Commentator: Guillermo del Toro (director/co-writer)
1. He believes this is not only the most beautiful movie he’s yet directed but also one of the three best. “Of course I’m not objective, and you can think what you want.”
2. It only takes 52 seconds into the commentary before del Toro points out that this is not a horror film and is instead a Gothic romance.
3. He views the birth of Gothic romance in 1764 as “a romantic and emotional reaction to the rigidity and inflexibility of the Age of Reason and academia.” He sees it as a rejection of other narrative forms like fables, fairy tales, myth, and lore.
32 Things We Learned from Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak Commentary
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