Cabinet of curiosities: my notebooks, collections, and other obsessions

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Foreword / James Cameron -- Introduction -- Collections. Bleak house ; Graphic inspirations ; Analyzing film ; Storytelling ; Idea incubators -- Notebooks. Cronos ; Mimic ; The Devil's backbone ; Blade II ; Hellboy ; Pan's labyrinth ; Hellboy II: the Golden Army ; Pacific rim -- Unfinished projects. Meat market ; Mephisto's bridge ; The list of seven ; The left hand of darkness ; At the mountains of madness -- Afterword / Tom Cruise.;Over the last two decades, writer-director Guillermo del Toro has mapped out a territory in the popular imagination that is uniquely his own, astonishing audiences with Cronos, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, and a host of other films and creative endeavors. Now, for the first time, del Toro reveals the inspirations behind his signature artistic motifs, sharing the contents of his personal notebooks, collections, and other obsessions. The result is a startling, intimate glimpse into the life and mind of one of the world's most creative visionaries. Complete with running commentary, interview text, and annotations that contextualize the ample visual material, this deluxe compendium is every bit as inspired as del Toro is himself.