At the Golden Globes last Sunday night, Guillermo del Toro, who won Best Director for The Shape of Water, refused to leave the stage when the music came on, cueing him to end his acceptance speech. "Lower the music guys. Come on. It's taken 25 years. Give me a minute," the Mexican filmmaker said. Del Toro got his wish when the event's producers stopped the music so he could continue with a moving speech that brought The Shape of Water stars, including Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer, to tears.
"Since childhood, I've been faithful to monsters. I have been saved and absolved by them, because monsters, I believe, are patron saints of our blissful imperfection, and they allow and embody the possibility of failing," Del Toro said. "For 25 years, I have handcrafted very strange little tales made of motion, color, light and shadow…and in three precise instances, these strange stories, these fables, have saved my life. Once with Devil's Backbone, once with Pan's Labyrinth and now with Shape of Water."
Here's the synopsis of The Shape of Water:
From master storyteller, Guillermo del Toro, comes The Shape of Water - an other-worldly fable, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. In the hidden high-security government laboratory where she works, lonely Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is trapped in a life of isolation. Elisa's life is changed forever when she and co-worker Zelda (Octavia Spencer) discover a secret classified experiment. Rounding out the cast are Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg and Doug Jones.
Congrats to Guillermo del Toro for his Golden Globe, and I hope that he continues to make fantastic films in the near future.
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