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	3 PM, June 16, 2002

THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE (EL ESPINAZO DEL DIABLO) Director: Guillermo del Toro (Spain, 2001) 106 min.; Rated R Guillermo del Toro (CRONOS, MIMIC) has emerged as one of the horror genre's most striking new talents. THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE is a superior ghost story/murder mystery set in a school-cum-orphanage at the end of the Spanish Civil War, and begins as a childhood rite-of-passage for ten-year-old Carlos before spiraling into a Shining-style spook fest. Although the orphanage lies on a remote and dusty plateau far away from the frontline, the threat and dread of war is omnipresent - not least due to the huge unexploded bomb that sits reproachfully in the middle of the courtyard. Carlos' life is hardly made easier by a bully named Jaime and the school's menacing janitor, Jacinto. But things get even more threatening when Carlos begins seeing the pale spectre of Santi, a fellow orphan who was brutally murdered shortly before his arrival. Cleverly lacing its chilling melodrama with a political twist, THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE reverses expectations by telling its doom-laden Gothic narrative in broad daylight and baking sunshine. Unlike most so-called thrillers, this is one "backbone" that's guaranteed to send a shiver down yours. Source:(http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/11/26/ the_devils_backbone_2001_review.shtml) Reviews and Links: Neil Smith, BBCi http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/11/26/ the_devils_backbone_2001_review.shtml Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/ebert_reviews/2001/12/122105.html Emily Blunt, Blunt Review http://www.bluntreview.com/reviews/devilsbb.htm Official site:	WSCS Summer Series, May through August, features four films: May 19: LITTLE OTIK (OTESÁNEK) Director: Jan Svankmajer (Czech Republic, 2001) 125 min.; Not Rated (adult themes, violence) June 16: THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE (EL ESPINAZO DEL DIABLO) Director: Guillermo del Toro (Spain, 2001) 106 min.; Rated R July 21: KESTREL'S EYE (FALKENS ÖGA) Director: Mikael Kristersson (Sweden, 1998) 89 min.; Not Rated August 18: THE SON'S ROOM (LA STANZA DEL FIGLIO) Director: Nanni Moretti (Italy, 2001) 99 min.; Rated R
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