On & Backstage: Achievement in Art Direction

Posted: Sunday, February 25th, 2007 by Michael van Poppel at 10.08 pm EDT.

CATEGORY: ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION
AWARD RECIPIENTS: EUGENIO CABALLERO AND PILAR REVUELTA
FILM: PAN'S LABYRINTH

ONSTAGE
"Thank you. We want to thank, first of all to the Academy for this dream come true. It's an honor for us. Thank you to our crew, they made a wonderful job. To Picturehouse, to all of our producers, they've been tremendously supportive. To Guillermo Navarro for his beautiful light. To Guillermo Del Toro for guiding us through this labyrinth. I want to thank my wife and my family for their support. And I want to dedicate this to the memory of my mother and all the filmmakers of my country."

BACKSTAGE
Q. I don't know if you speak English.
A. Yes.

Q. To get all the other as well.  Please, not only what it means, but what it means for this movie in particular.  It was a little movie and so far two awards. How do you see -- I mean, are we going to get six of them?  How do you see from a little movie to what has begun?
A. I don't know what is going to happen, but I'm very happy about what's happening with this movie.  It's -- I think it's important because in this movie, there -- there is -- in this cruel world right now, there's a good chance for -- it's important to give a chance to fantasy, and that fantasy find some hope, and I think this is a movie about hope, and that's -- that's why I think it's -- it's been a lucky, lucky year for us.  This movie have a very, like, bright stars in the very beginning, and the star had been guiding us through this labyrinth.  All right.
A. Yes, as more movie, but I think it's good that, you know, this is co-production that we made is Spanish people and Mexican people that, you know, we can for -- at least for my country, they see that there's technician that they can work everywhere, and you know, there's no limit of the small or big movies.