Genre
Modern Day Fairy Tales
Fairy-tale logic transplanted into the contemporary world — enchantment, moral tests, and transformation, without the medieval dressing.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
Pan's Labyrinth
Guillermo del Toro · 2006
Edward Scissorhands
Tim Burton · 1990
Amélie
Jean-Pierre Jeunet · 2001
The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro · 2017
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