The Shape of Water’s Hidden Theme of Consumerism

Guillermo del Toro won the Best Picture Oscar for his “Creature from the Black Lagoon“ fanfiction. The best part is that he totally earned it. Subscribe for more film review and movie analysis videos! Tumblr: Letterboxd: Avatar by Rhydian Kroft at The Shape of Water is a 2017 romantic fantasy film directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by del Toro and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. Set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, the film follows a mute custodian at a high-security government laboratory who falls in love with a captured humanoid amphibian creature, and decides to help him escape from death at the hands of an evil colonel. Filming took place on location in Ontario, Canada, from August to November 2016. The Shape of Water was screened as part of the main competiti