5 Reasons Why ‘The Book of Life’ Is the Best Animated Movie of All Time, Ever
*What do you think, “best animated movie of all time?” VL
By now, you know at least a little bit about The Book of Life. (If not, take a moment to read about the film’s Latino cast and its soundtrack filled with Latinized covers of Radiohead and Biz Markie.)
Last week, I got the opportunity to check out the Dia de Muertos-themed movie and I can authoritatively say that The Book of Life is the most heartwarming, visually stimulating, lovely, witty, original, best costumed and perfectly scored animated movie of all time. Yeah, I loved it.
You need to experience this 3-D marvel yourself. Here are five fun facts about the Guillermo del Toro produced film that should propel you into a theater to watch this labor of loooove.
1. The pitch
When writer and first-time feature film director, Jorge R. Gutierrez, was given the opportunity to pitch his film to the famed director/producer Guillermo del Toro, he was told he had 20 minutes. Mr. del Toro narrowed it down to five. When Gutierrez was done, Del Toro told him, “That was a really terrible pitch. But I can see your world. Of course, I will produce you.”Gutierrez describes the moment that del Toro gave him the green light, “I felt like a ten year-old kid dressed like Robin, and [the real] Batman suddenly pulled over and yelled: get in!”
Aw. ¡Que bonito es el amor!
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[Photo courtesy of Remezcla]