Guillermo del Toro: at home with monsters : inside his films, notebooks, and collections

Abstract

The companion to a new exhibition on the visionary work and imagination of director Guillermo del Toro. The exhibition focuses on del Toro's creative process, including the well-defined themes that he obsessively returns to in all his films, the journals in which he logs his ideas, and the vast and inspiring collection of art and pop culture ephemera that he has amassed at his private man cave, Bleak House. Filled with imagery from the exhibit, including favorite pieces of art that del Toro has chosen for the exhibit, and pertinent journal pages, the book will further delve further into the director's world through exclusive in-depth interviews and commentary from notable figures in the art world. An engrossing look into the mind of one of the great creative visionaries of our time.

Contents

Foreword / Guillermo del Toro -- Introduction / Kaywin Feldman, Michael Govan, and Stephan Jost -- Part One. Collecting monsters -- Chaotic Passions: Guillermo del Toro and Collecting / Britt Salvesen -- An interview with Guillermo del Toro / Keith McDonald and Roger Clark -- The monster in the mirror / Paul Koudounaris -- Part two. Inspiration and obsession / Britt Salvesen and Jim Shedden -- Innocence and childhood -- Victoriana -- Magic, alchemy, and the occult -- Movies, comics, and pop culture -- Frankenstein and horror -- Freaks and monsters -- Death and the afterlife -- Guillermo del Toro: the ecstasy of influence / Jim Shedden.