En una amena conversacin informal junto a su amigo Leonardo Garca Tsao, crtico de cine con una larga trayectoria, Guillermo del Toro recorre en estas pginas sus tempranas influencias, sus inquetudes infantiles y sus primeras aventuras creativas en Guadalajara; una historia de pasin juvenil que da paso a una de las carrreras cinematogrficas ms celebradas de nuestro tiempo. Desde la odisea que signific la filmacin del cortometraje Doa Lupe, para la que l mismo tuvo que conducir, cargar y descargar el camin con el equipo de filmacin, hasta la universal celebracin de su ms reciente filme, La forma del agua, somos testigos de la lucha, los obstculos las alegras y los obsesivos mtodos de trabajo que hacen de Guillermo del Toro una de las mentes ms singularmente autnticas del cine internacional, y somos recompensados con las pistas definitivas que unifican el imaginario de su universo flmico.

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"Guillermo del Toro's singular work has made him a key filmmaker of the twentieth century and the dawning of this one." --From the foreword, by Felipe Cazals

Within these pages, in a very enjoyable, casual conversation with his friend Leonardo Garca Tsao--experienced movie critic--Guillermo del Toro walks us through his early influences, his childhood troubles, and his first creative adventures in Guadalajara. It is a story of youthful passion that gives way to one of the most celebrated filmmaking careers of our time. Since the odyssey that meant making his short film Doa Lupe, in which he had to drive the truck, as well as load and unload all the equipment, to his latest and universally acclaimed film, The Shape of Water, we witness the struggle, the hurdles, the joys, and the obsessive work methods that make Guillermo del Toro one of the most singularly authentic minds in world cinema. We are now rewarded with the definite clues to the imaginary in his cinematic universe.