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- Monster movie references abound throughout “Shape of Water”: “King Kong,” “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “ Starman,” and—most of all—Jean Cocteau’s “Beauty and the Beast,” with one scene in particular an explicit homage.
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May 14, 2021 · We point out all the hidden movie homages and references we can spot in Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, and we explain their significance.
Nov 30, 2017 · Monster movie references abound throughout “Shape of Water”: “King Kong,” “Creature from the Black Lagoon,” “Starman,” and—most of all—Jean Cocteau’s “Beauty and the Beast,” with one scene in particular an explicit homage.
Guillermo del Toro ’s The Shape of Water (2017) is constructed to challenge society’s perception of the Other in both a literal and metaphorical sense. The monster of this film is a humanoid amphibian creature stolen from the Amazon by American scientists.
Mar 6, 2018 · The Shape of Water, which also just took home the Oscar for Best Picture, is perhaps his most explicitly referential film to date, an ode to the magic of cinema and a reimagining of classic genre...
Film of the week: The Shape of Water swims in lagoons of love and horror. Guillermo del Toro’s bittersweet romance between a mute cleaning woman and an amphibious man cleverly and affectionately updates Hollywood monster movies of the past. from our March 2018 issue. Sally Hawkins as Eliza Esposito in The Shape of Water.
Elisa Esposito (Sally Hawkins) is a mute janitor who works in a government laboratory with her colleague Zelda Fuller (Octavia Spencer). One day, she discovers what her superiors call "the Asset" (Doug Jones): an amphibious humanoid creature confined to a water tank.
Who's The Real Monster? The play of heroes and villains in The Shape of Water is one of the film's most clever aspects and a crucial component of its drama. The creature—a freakish aquatic humanoid—should by all accounts assume the role of the monster while Strickland—a clean-cut American ubermensch—should be its hero.
