IT'S ALIVE!

摘要

Consider the plant monster from Hell-boy II or the eyeless creep in Pan's Labyrinth: Director Guillermo del Toro has a genius for putting bizarre beings on screen. But no matter how grotesque the vision, he always begins his creations with what he calls "the National Geographic approach." Start with a nightmarish idea, and then look to nature for details. "You want to make the creatures outlandish enough that they'll thrill the imagination," he says, "but recognizable enough that they feel real."