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Ask Movie Slate - Episode 226 - Mimic
 
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The development of this drawing was a rather accidental one. As I was setting up the sketch, I had to be rushed to the ER due to a predicament that had just flared up (to put it in blunt terms, bleeding was involved). It took me about three days to finish this drawing, which considering I wasn’t feeling the best at the moment I’d say it was fairly quick. This idea in question references to those godawful costumes they sell on bootleg websites, you know the ones.
 
It’s easy to forget about “Mimic” being the first foray that Guillermo del Toro had in the world of Hollywood. He had been making independent movies until that point, so it wasn’t his first time behind a camera (not by a long shot) but whenever I watch “Mimic” all I remember is the way that Guillermo described it in an interview for a Spanish TV show about movies. He said they took his screenplay and basically fucked it in the ass, changed a bunch of things and made it friendlier for the mainstream audience. I remember him saying that the only part of the movie he liked script-wise was the part where he kills the two children, which makes me wonder how many other characters were meant to die towards the end of the film. In the end he admits that, while the movie isn’t his own in terms of writing, everything else is the way he wanted it to be. The colour palette, the shot composition, the way everything is framed and set up, and while the movie doesn’t feel like it belongs to him, he still feels it’s his movie.
 
I think the way he described this movie is very close to how I feel about it, truth be told. I don’t remember the names of any of the characters, but I remember their personalities and their stories. I really liked the shoe cleaner played by Giancarlo Giannini, or the no-nonsense security guard played by Charles S. Dutton. Hell, even F. Murray Abraham delivers a damn good performance in this. Del Toro knew very well to fill his movie with character actors in case the character writing faltered, which it does almost from minute one. It’s a strong movie in the visual, visceral and acting aspects, but it very much lacks on everything else, which is a shame because it makes the movie feel like it’s only halfway done.
 
If you want to complete your viewing of Guillermo del Toro’s filmography you can definitely give this one a watch, but don’t expect the strength he displays in his most recent work. Studio interference and an uncooperative screenplay bring down what could be a much better movie trying to come out.
 
I hope you guys enjoy the picture!
 
You can check Movie Slate’s post on Tumblr right here.
 
You can also check the Making of Post right here.
 
Please, let me know what you think of it in the comments. I appreciate and every single one I receive.
 
Thank you!