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“As Beautiful as a Butterfly”?
2016
Overview
A key center scene in Guillermo del Toro’s 1993 horror debut,Cronos, introduces conflicting views of insects like those inThe Hellstrom ChronicleandBeetle Queen Conquers Tokyofrom a fictional film perspective. According to a dying industrialist, De la Guardia (Claudio Brook), a coveted device prolongs life because a cockroach trapped inside it is working like a “living filter” attesting to the power of insects. As De la Guardia asks the film’s hero, Jesus Gris (Federico Luppi), who has activated the device, “Who says insects aren’t God’s favorite creatures?” They have survived from almost Earth’s beginnings, even when other
