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Why Does Guillermo del Toro Prefer Darkness to Sharpness? · Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Frankenstein, The Shape of Water) is an Academy Award-winning director, screenwriter, and producer. Guillermo joins Armchair Expert to discuss his dad winning the lottery twice, diagnosing himself from a health encyclopedia, and promising the monsters in his bedroom lifelong friendship. Guillermo and Dax talk about…

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  1. How Do You Negotiate With Monsters in the Closet? at 35:24

    Lucid dreaming caused presences to appear in a bedroom and enter the brain. A child peed in the crib after seeing fingers wave from the closet and the rug. Full answer

  2. Why Does Veering Towards Secondary Gains Leave a Person Hollow? at 39:09

    Veering towards secondary or tertiary gains leaves a person hollow if not careful. Full answer

  3. Why Does Ultimate Balance Arrive in the Last Three Minutes of Life? at 42:06

    Ultimate balance gets evaluated in the last three minutes of life when no professional role matters anymore. Full answer

  4. Why Does Guillermo del Toro Prefer Darkness to Sharpness? at 1:08:05

    Guillermo del Toro says controlling black levels matters more than resolution for film quality. Full answer

  5. How Do You Keep Life From Becoming Taxidermy? at 1:15:17

    Imagination is better than knowledge and more important than knowledge. Full answer

  6. Why Does Guillermo del Toro Share Failures With Actors? at 1:30:45

    Guillermo del Toro shares personal failures before collaborating with an actor to enter a project as imperfect beings. Full answer

  7. Why Does Jack White Stand Out as a Live Guitar Player? at 1:44:28

    Jack White is so worth seeing in your lifetime because he forms a piece of metal into something by being at war with a guitar and manhandling a guitar in a… Full answer

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