Guillermo del Toro said ‘Absolutely No Goddamn AI’ in ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ 3D Re-Release: ‘We’re Protecting a Lineage of Art’
Guillermo del Toro had one rule when bringing “Pan’s Labyrinth” back to theaters for its 20th anniversary: “No goddamn AI.” The filmmaker returned to San...
Key points
- Guillermo del Toro had one rule when bringing “Pan’s Labyrinth” back to theaters for its 20th anniversary: “No goddamn AI.” The filmmaker returned to San Diego Comic-Con to discuss the film’s 20th anniversary, which returns to theaters Oct.
- The filmmaker said he converted “Pan’s Labyrinth” into 3D by hand and opted not to use AI.
- “Obviously I said, ‘Absolutely no goddamn AI,’” he said, which was met with the audience’s applause.
- We are protecting a lineage of art.
What happened
Guillermo del Toro had one rule when bringing “Pan’s Labyrinth” back to theaters for its 20th anniversary: “No goddamn AI.” The filmmaker returned to San Diego Comic-Con to discuss the film’s 20th anniversary, which returns to theaters Oct. The filmmaker said he converted “Pan’s Labyrinth” into 3D by hand and opted not to use AI. “Obviously I said, ‘Absolutely no goddamn AI,’” he said, which was met with the audience’s applause. We are protecting a lineage of art. If we cut a generation of people from learning their craft, you’re cutting the rest of the history of that medium away from them for what?” Popular on Variety When doing the conversion, del Toro said he had two options: to do it quick, or to do it good. Del Toro returned to Cannes Film Festival earlier this year to debut a 4K restoration of the film, which was met with several minutes of applause.
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