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A celebrated auteur in his own right, Guillermo del Toro’s passion for the work of the film medium’s masters is seemingly boundless, unconstrained by period, genre, nationality, reputation, or obscurity. Missionary in his zeal and eclectic in his tastes, he has put together a carte blanche selection of horror (Haxan), fantasy (The Arcane Sorcerer), screwball comedy (Easy Living), noir (Born to Kill), thrillers (The Wrong Man), drama (Uncle Silas), and animation (The Tell-Tale Heart, The Red Turtle). Made between 1922 and 2016, and representing Sweden, Mexico, Japan, Italy, Britain, and America, Del Toro’s selections—by such luminaries as Pupi Avati, Luis Buñuel, Benjamin Christensen, Michael Dudok de Wit, Charles Frank, Mitchell Leisen, Ted Parmelee, Orson Welles, and Robert Wise—represent a unique opportunity to experience many of the films that shaped him as a filmmaker as they were meant to be seen—on the big screen.
Organized by Ron Magliozzi, Curator, and Olivia Priedite, Film Program Coordinator, Department of Film.