Del Toro's notebooks

Like the late Alfred Hitchcock, Guillermo del Toro is one of those filmmakers who plans a movie in meticulous detail, including the visuals, before shooting begins. Check out these selections from his amazing illustrated notebooks, which remind me of Leonardo da Vinci's. The smaller pages at the bottom led directly to Pan's Labyrinth; you'll recognize the mandrake root and the Pale Man. Other examples are on the second disc of the two-disc Pan's Labyrinth DVD set.