The Shape Of Water (2017) and A Monster Calls (2016)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Film History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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After an unscheduled week break (sorry!), the Film Stories podcast returns with the stories of two superb modern fantasy films. Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-winning The Shape Of Water owes a debt to a 1950s horror, and an original idea that came to someone in their teenage years. When it came time to make the film? The budget was always going to be tight, but del Toro faced two different funding options for two different ways to make the film. Juan Antonio Bayona's A Monster Calls, meanwhile, had a relatively swift journey to the screen, although the push to work with practical effects wherever possible did have an impact on the making of the film. Casting proved a challenge, too... Stories of both are told in this very episode... --- Find Simon on Twitter and Bluesky at @simonbrew, and the podcast can be found at @filmstories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What kind of weekend are you in the mood for?
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0:27.1	Hello, this is Simon Brew.
0:29.9	I'm the editor of Film Stories magazine
0:31.6	and a very warm welcome to the Film Stories podcast.
0:35.8	Sorry about that.
0:37.0	I literally had to fly in from outer space
0:39.7	Come with me
0:41.0	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes
0:44.8	And movies, movies that had stories
0:48.0	That the story just sucks a man
0:50.4	This is just the beginning
0:51.5	We would be honored if you would join us.
1:00.2	Hello and a very warm welcome to film stories with Simon Brew.
1:04.5	I am Simon Brew. As always, that's everything you need to know about me.
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