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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Making the creature in ‘The Shape of Water’ sexy

    Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” is about a mute woman who falls in love with an amphibious creature, ala the 1954 film “Creature from the Black Lagoon.”

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 19, 2017 • 1 min read

    Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” is about a mute woman who falls in love with an amphibious creature, ala the 1954 film “Creature from the Black Lagoon.” Actor Doug Jones and cinematographer Dan Laustsen talk about what it was like bringing the creature to life.

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      Dan Laustsen

      Cinematographer, “The Shape of Water”

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      actor "The Shape of Water"

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