Horror had a strong presence at this years Golden Globes, with ‘Get Out’ (Jordan Peele) for best actor Daniel Kaluuya and best picture, ‘Stranger Things’ for Best TV Series and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for David Harbour and of course ‘The Shape of Water’ (Guillermo del Toro) nominated for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Actress for Sally Hawkins, Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer, Best Supporting Actor for Richard Jenkins, Best Original Score for Alexandre Desplat and Best Director for Guillermo del Toro!
A horror/fantasy film being nominated for 7 Golden Globes is no small feat and that shown by the sheer joy in Guillermo del Toro’s acceptance speech as he won Best Director. Tearing up as starts his speech by stating “Since childhood, I have been faithful to monsters. I have been saved and absolved by them, because monsters, I believe, are the patron saints of our blissful imperfection.”
He continues by stating that through out his life, creating his “strange little tales” has saved him 3 times, first when making ‘The Devil’s Backbone’, then when creating ‘Pan’s Labyrinth and most recently, when filming ‘The Shape of Water’.
Del Toro was briefly interrupted by the music, indicating to him to wrap up his speech and leave the stage to which he responded “lower the music guys, it’s taken 25 years, give me a minute.” to the cheers and applause of the audience, before going on to thank his cast and crew and making special mention to all the hard working women in honour of the victims of harassment and abuse in the industry.
Guillermo finished his speech stating, “Lon Chaney is smiling upon all of us.” ending a touching speech with a sentiment that would bring a tear to many old school horror fan’s eyes.
As a long time fan of Guillermo’s work, it makes me so proud to see him receive this amount of praise and recognition and I want to extend by sincere pride and admiration to him and his team. Well done Guillermo! You are a true horror icon and a true icon of film as an art form!
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