{"id":117287,"date":"2017-09-11T23:34:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T03:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=117287"},"modified":"2017-09-11T23:34:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T03:34:43","slug":"guillermo-del-toro-says-hed-like-his-own-film-studio-in-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/11\/guillermo-del-toro-says-hed-like-his-own-film-studio-in-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Guillermo del Toro says he’d like his own film studio in Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Guillermo del Toro (Photo by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TORONTO — Mexican director Guillermo del Toro says he loves Hamilton so much he’d like to set up his own studio in the southern Ontario city.<\/p>\n

The \u201cPan’s Labyrinth\u201d director gushed about Hamilton and Toronto as he discussed his latest Ontario-shot feature, \u201cThe Shape of Water,\u201d at the Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Del Toro says he’s watched Hamilton evolve since the 1990s and calls it a \u201cpowerhouse\u201d of creativity — and great pancakes.<\/p>\n

The filmmaker live-tweeted about his favourite Hamilton restaurants and book stores last year as he worked on the fantasy romance, already an awards-season contender after buoyant early reviews.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Shape of Water\u201d won the Venice Film Festival’s top prize on Saturday, snagging the Gold Lion just before heading to TIFF.<\/p>\n

Sally Hawkins stars as a mute janitor who discovers a strange amphibious creature at the U.S. government laboratory where she works.<\/p>\n

Del Toro says he packed the ’60s-set fairy tale with nods to classic Hollywood films. And he had lots to say about his affection for the city known as the Hammer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love Hamilton, I love it. It has some of the greatest stores, book stores, restaurants. It’s really a transforming city,\u201d del Toro told a TIFF press conference Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut also what I love is the energy and I think the city is incredibly generous with filmmakers. It really is and it makes a huge difference. If I have it my way, I’ll have a studio there soon when I recuperate. I love the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is del Toro’s fourth movie shot in the Greater Toronto Area, which also hosted \u201cPacific Rim,\u201d \u201cMama\u201d and \u201cCrimson Peak.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said his love affair with Toronto began when he made the 1997 horror film \u201cMimic\u201d in Toronto.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything else was horrible. The relationship with the studio, the process of making the story, it was absolute hell. But I remember the wild days of King Street and Queen Street in the ’90s. I remember all the video stores, I remember all the comic book stores, I remember the book stores, the sensation of a city that was really — and I still feel is — culturally so alive and so plural,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat wouldn’t be anything if the people in Toronto were not top-notch technically and artistically to deliver any movie you need, of any scale you need in the world. And so there’s a sense of family, there’s a sense of gratitude and there’s a sense of belonging and a sense of loyalty.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat’s why I want to keep coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Toronto International Film Festival wraps Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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