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	Labyrinth (film)
		Labyrinth (film) is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate maze-like structure constructed for King Minos of Crete and designed by the legendary artificer Daedalus to hold the Minotaur, a creature that was half man and half bull and was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus.
		Labyrinth is a word of pre-Greek ("Pelasgian") origin absorbed by classical Greek, and is apparently related to labrys, a word for the archaic iconic "double axe", with -inthos connoting "place" (as in "Corinth").
	www.experiencefestival.com /labyrinth_film (1411 words)

	Pan's Labyrinth \| Official Movie Site \| Picturehouse
		PAN'S LABYRINTH is a fanciful and chilling story set against the backdrop of a fascist regime in 1944 rural Spain.
		The film centers on Ofelia, a lonely and dreamy child living with her mother and adoptive father; a military officer tasked with ridding the area of rebels.
		The film’s producers are Cuarón, del Toro, Torresblanco and Navarro.
	www.panslabyrinth.com (433 words)

	Pan's Labyrinth - Music from the Movies
		The film is receiving great reviews as it steadily opens worldwide, revealing itself to be an eloquent blend of horror, fantasy and war — belying its kiddy-friendly exterior and detaching itself from similarly-themed films like Labyrinth and Mirrormask.
		In many ways it’s a companion piece to Del Toro’s 2001 film The Devil’s Backbone, which was similarly set in fascist Spain and saw a young child attempt to detach himself from a world he didn’t understand, or couldn’t cope with.
		When applied to a sweet solo violin in ‘The Fairy and The Labyrinth’ it’s achingly beautiful, on solo piano in ‘The Tale’ it’s full of innocence, while its dramatic rendering with the full string section in ‘Ofelia’ is passionate and shocking.
	www.musicfromthemovies.com /review.asp?ID=6663 (507 words)

	CIFI.COM - Film & DVD - Labyrinth
		Also, the dress that she wears in the ballroom scene is the same as the one on her musicbox doll, and the marble labyrinth game is the same as the hedge maze that comes later.
		Labyrinth is a major fantasy feature film with a cast of incredible creatures created by The Jim Henson Creature Shop, and produced by Star Wars director George Lucas.
		Guarding the King's castle is The Labyrinth itself - a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers.
	www.cifi.com /interests/dvd/labyrinth.html (280 words)

	:: Labyrinth - Love without the Sunlight ::
		Labyrinth is my favourite film ever, I thought I would just get that out of the way.
		Labyrinth is a film made by Jim Henderson's Creature Shop and Lucas Film, released in 1986.
		Guarding the Goblin King's castle is The Labyrinth itself - a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers.
	www.clairesdotcom.com /labyrinth/labyrn.htm (568 words)

	Labyrinth: Special Edition (1986)
		Guarding his castle is The Labyrinth itself - a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers.
		As with that film, I definitely respected all the work and artistry that went into creating the puppet-universe of Labyrinth, but craft and creative designwork don't necessarily mean you'll end up with a good movie.
		Labyrinth is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1.
	www.dvdmg.com /labyrinth.shtml (2430 words)

	Think Labyrinth: The Movie!
		Labyrinth bubble gum: By Henson Associates and Topps Chewing Gum, Inc. I have one bag of gum and the box the bags were originally distributed in.
		Labyrinth mobile: This mobile can be hung from the ceiling (same image on both sides of both pieces of cardboard) and presumably was originally used by theaters or video store owners to advertise the film.
		Labyrinth mailing list: There's a large Labyrinth mailing list with messages sent to the Majordomo based list at labyrinth@issl.atl.hp.com, and with fan-fiction being sent to labyrinth-fanfic@issl.atl.hp.com (which may be abbreviated labyfic@issl.atl.hp.com).
	www.astrolog.org /labyrnth/movie.htm (5015 words)

	Labyrinth: Special Edition (1986)
		Guarding his castle is The Labyrinth itself - a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers.
		As with that film, I definitely respected all the work and artistry that went into creating the puppet-universe of Labyrinth, but craft and creative designwork don't necessarily mean you'll end up with a good movie.
		Labyrinth is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1.
	dvdmg.com /labyrinth.shtml (2430 words)

	Guillermo Del Toro/Pan’s Labyrinth Interview by Paul Fischer at the Toronto Film Festival
		Labyrinth revolves around Ofelia, a young girl who immerses herself in books, moving into remote rural woodlands with her mother to join her violent, controlling and anarchistic step-father, a fascist military officer hunting down the last guerilla fighters that remain to oppose Franco's rule.
		A film that strikingly contrasts a very brutal reality with a certain youthful innocence, Del Toro admits he was “scared shitless” in casting the right actress to play Ofelia, one of the screen’s more complex child characters of recent memory.
		The director was then able to return to his roots with Pan’s Labyrinth, a film that explores the director’s dark and light view of humanity.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Profiles/Articles/GuillermoDelToroPan/GuillermoDelToroPan.html (1501 words)

	The Jim Henson Company - Jim Henson Fantasy Film Collection (Labyrinth / The Dark Crystal / MirrorMask) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		These are simply the original releases in a slip case as opposed to being repackaged in a slimmer collection case.
		My grown children adore it because it brings back happy memories of their childhood and my only grandchild is mesmerized by "The Dark Crystal", as are all of my neices and nephews.
		The Labyrinth is my grown girls choice and I love them all.They actually get up to sing and dance with the music and songs that to this day they know every word to.
	astore.amazon.com /thejimhensoncomp/detail/B000GFRI5E (387 words)

	CBC.ca Arts - Pan's Labyrinth grabs U.S. film critics' prize
		A Mexican film about a girl's fantasy world set during Spain's fascist era in 1944 has nabbed the best picture prize for 2006 from the U.S. National Society of Film Critics.
		Meryl Streep was given her due for two supporting roles: as the exacting magazine editor in The Devil Wears Prada and as a singer in A Prairie Home Companion, directed by the late Robert Altman.
		Edward Yang, who won best director in 2000 at the Cannes Film Festival and was known for his realistic portrayals of modern Taiwan, has died at age 59 from colon cancer.
	www.cbc.ca /arts/film/story/2007/01/07/national-filmcritics-prizes.html (1466 words)

	Pan's Labyrinth - Film Reviews - Film - Entertainment - theage.com.au
		Pan's Labyrinth is easily del Toro's most ambitious film, but his attempt to blend graphic social-realist historical drama with fantasy imagery comes over like Terry Gilliam doing Ken Loach, and then getting lost on the way to the editing suite.
		The film's big fault is that these two narrative elements simply do not connect sufficiently to drive the tale.
		Ofelia's wanderings into fantasy land are, presumably, supposed to be deciphered as the corridors of her subconscious, from which we are meant to deduce allegorical import and deep meaning.
	www.theage.com.au /news/film-reviews/pans-labyrinth/2007/01/12/1168105171029.html (483 words)

	Labyrinth (1986)
		Having the ambition to pull off such a film is one thing - actually making it and making it work well is another and Henson pulls off the job admirably.
		If there is a problem with the film, it's the gratuitous musical numbers that were bound to happen once you cast David Bowie in your film.
		Final Verdict: Labyrinth is a classic 80s fantasy which looks a little dated in some respects (the tacky synthesiser music for a start) but is guaranteed family fun in the company of loads of "muppets" doing silly things.
	www.popcornpictures.co.uk /lfilms/labyrinth.shtml (456 words)

	sonic-cinema.com: Pan's Labyrinth::film review
		Guillermo del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth” comes along at just the right time, and that it stands out in the crowd is a credit to its’ maker, who has crafted an affecting and haunting vision.
		Given the nature of the film, it’s a bit surprising there isn’t more of the fantasy element in the story, but when one steps back to consider del Toro’s story, you see the focus del Toro shows as a screenwriter, making any criticism on that front moot.
		Personally, “Pan’s Labyrinth” didn’t reach the heights of dramatic and fantastic wonders as “Spirited Away”- the film that came to mind most during the film- but del Toro’s dark vision of how reality and fantasy lead a young girl on an unnerving quest of self-discovery is a one-of-a-kind experience.
	www.sonic-cinema.com /film_reviews_individual/225/pans-labyrinth (685 words)

	DVD Outsider: Pan's Labyrinth film review
		The men's story turns out to be true but not before he horrifically kills the younger man with the blunt end of a bottle (there were "Euw!"s galore at the screening I attended as it is spectacularly brutal) and leaves us in no doubt of his nature.
		It's ambiguous as to their reality but in these circumstances, Ofelia is better off being trapped in a room with a baby-eating demon than present at the disintegration of both country and family or 'the real world'.
		She has one of the air punching moments in the film, a violent moment that even a pacifist would find cathartic.
	www.dvdoutsider.co.uk /films/reviews/p/pans_labyrith.html (1904 words)

	Pan's Labyrinth Film Review - Time Out Film
		The guardian of a labyrinth tells a young girl that she is the long lost princess of a magical kingdom and sets her three dangerous tasks that she must complete in order to achieve her destiny.
		The labyrinth has echoes of authentic atrocity: a pile of children’s shoes lies ominously near the banqueting table of a bald-bodied, blank-faced baby-eater.
		Pan's Labyrinth might be frightening but it shows a deep meaning and complex plot that are not to be missed.
	www.timeout.com /film/83674.html (744 words)

	Pan's Labyrinth - Film Reviews - Film - Entertainment - smh.com.au
		The film is shockingly violent in a couple of scenes and the violence is in the real world - Franco's Spain in 1944.
		His films (from Cronos, his 1993 debut, to Hellboy in 2004) would be unimaginable without the cocktail of death, blood and horns that inflames those cultures.
		The new film goes further into the historical legacy: it's about the nature of fascism, as part of the masculine cult of Spain.
	www.smh.com.au /news/film-reviews/pans-labyrinth/2007/01/12/1168105154396.html (1073 words)

	culturevulture.net - review
		It was heralded at the Cannes Film Festival, appears consistently on the nation’s film critics’ top ten lists of 2006, and will probably be the leading entry in the foreign language category in the 2007 Academy Awards.
		The story focuses on the trials of Ofelia, a 12-year-old girl who has gone with her heavily pregnant mother to live out in the country where her new stepfather, a captain in Franco’s army, is stationed.
		Borrowing from Christian parable, del Toro ends the film with a sacrifice, and the birth of a newborn boy child.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies/pan'slabyrinth.htm (1129 words)

	"Pan's Labyrinth" (2006) / review and/or viewer comments - Christian Spotlight on the Movies
		Much like that film, “Pan’s Labyrinth” features a child protagonist, in this case Ofelia, a twelve year girl who is along with her pregnant mother to live with the Spanish commander, Capt. Vidal, who is the father to her soon to be born brother.
		There are a lot of bugs throughout the film, and in one of the fantasy scenes there is a gory scene of slime with a giant frog.
		What fantasy scenes existed in the film were very short and disgusting in their own way, full of monsters, and meant to upset and frighten the viewer.
	christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/2006/panslabyrinth2006.html (1766 words)

	Dark Crystal / Labyrinth [2 Pack] - DVD
		The film centers upon teenage Sarah (Connelly), who lives in a fantasy world of myth and magic, evil spells, and wondrous enchantment.
		He tells Sarah that the only way to get her brother back is to find her way through a M.C. Escher-like labyrinth and find the castle at the center.
		As she makes her way through the maze, she faces a number of horrific challenges (like the Bog of Eternal Stench) before she finds her way to the gravity-defying castle, where her brother is being held by the evil goblins.
	www.bestbuy.com /site/olspage.jsp?type=product&id=321303 (428 words)

	Total Film - Pan's Labyrinth
		Pan’s Labyrinth could be its unofficial sequel, a companion piece that returns to the Spanish Civil War to chart the evil that men do...
		Like any self-respecting satyr, he can’t be completely trusted – his attentions laced with threat and a slight hint of sexual menace – but Ofelia accepts the series of tasks he gives her to complete.
		When the dust of 2006 settles, Pan’s Labyrinth will likely stand as one of the year’s best films – an exquisite, dark carnival destined to unspool again and again through troubled brains on many a sleepless night.
	www.totalfilm.com /cinema_reviews/pans_labyrinth (903 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Film "Pan's Labyrinth" spins grown-up fairy tale (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The film is a gothic fairy tale set in 1944 during the postwar repression of Franco's Spain.
		He said that "Pan's Labyrinth" follows an ancient tradition in which fairy tales with blood, gore and cruel twists of fate were used to teach morals to adults.
		In "Pan's Labyrinth," the young heroine, named Ofelia, epitomises imagination and individuality, and she is looking for a sense of who she is and where she fits into the world.
	news.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=52352007 (881 words)

	Toronto International Film Festival (Site not responding. Last check: )
		His latest film, Pan's Labyrinth, revisits the war's aftermath, once again crossing historical drama with genre and bringing the horrors of Spain's fascist regime to life.
		With great ingenuity, an incredible sense of timing and an ability to connect the real and the imaginary with his themes and characters, del Toro is able to weave seamlessly between reality and fantasy, giving the story a fluidity that maintains its suspense throughout.
		Pan's Labyrinth is a testament to the power of the imagination, a force Franco's fascists did everything in their power to eradicate.
	www.e.bell.ca /filmfest/2006/films_schedules/films_description.asp?id=221 (468 words)

	Impulse Reviews: "Pan's Labyrinth"
		Directed by Guillermo del Toro, the critically acclaimed movie “Pan’s Labyrinth” is the story of a young girl living in Spain who creates an imaginary world.
		However, while there were areas of intrigue, the film never really lets its hair down, further adding to its grayish quality.
		Although for a film noir (ish), it’s pretty brutal and intriguing, plenty of eye-popping violence and sabotage to go around.
	newsday.typepad.com /impulsemovies/pans_labyrinth/index.html (836 words)

	BBC - collective - pan’s labyrinth film review and trailer
		The film is possibly the best film that ive seen for quite a while.
		Some of the comments suggest people had preconceptions about the film, and they are responding to what kind of film they THOUGHT they were going to see, rather than what it actually was.
		I watched Pan’s Labyrinth yesterday and can't decide whether the brutal and gruesome visual details were necessary or not.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A17604461 (560 words)

	ESplatter - Horror Movie News
		To promote Guillermo del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth," producers are letting fans vote on which TV spot should be used to sell the movie.
		SYNOPSIS: Set in 1940s Spain against the postwar repression of Franco's Spain, a fairy tale that centers on Ofelia, a lonely and dreamy child living with her mother and adoptive father, who is a military officer tasked with 'ridding the area' of rebels.
		It closes the 44th New York Film Festival on Oct. 15 and is slated for the Sitges Fantasy Film Festival in Spain and Morelia fest in Mexico.
	www.esplatter.com /2006news/panslabyrinth.htm (1079 words)

	Labyrinth \| Review \| Movie Forum
		Labyrinth is generally disliked by 'serious' movie critics (they're the ones with the bad fashion sense you see on TV sometimes).
		At the start of the movie, Sarah starts off across the labyrinth to the goblin city with the intent of finding Toby mainly due to the understandable fact that if she doesn't get him back, she'll be in a lot of trouble.
		However, if it were this easy to reclaim her brother, Labyrinth wouldn't have been much of a film...
	www.movieforum.com /movies/titles/labyrinth/review.shtml (904 words)

	While film shares many themes with 'Labyrinth,' it isn't your average fairy tale - Culture
		After viewing the trailer for "Pan's Labyrinth," I made the mistake of thinking it was a remake because it has been marketed as a fantasy which features a young girl in a labyrinth with a Hoggle-like creature.
		The extent of this evil is illustrated during one early scene in which an army captain graphically caves a man's face in with repeated strikes from the butt end of a whiskey bottle.
		In "Pan's Labyrinth," every adventure of the girl is a metaphor suggesting weighty metaphysical importance, while at the same time managing to avoid the pretentiousness of a Richard Linklater film.
	media.www.dailylobo.com /media/storage/paper344/news/2007/01/30/Culture/While.Film.Shares.Many.Themes.With.labyrinth.It.Isnt.Your.Average.Fairy.Tale-2685619.shtml (574 words)

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