The Shape of Water's phenomenal victory in season awards both Golden Globes 2018 and Oscar 2018 smacks of 'cons'. The love movie between sea creatures and humans won on the issue of plagiarism, Guillermo del Toro's film that tells of the love of a woman cleaning worker and sea creature is called similar to a number of works that have been previously released.
A number of similar works with The Shape of Water are a short film of the 2015 release from the Netherlands and a theatrical performance in 1969., The so-called short film is similar to The Shape of Water entitled Space Between Us and was made by Dutch film student Marc S Nollkaemper, The 13-minute film follows the story of a woman who falls in love with a fish-like creature at a research facility. Similar to the core story of The Shape of Water.
On the other hand, the story in The Shape of Water is also considered to be similar to the play-play Let Me Hear You Whisper (1969) by Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Zindel, who died in 2003, The show was later adapted into a 1990 TV movie starring Jean Stapleton, Her story focuses on a cleaning lady working in the laboratory where a dolphin she likes will be killed by brain disease.
French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet also recently told Ouest France that he was distracted by a scene in The Shape of Water that features a resemblance to a scene in the film Delicatessen (1991), The fuss scene is a couple of couples who sit together and perform a number of choreographic movements with old movie background, In The Shape of Water, this dance is performed using the feet, while in Delicatessen more explores upper body movements.
It's just that both Del Toro and Fox Searchlight's production house denied the allegations, To Deadline, Del Toro said he had never heard of the works before making the movie The Shape of Water. He emphasized his clean track record.
"I have been in the film world for 25 years and have a strong reputation," said Del Toro.
"I always make the topic of openness in my career, about my influence in the movies I make, in comments on DVDs, Twitter, my museum exhibits, I'm always open about what I love, and I have no problem discussing it and how they are transforming in the movie -my film, "Del Toro said.
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