Wishlist : A "Guillermo del Toro" Marathon

That's what I love about fairy tales; they tell the truth, not organized politics, religion or economics. Those things destroy the soul.

Pans Labrynthe - Guillerme del toro's contemporary masterpiece exploring parental relationships , opression and loss of innocence bound together by mythical undertones -an amazing portrayal of the immense urge of a traumatized child to escape from reality using her imagination.A far cry from the innocent and yet lavish canvas of imagination that the initial graphics laden trailers might have suggested.
Could I perhaps call it a grown up fairy tale?Ophelia does escape having to live a miserable life.So what if she dies young, she does die happy.Her awakening to the world around her was beautifully portrayed by her transition , from her mesmerization in her fairytale world to begging her unborn brother to be kind to her mother during his birth.What tore me was the scene where the mythical Faun/Pan gave her a magic chalk that could bring to life anything drawn with it -- a door in the wall that allowed her to leave her room.Her desperation to escape from the world around her and her struggle with reality , is but obvious.

The movie made me shudder a bit imagining the contrast ,life then and now.We live in good times.Times when we can afford to focus a lot more on us as individuals.And before I launch of into more emotional statements (well with the recent bomb scares at NCR have left me feeling a bit shaky) let me scream "Hell Boy" !!

A bit of research made me an instant fan of GDT.Anyone who has loved hellboy (and well seen blade 2), and is eagerly waiting for HBpart 2 , would be happy to know that a HB3 is in the plans as well .He turned down a chance to direct I Am Legend and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to work on Hellboy II: The Golden Army .Cheers GDT!Send us more orange monkeys.

Mimic (sci fi horror), the devils backbone (spanish/gothic horror) and HB2 immediately jumped into my wishlist.

The directors father had been kidnapped and held to ransom in Mexico, which he later left and moved for a safer life to LA .Interestingly, both PL and HB dwell on the protagonist's relationship with their father.Are these movies self expression in some ways?

They felt happy and made happy felt

It was one of the last summer days.And just when you thought you had found the perfect spot to rest your lazy feet and soak all of it up,the flute yawned and tested a soft note. The music carried vague memories of olive groves, summer wine.Happy thoughts swelled up .Happy feet tapped out.

And they danced.Glided on the soapy white woolen mat, tracing circles and squares and other shapes.And the feet, happy being let out of the shoes and soaked in warm water made happy felt.

Simply put, felt is matted wool. Wool becomes felt when it is subjected to moisture, heat, and pressure.Hot soapy water makes the wool slippery, and causes tiny scales on the fiber to open up. The scales prevent the fibers from backing up again after they slide across each other; with agitation, the fibers get hopelessly tangled together.When cooled, dried and compressed, the scales close and lock the wool into the tough, durable material we call felt - the strongest smoothest lightest and most water resistant natural fabric known to man.

A special event of outdoor dancing was arranged at the Thames festival 2008 along with workshops in spinning, knitting felting and weaving..A pile of dyed sheeps wool, some soap suds and hot water, a lively band and a whole bunch of dancing feet was all that was required to create a pretty carpet in felt.