Guillermo Del Toro: Film as Alchemic Art
- ISBN-10
- 1501308610
- ISBN-13
- 9781501308611
- Series
- Guillermo Del Toro
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 248
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-08-27
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Authors
- Roger Clark, Keith McDonald
Description
A critical study of the work of the Mexican director and producer Guillermo del Toro.
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