A movie with many messages beyond the mystical love story is
The Shape of Water released in 2017, about a lonely janitor who forms a unique
relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity at a
top secret research facility in the 1960s written and produced by Guillermo del
Toro. For those compassionate to the pain of others, including other species,
this film in a dignified delivery of messages about prejudice, oppression, the
horror of vivisection, abuse – both to animals and humans, and the hope that
just maybe there’s more to the world than seen on the surface.
Basically the story-line is:
Elisa is a mute, isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady
in a hidden, high-security government laboratory in 1962 Baltimore. Her life
changes forever when she discovers the lab's classified secret -- a mysterious,
scaled creature from South America that lives in a water tank. As Elisa
develops a unique bond with him, she soon learns that his fate and very
survival lies in the hands of a hostile government agent and a marine
biologist.
My thoughts: The story-line about the amphibian captured and
the relationship between him and Elisa seems to have confused some due to lack
of realization that he wasn’t a fish but an intelligent being with the ability
to heal. Even those in the field of spirituality and metaphysics should have
grasped the meanings weaved throughout it, but many didn’t. Of course, art is individual
taste and yet the art of film has several aspects, first is the story-line, so
those who claim to be aware, sensitive to the world, and intuitive seem to have
missed an opportunity to “know” what’s happening all around us. I think, “let
them eat cake” applies quite well when thinking of pseudo New Age phonies who’d
be upset to see an overripe tomato.
Del Toro’s life is amazing and filled with phenomenal events
such as his father being kidnapped and held for 72 days until a ransom was
paid. He’s turned down opportunities to direct very successful films to
maintain his own dedication to projects.
To conclude, here’s a quote from him: "That's what I
love about fairy tales; they tell the truth, not organized politics, religion
or economics. Those things destroy the soul. That is the idea from Pan's
Labyrinth (2006) and it surfaces in Hellboy (2004) and, to some degree, in all
my films.”
Astrology Profile: Del Toro is Libra with the Moon in Sagittarius that combined and reflecting a higher nature gives him a strong dedication to justice that he strives to portray through his work. He has three planets, Venus, Uranus and Pluto in Virgo that helps him to be precise and detailed with all he does. Mercury, planet of communication and Venus, creativity and passion are in Mutual Reception that reveals his strong conviction to create based on his awareness of the world – or worlds, including other dimensions and the many worlds in nature.
Astrology Profile: Del Toro is Libra with the Moon in Sagittarius that combined and reflecting a higher nature gives him a strong dedication to justice that he strives to portray through his work. He has three planets, Venus, Uranus and Pluto in Virgo that helps him to be precise and detailed with all he does. Mercury, planet of communication and Venus, creativity and passion are in Mutual Reception that reveals his strong conviction to create based on his awareness of the world – or worlds, including other dimensions and the many worlds in nature.
