Download or read book Studying the Devil's Backbone written by James Rose and published by Studying Films. This book was released on 2009 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unhappy while directing his first Hollywood studio film, 'Mimic' (1997), writer-director Guillermo del Toro returned to his roots with 'The Devil's Backbone' (2001). This is a study of the latter film.