The Devil's Backbone (2001) aka El espinazo del diablo (Criterion Remastered 1080p BluRay x265 HEVC 10bit AAC 5.1 Commentary HeVK) Guillermo del Toro Fernando Tielve Íñigo Garcés Eduardo Noriega Marisa Paredes Federico Luppi Irene Visedo Junio Valverde
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The Devil's Backbone
After losing his father, 10-year-old Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucia School, which shelters orphans of the Republican militia and politicians, and is taken in by the steely headmistress, Carmen, and the kindly professor, Casares. Soon after his arrival, Carlos has a run-in with the violent caretaker, Jacinto. Gradually, Carlos uncovers the secrets of the school, including the youthful ghost that wanders the grounds.
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The Devil's Backbone (2001), aka El espinazo del Diablo, directed by Guillermo Del Toro, Criterion remastered, encoded in 10 bit HEVC with AAC sound, including original theatrical 5.1, director's commentary track, English subtitles, and a subtitle track of director's thumbnail sketches.
IMDb : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256009/
Video encoded in two-pass 9000 kbps x265 10bit with the veryslow preset for archive quality image.
English subtitles OCRed, proofed and corrected (there were some bad errors in these, weirdly). On-screen presentation of thumbnail sketches preserved from Blu-Ray.
Note : Guillermo Del Toro's third feature, shot in Spain after the fiasco of Mimic in the US, is an operatic, stylized gothic ghost story. I didn't like it much the first time I saw it, I thought it was too melodramatic, but I liked it much more when watching it again for this encode. The child actors are really good, Eduardo Noriega (Tesis) is an ominous antagonist, Marisa Paredes and Federico Luppi pull off levels of drama that are tricky for any actor, and in general it works, although it's not always really elegant, and sometimes too sprawling. It feels like a less mature and focused predecessor to Pan's Labyrinth, and indeed both the set-up (children facing supernatural goings-on during the Spanish Civil War) and many of the themes and even characters are similar. Definitely worth watching, and quite creepy at times.
I think this is a very nice looking remaster, and Guillermo Navarro's cinematography really shines, with lush, warm, saturated colors, deep blacks, and a velvety texture. Del Toro's commentary track is interesting and thoughtful, as he usually is, and it's worth checking out the "subtitle track" that's actually just his sketches that go with the commentary.
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General : Matroska / 7.37 GiB / 1 h 47 min / 9 780 kb/s
Video : HEVC / [email protected]@Main / 8 996 kb/s / 1 920 x 1 036 pixels / 1.85:1 / 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS / *Default
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Audio #1 : AAC LC / 638 kb/s / 6 channels / Original theatrical 5.1 / Spanish / *Default
Audio #2 : AAC LC / 128 kb/s / 2 channels / Commentary by director Guillermo del Toro / English
Text #1 : SRT / 27 b/s / English
Text #2 : PGS / 22.6 kb/s / On-screen presentation of Del Toro's thumbnail sketches
Chapters
00:00:00.000 : Opening Credits
00:03:54.943 : Carlos
00:06:57.667 : G
00:09:51.049 : Left Behind
00:12:54.399 : Bed No. 12
00:14:32.330 : Jacinto and Conchita
00:17:24.669 : The One Who Sighs
00:20:46.287 : Off-limits For Orphans
00:26:48.398 : "Many of You Will Die"
00:37:40.967 : At the Pool
00:40:37.310 : The Devil's Backbone
00:42:48.357 : Swap Meet
00:44:56.944 : The Last Time
00:47:43.152 : The Legend of Santi
00:54:18.547 : Condemned
00:55:42.464 : "Show Me Where Santi Is"
01:00:23.036 : "We Have To Go"
01:02:02.427 : Prince Without a Kingdom
01:06:25.231 : Prophecy Fulfilled
01:10:26.597 : A New Poem
01:15:53.758 : Armed and Waiting
01:17:31.272 : The Truth Revealed
01:23:38.263 : "Say You're Sorry"
01:28:08.950 : Santi's Wish
01:29:44.045 : Jacinto Returns
01:31:30.276 : Escape
01:37:20.168 : Gold
01:39:22.081 : A Fitting Punishment
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