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.
I never try to convey a message, I just want to tell a story. Why that story in particular? I have no idea, but I have learned to surrender to the muse. I become obsessed with a theme or with certain stories; they haunt me for years, and finally, I write them.
I have to write and play. If I became an electrician tomorrow, I'd still come home at night and write songs.
Architecture does not change anything. It's always on the side of the wealthy. The important thing is to believe that it can make life better.
Mendelssohn I consider the first musician of the day; I doff my hat to him as my superior. He plays with everything, especially with the grouping of the instruments in the orchestra, but with such ease, delicacy and art, with such mastery throughout.
Whether I make them or not, there are always sounds to be heard and all of them are excellent.
The Moon, the dried weeds and the Pleiades - Seven feet tall the dark, dried weed stalks make a part of the night a red lace on the milky blue sky
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