Oscar Nominee: Pan's Labyrinth for Art Direction

Every week up until the Oscars, I'll be featuring the nominees in the various visual categories. In this final week, I'll be looking at the nominees for best art direction, which encompasses the entire look and feel of a film from the scenery to the lighting. Today's featured movie is Pan's Labyrinth, which, like The Prestige, also scored a nomination for cinematography. Both cinematic crafts were essential in creating the movie's dual world of eerie fantasy and disturbing, battle-strewn reality. To see a gallery of stills from Pan's Labyrinth, read more