Beyond Fest, in partnership with the American Cinematheque, has announced this morning a massive 12-feature retrospective series celebrating the career of Guillermo del Toro: Está Vivo: The Gods and Monsters of Guillermo del Toro. The retrospective includes everything from del Toro’s feature debut, 4K Restoration (Theatrical Premiere) of Cronos, through to his most recent descent […]
Beyond Fest, in partnership with the American Cinematheque, has announced this morning a massive 12-feature retrospective series celebrating the career of Guillermo del Toro:
Está Vivo: The Gods and Monsters of Guillermo del Toro.
The retrospective includes everything from del Toro’s feature debut, 4K Restoration (Theatrical Premiere) of Cronos, through to his most recent descent into madness, Nightmare Alley: Vision in Darkness and Light. In addition to new restorations, the programming series also features special 35mm screenings and director’s cuts.
“Guillermo del Toro’s films have inspired generations of filmmakers and audiences alike in a way unlike any other artist we’ve experienced,” said Evrim Ersoy, Head of Programming at Beyond Fest. “To welcome him and celebrate his artistic vision on this scale truly honors who he is as both a creative force of nature and a proudly obsessive servant of Cinema.”
Guillermo del Toro will join Está Vivo for four specially curated blocks of programming, in which the maestro will share his personal stories, dreams, and nightmares of his life behind the lens. In anticipation of his forthcoming film Frankenstein, releasing later this year, the retrospective series traces the themes of monsters, humanity, and imagination that have defined the filmmaker’s cinematic career to date.
Tickets will be on sale on the American Cinematheque website Thursday, September 4th at 12:00 pm PST. Visit beyondfest.com and americancinematheque.com for details.
Read on for the curated blocks of programming and the films featured in Está Vivo.
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE:
CRIMSON PEAK, NIGHTMARE ALLEY: VISION IN DARKNESS AND LIGHT, THE SHAPE OF WATER
The celebration opens with In The Mood For Love, a triple bill exploring the emotional core of del Toro’s high wire balancing
of beauty and bloodshed. Featuring the quintessential gothic horror, CRIMSON PEAK, Best Picture winner, THE SHAPE OF
WATER, and del Toro’s personally supervised brand-new version of his 2022 odyssey, NIGHTMARE ALLEY: VISION IN
DARKNESS AND LIGHT, In The Mood For Love depicts his singularity in marrying his fantastical sensibilities with his profound
sense of humanity.
