How Guillermo Del Toro, Ava DuVernay Are Passing Time in

When director Guillermo Del Toro asks for quarantine leisure suggestions, his well-known pals certain don’t disappoint.

Del Toro took to Twitter Monday for assist in passing the time throughout the pandemic. “What are you reading, what are you watching, what are you listening to, and how many days have you been indoors?,” Del Toro posted Monday morning.

Del Toro added that he has “been indoors for over a month… self-imposed. I have gone out only for primary needs: food, supplies, etc., and I have been mostly rewatching and re-reading.”

Among the content material Del Toro mentioned he was revisiting had been a number of movies by director Mitchell Leisen, together with “Death Takes a Holiday” and “Easy Living.” For literature, Del Toro mentioned he’s re-reading “The Devils of Loudon,” a thriller by dystopian writer Aldous Huxley, calling it “incredibly pertinent to what we are going through and how autonomy can be destroyed in times of crisis.”

Director Ava DuVernay responded to Del Toro and mentioned she’s doing “less discovery and more comfort viewing” throughout these unsure occasions.

“My fave thing I’ve rewatched lately is ‘Belly.’ A classic in black cinema for its capture of our skin and of hip hop’s golden era,” the director of “Selma” and “When They See Us” tweeted. DuVernay additionally mentioned she’s been listening to a number of radio stations on music streaming app Pandora, together with the “Bon Iver station when I’m down” and the “Burna Boy station when I’m feeling better.”

James Mangold, director of movies together with “Girl, Interrupted” and “Walk the Line,” mentioned that when he has time between analysis studying, he’s been watching 1964 basic movie “Red Desert” and Japanese romantic fantasy drama “Ugetsu”.

Director Brad Bird, identified for his work on Disney’s “Ratatouille” and PIXAR’s “The Incredibles” franchise, advised Del Toro he was re-watching the 1951 movie “A Place in the Sun,” saying the “chemistry between Clift and Taylor is through the roof!,” referencing the movie’s stars Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor.