I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
Interpretation
The essence and strength of creative work often lies in subtlety and what is left unsaid or unseen.
Guillermo Del Toro's quote suggests that true power and beauty can be found in the understated and the unseen aspects of art and life. It emphasizes that not everything needs to be prominent or visible to carry significant weight, and sometimes, the quiet presence of certain elements holds a deeper, more profound influence than what is overtly displayed on screen or in public view.
In practice
During an art exhibition, one might quote this to highlight the significance of subtle artistic details.
I don't try to sanction other people's joy in monsters. I mean, I think the fact is, humor, fantasy - you know, like fear, desire or laughter - create genres of their own: comedy, melodrama, or erotic films or horror films... The boundaries cannot be defined. It's to each his own.
As a director, I design every movie to be true to itself, and damn it if they like it, and damn it if they don't.
If you ask me, I alternate between truly bizarre, what you would call 'Hollywood' movies and truly bizarre, what you would call 'arthouse' movies.
But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.
The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. Then you're not a traveler. You're a f@@king tourist.
When you start with Super 8, you are everything. You're the DP, the sound man, the effects guy. And what I started understanding, by working for other people, is that the best type of director is someone who rose through the ranks.
Poetry helps me understand who I am. It helps me understand the world around me. But above all, what poetry has taught me is the fact that I need to embrace mystery in order to be completely human.
Are not beauty and delicacy the same?
Everything vanishes round me and good works rise from me of their own accord.
Whatever your style or subject matter, in the end, film-making is about searching for authenticity - that is what the audience will divine.
Something in me knows where Iβm going, and - well, painting is a state of being. ... Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
There's so many films from around the world, I emphasize, that are so beautifully photographed, but they don't get the recognition.
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