“Animation is cinema, animation is acting, animation is art”, Guillermo Del Toro on his ‘Pinocchio’

When Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro first set out to make an animated version of pinocchio 15 years ago, he chose to set his film in Fascist Italy in the 1930s. The characters of the elderly woodcarver Geppetto and his living puppet Pinocchio originated in an 1883 Italian novel and were popularized by the 1940 … Read more

‘Pinocchio’, ‘Pacific Rim’ and Guillermo del Toro’s films with religious references

In addition to the influence he has received from mythologies, legends and fairy tales, Christian symbolism has played an important role in the filmography of Mexican director Guillermo del Toro. Shaped by the traditional Catholic religion in Mexico, extreme notions of sin, guilt, and penance were ingrained in a young Guillermo del Toro. Over the … Read more

Clare of Assisi yesterday and today and a focus on the new Pinocchio by Del Toro

“Bare your head,” Elder Balvina says. “They won’t be able to do anything to you.” And indeed, the father breaks in to take back his rebellious daughter Clear, who has chosen to join her friend Francesco at the Porziuncola, but stops before her decisive gesture that reveals her cut hair, an act of a penitent … Read more

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’, ‘Turning Red’ among top contenders in animated feature race

As December approaches, Netflix is ​​giving away the well-reviewed At Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio a highly publicized start. Netflix Animation – despite its tough year on the business side – has a strong and varied list of animated feature contenders, the most notable being Carlo Collodi’s moving stop-motion tale of del Toro. Pinocchiowhich has a … Read more

Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio – Netflix Movie Review

Pinocchio by Guillermo Del Toro: the visionary Mexican director brings to the big and small screen, thanks to Netflix, a bold version of the most famous wooden puppet in the world, innovated both in content and style thanks to the stop-motion of the genius of the genre, Mark Gustavson. The celebrated The Adventures of Pinocchio. … Read more

Netflix: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is revealed in a magnetic trailer

Two years after the Pinocchio by Roberto Benigni, Guillermo del Toro offers his own version of Carlo Collodi’s Italian tale. The story of the mythical wooden puppet by the Mexican director will be available exclusively on Netflix. The platform has just unveiled the first (magnificent) images of the animated film, scheduled for the holidays this … Read more

Pinocchio: the new images and many previews on the film by Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro shared many previews about Pinocchio, the film he made inspired by the work of Carlo Collodi of which new images have been released. Pinocchio will return to the screens in the version designed by Guillermo del Toro and new ones have been shared online imagesalso revealing unpublished details on the project.The Vanity … Read more