On & Backstage: Achievement in Cinematography

Posted: Sunday, February 25th, 2007 by Michael van Poppel at 11.44 pm EDT.

CATEGORY: ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
AWARD RECIPIENT: GUILLERMO NAVARRO
FILM: "PAN'S LABYRINTH"

ONSTAGE
"Thank you, thank you so much to the Academy. This is a great honor. I want to congratulate my fellow nominees. It's a great honor to be among you.

This award is a recognition for the collective effort to support the vision of the genius of Guillermo Del Toro.

Pan's Labyrinth is the result of this narrative that add up to finding the look of the movie, and the narrative to continue into this incredible story that unfolds. The creative freedom that was needed to tell the story, to preserve the integrity of the story and the point of view is what was more important for us in this movie.

To my children, to my wife for giving me wings. Thank you very much."

BACKSTAGE
Q. What did it feel like to be standing off the stage and to see Pan's Labyrinth not win Best Foreign Language film?
A. It was hard because the foreign language film that really represents -- that it's the work of all of us. It's the adding of all these pieces, and it's where -- where everybody is represented there. And we feel that we did a very, very powerful movie, and we are mega-proud of it. So I was hoping for that. I was really, really hoping for that. I agree that the German movie is a very good movie. Don't get me wrong.

Q. Thank you. Congratulations.