This piece is a profile of director Guillermo del Toro written for The New Yorker. A comprehensive look at the director's life and career reveals a troubled eccentric whose become a contemporary master of dark and imaginative imagery. He has special insight into the sensibilities of "fan-boys" everywhere, as he is one himself. His own residence, named "Bleak House", is a museum of the fantastical. His professional frustrations, such as being taken off of "the Hobbit" after years of painstaking work, is matched with personal trials; his struggle with his weight for instance.
The piece concludes on an optimistic note. The development for a new film "Madness" is underway and driving del Toro's creative energy. An adaption of an old H. P. Lovecraft story, Madness will feature unique and daring new monsters, landscapes, and architectures.
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