Guillermo del Toro's Mystical Notes

"I always say, everything that happens is a ciphered message…"

Guillermo del Toro’s notes have a mystical quality to them. Like the books in his films, they are grimoires (books of magical spells). As I read through his notes, I kept thinking of “The Book of Crossroads” in Pan’s Labyrinth. When Fauno gives Ofelia this book, it is blank. However, once she is alone, words and images magically appear to guide our her…