La obra singular de Guillermo del Toro lo ha convertido en un cineasta clave de fin del siglo pasado y principios del presente.
Del prologo de Felipe Cazals

En una amena conversacion informal junto a su amigo Leonardo Garcia Tsao, critico de cine con una larga trayectoria, Guillermo del Toro recorre en estas paginas sus tempranas influencias, sus inquetudes infantiles y sus primeras aventuras creativas en Guadalajara; una historia de pasion juvenil que da paso a una de las carrreras cinematograficas mas celebradas de nuestro tiempo. Desde la odisea que significo la filmacion del cortometraje Dona Lupe, para la que el mismo tuvo que conducir, cargar y descargar el camion con el equipo de filmacion, hasta la universal celebracion de su mas reciente filme, La forma del agua, somos testigos de la lucha, los obstaculos las alegrias y los obsesivos metodos de trabajo que hacen de Guillermo del Toro una de las mentes mas singularmente autenticas del cine internacional, y somos recompensados con las pistas definitivas que unifican el imaginario de su universo filmico.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Guillermo del Toro’s singular work has made him a key filmmaker of the twentieth century and the dawning of this one. -From the foreword, by Felipe Cazals

Within these pages, in a very enjoyable, casual conversation with his friend Leonardo Garcia Tsao-experienced movie critic-Guillermo del Toro walks us through his early influences, his childhood troubles, and his first creative adventures in Guadalajara. It is a story of youthful passion that gives way to one of the most celebrated filmmaking careers of our time. Since the odyssey that meant making his short film Dona Lupe, in which he had to drive the truck, as well as load and unload all the equipment, to his latest and universally acclaimed film, The Shape of Water, we witness the struggle, the hurdles, the joys, and the obsessive work methods that make Guillermo del Toro one of the most singularly authentic minds in world cinema. We are now rewarded with the definite clues to the imaginary in his cinematic universe.