themes inherent in Pan's Labyrinth.

Nuckols, Ben. "Del Toro Crafts a Harrowing Fairy Tale." The Star Beacon. 29 Dec. 2006

The main subject of this article is director Del Toro. It has a generous amount of quotes from the director himself. Nuckols's main argument is that if Del Toro is going to do something, he always does it as it would occur in real life. In other words, the director does not try to beautify something ugly or visa versa.

This article will help me understand the perspective of Del Torro as a director when he in the process of working on a film.

Rickey, Carrie. "A Magical Tale of Fantasy as an Escape from Evil." The Philadelphia Inquirer. 12 Jan. 2007

This article is a general critique of the movie Pan's Labyrinth. Rickey discusses the major events that occur in the story and how the director did a great job presenting this work of art to the audience.

This article will help me to understand the technical concepts of shooting a movie.

Scott, a.O. "In Gloom of War, a Child's Paradise." The New York Times. 29 Dec. 2006

This article is a general critique of the movie Pan's Labyrinth. It summarizes the highlights of the story, while also pointing out the high points and low points of the film.

This article will help me to see some aspects of the film that I had not noticed previously.