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Guillermo del Toro Cabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessions

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Reflective of the genius of del Toro himself, this specially designed limited edition is encased in a cabinet with partitions and a secret compartment that holds the book. Episodes titled Pickman’s Motel and Dreams in the Witch House are both based on short stories by horror fiction master H. Here these records of his creative process form the basis for a stunning illustrated book and insightful examination of the themes that haunt, electrify, and enrich his work. Neil Gaiman says, "If ever anyone had brought anything back from the place where we dream, those notebooks were it.

In the Bleak House collection section we have in one room a statue of legendary Jack Pierce putting on Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein makeup whilst Karloff is drinking tea; in del Toro’s library we have a life-size statue of HP Lovecraft reading a book. However, Jenkins takes advantage of the situation and burrows into Walter's body, bursting forth and killing him just before dawn. Whether the dreams brought on the fever or the fever brought on the dreams Walter Gilman did not know. When I was young, I used to read (with great envy) of Forrest Ackerman and his yearly tradition of opening his house/museum (the ‘Ackermansion’) in Hollywood to visitors at Halloween, to show items from movies such as Dracula, King Kong, Frankenstein, War of the Worlds and the like.

Bought this as a present for a friend into props and special effects makeup and she was thrilled with it.

The photos are delightful, and when you look closely you can spot surprises, such as a Totoro or a book you might also have read. More than once this collection made me think of Jodorowsky's Dune, a fantastic documentary about a movie that never came to be. Ver trozos de sus cuadernos, conocer más a fondo a la persona detrás de la magia, me pareció una experiencia inolvidable.

His attempts have been thwarted by terrifying rats, who rapidly swarm and remove any valuables held by recently buried corpses.

The result is a startling, intimate glimpse into the life and mind of one of the world’s most creative visionaries. And of course, GDT’s autobiographical accounts of his early days are illuminating, taking you through his precociously creative childhood to budding movie-maker, plus his continual (and admirable! Guillermo del Toro: Cabinet of Curiosities is (as the Wikipedia definition above may suggest) a miscellany of pictures of Guillermo’s notebooks, storyboards, director’s notes, art designs from one of his houses.And to top it off, I'm quite good on the eyes' and more ridiculous quotes from this year's The Apprentice candidates! If you, like me, spent the weekend squirming while watching Guillermo del Toro’s new anthology horror series, Cabinet of Curiosities, on Netflix, you might also have noticed that all the episodes but one start with a hat tip toward the author of the short story that inspired it. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Bleak House is Guillermo's second home and working office, his artistic masterpiece, his cluttered attic, his pride and joy.

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