Guillermo del Toro recalls his desperate, death-defying police chase to finance 'Cronos'

Guillermo del Toro recalls his desperate, death-defying police chase to finance 'Cronos'

In a video from 2001 that’s resurfaced and is warming hearts across social media, Oscar-winning writer-director Guillermo del Toro recounts the extraordinary, almost comical lengths he went to finance his debut 1993 feature, Cronos—including what he refers to as “one of the most pathetic hot pursuits in the history of mankind.”The clip, shared by the Toronto International Film Festival, shows del Toro explaining the non-traditional methods he ha…