The Devil's Backbone [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

The Devil's Backbone [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Director: Guillermo del Toro Cast: Eduardo Noriega
Eduardo Noriega
, Marisa Paredes
Marisa Paredes
, Fernando Tielve
Fernando Tielve
, Federico Luppi
Federico Luppi
Guillermo del Toro
The Devil's Backbone [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

The Devil's Backbone [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Director: Guillermo del Toro Cast: Eduardo Noriega
Eduardo Noriega
, Marisa Paredes
Marisa Paredes
, Fernando Tielve
Fernando Tielve
, Federico Luppi
Federico Luppi
Guillermo del Toro

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Overview

Guillermo del Toro, who quickly became one of the most talked-about directors in contemporary horror films with his first two features, Chronos and Mimic, takes on a more subtle tale of terror with this psychological suspense piece. Casares (Federico Luppi) and Carmen (Marisa Paredes) operate a small home for orphans in a remote part of Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Helping the couple mind the orphanage are Jacinto (Eduardo Noriega), the groundskeeper, and Conchita (Irene Visedo), a teacher who is also involved with Jacinto. Casares and Carmen are aligned with the Republican loyalists, and are hiding a large cache of gold that's used to back the Republican treasury; perhaps not coincidentally, the orphanage has also been subject to attacks from Franco's troops, and an unexploded bomb waits to be defused in the home's courtyard. One day, a boy named Carlos (Fernando Tielve) arrives at the home, looking for a place to stay after being left behind by his parents. Casares and Carmen take him in, and the boy soon strikes up an unlikely friendship with Jaime (Inigo Garces), a boy with a reputation for tormenting other kids. But Carlos soon begins having visions of a mysterious apparition he can't identify, and hears strange stories about a child named Santi who went missing the day the bomb appeared near the orphanage.

Product Details

Release Date: 07/30/2013
UPC: 0715515107815
Original Release: 2001
Rating: R
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: 1
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language: English
Time: 1:48:00
Sales rank: 17,289

Special Features

New 2K digital film restoration, approved by director Guillermo del Toro and cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Audio commentary featuring Del Toro
Video introduction by Del Toro from 2010
New interviews with Del Toro about the process of creating the ghost Santi and the drawings and designs made in preparation for the film
¿Que es un fantasma?, a 2004 making-of documentary
Spanish Gothic, a 2010 interview with Del Toro about the genre and its influence on his work
Interactive director’s notebook, with Del Toro’s drawings and handwritten notes, along with interviews with the filmmaker.
Four deleted scenes, with optional commentary.
New featurette about the Spanish Civil War as evoked in the film.
Program comparing Del Toro’s thumbnail sketches and Carlos Giménez’s storyboards with the final film.
Selected on-screen presentation of Del Toro’s thumbnail sketches alongside the sections of the final film they represent (Blu-ray edition only).
Theatrical Trailer.
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Mark Kermode

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Eduardo Noriega Jacinto
Marisa Paredes Carmen
Fernando Tielve Carlos
Federico Luppi Casares,Actor
Irene Visedo Conchita
Berta Ojea Alma
Francisco Maestre El Puerco
Junio Valverde Santi
Íñigo Garcés Jaime
José Manuel Lorenzo Marcelo
Adrián Lamana Gálvez
Miguel Ortiz Actor
Juan Carlos Vellido Actor
Víctor Elías Actor
José Luis Torrijo Actor
Andreas Muñoz Santi
Inigo Garces Actor
Javier Navarrete Composer

Technical Credits
Guillermo del Toro Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Antonio Trashorras Screenwriter
Reyes Abades Special Effects
Agustin Almodovar Executive Producer,Producer
Telson Special Effects
Agustín Almodóvar Producer,Executive Producer
Bertha Navarro Producer,Executive Producer
David Muñoz Screenwriter
Salva Mayolas Sound/Sound Designer
Miguel Rejas Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Devil's Backbone
1. Opening Credits [3:53]
2. Carlos [3:02]
3. Gálvez and Owl [2:53]
4. Left Behind [3:03]
5. Bed no. 12 [1:37]
6. Jacinto and Conchita [2:52]
7. The One Who Sighs [3:21]
8. Off-limits for Orphans [6:01]
9. "Many of you will die" [10:51]
10. At the Pool [2:56]
11. The Devil's Backbone [2:10]
12. Swamp Meet [2:08]
13. The Last Time [2:46]
14. The Legend of Santi [6:35]
15. Condemned [1:23]
16. "Show Me Where Santi Is" [4:40]
17. "We Have to Go" [1:39]
18. Prince without a Kingdom [4:22]
19. Prophecy Fulfilled [4:01]
20. A New Poem [5:26]
21. Armed and Waiting [1:37]
22. The Truth Revealed [6:06]
23. "Say You're Sorry" [4:30]
24. Santi's Wish [1:35]
25. Jacinto Returns [1:46]
26. Escape [5:49]
27. Gold [2:01]
28. A Fitting Punishment [8:28]
1. Color Bars
1. Bold Genre Combination [3:53]
2. A Pure Protagonist [3:02]
3. Fairy-Tale Sensibilities [2:53]
4. Otranto and Architecture [3:03]
5. Peppered with Symbols [1:37]
6. Open Meanings and Modern Gothic [2:52]
7. James, Machen, and Blackwood [3:21]
8. Character Development [6:01]
9. Embracing the Darkness [10:51]
10. Breaking rules of Construction [2:56]
11. Flaws in Role Models [2:10]
12. Trappings of Logic [2:08]
13. Melding Screenplays [2:46]
14. War Within the Walls [6:35]
15. Chinese Involvement [1:23]
16. Showing the War [4:40]
17. Countering Cheap Shocks [1:39]
18. Transformation of Horror [4:22]
19. Cronos and Cannes [4:01]
20. Honoré Fragonard [5:26]
21. Melodrama vs. Drama [1:37]
22. From Boy to Adult [6:06]
23. Working from Westerns [4:30]
24. Revenge from Beyond [1:35]
25. Impact of The Monk [1:46]
26. Flies for Film [5:49]
27. Seeds of Fascism [2:01]
28. Minimalistic Pain [8:28]
29. Color Bars [:00]
Disc #2 -- Devil's Backbone
1. Enchanted Horror Tale [3:21]
2. "Insects Trapped in Amber" [3:32]
3. Realizing del Toro's Vision [1:58]
4. An Adult Approach [2:37]
5. Anchoring Fantasy In Everyday Life [:25]
6. A Director Like No Other
1. Prologue and Opening Credits [2:01]
2. Sleeping Quarters [2:01]
3. The Bomb [2:20]
4. The Ribbon [2:20]
5. Keyhole [:01]
6. "Who Are You?" [:01]
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