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The craft of creating a film, who’s narrative structure presents certain binary oppositions that when looked at in depth have connecitons to an ideological critical approach can sometimes be used to understand things like the reasoning for an auter’s methods and style per say. In the Andrea Arnold film, Fishtank , one of the opposition that exist is the Youth vs. Adult oppsition that exists between character’s such as Mia and her mother, Joanne, or even some may interpret the relationship beteen Tyla and Mia to represent a Binary oppsition. However the more intriguing Youth vs Old binary conflict is the one between Mia and Conor, which throughout the film’s runtime progresses to become a maternal opposition, and eventually interfers with a seperate opposition - the one between Mia and Connor’s legitimate daughter. For instance, at first sight, Mia recognises Conor as a stranger - one which naturaly doesn’t to spend time with her out

The Spanish Civil War (Spanish: Guerra Civil Española), widely known in Spain simply as The Civil War (Spanish: Guerra Civil) or The War (Spanish: La Guerra), took place from 1936 to 1939. The Republicans, who were loyal to the democratic, left-leaning and relatively urban Second Spanish Republic, in an alliance of convenience with the Anarchists, fought against the Nationalists, Catholic, and largely aristocratic conservative group led by General Francisco Franco.  The war has often been portrayed as a struggle between democracy and fascism, particularly due to the political climate and timing surrounding it, but it can more accurately be described as a struggle between leftist revolution and rightist counter-revolution. Ultimately, the Nationalists won, and Franco, who already ruled over Nationalist Spain, ruled over all of Spain for the next 36 years, from April 1939 until his death in November 1975.

Guillermo del Toro Gómez (born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist. In his filmmaking career, del Toro has alternated between Spanish-language dark fantasy pieces, such as the gothic horror films The Devil's Backbone (2001) and Pan's Labyrinth (2006), and more mainstream American action films, such as the vampire superhero action film Blade II (2002), the supernatural superhero film Hellboy (2004), its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), and the science fiction monster film Pacific Rim (2013). His latest film, The Shape of Water (2017), has received critical praise and won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival as well as number of awards at the Golden Globes, including best director for del Toro.  In addition to his directing works, del Toro is also known as a prolific producer. His producing credits include films such as The Orphanage (2007), Julia's Eyes (2010), Biutiful (2010), Kung Fu Pand

Pan's Labyrinth ( Spain, Mexico ) 2006 Writer, director, producer: Guillermo del Toro Won three Academy awards: Cinematography Makeup Production Design Nominated: Foreign language film Original screenplay Original score Mexican context The PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) governed Mexico for over 70 years, from 1929 to 2001.  D uring this time,  t hey were responsible for corruption, electoral fraud and authoritarianism ( a way of governing that values order and control over personal  freedom).  The PRI lost the 2001 election, and with it their long reign over the country. The new party, the PAN (National Action Party), promised social change and the end to the years of corruption that had dogged Mexico. It is against this backdrop of political unrest that  Nuevo Cine  Mexicano  – New Wave Mexican Cinema – was born. However, the wave of euphoria that heralded the PAN was short-lived; “decades of corruption and oppression co