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"In winning the 2023 Academy Award for best animated feature, director
Guillermo del Toro’s
Pinocchio continues its remarkable run of accolades,
from the Golden Globes to the Baftas.
Del Toro has used the platform afforded by his nominations to champion the
medium of animation as true cinema, proclaiming in his Bafta award speech:
Animation is not a genre for kids. It’s a medium for art, it’s a medium for
film and I think animation should stay in the conversation.
His rendition of
Pinocchio has certainly started a conversation, not least in
gaining an impressive audience on Netflix. His film demonstrates that in the
right creative environment – and with an innovator at the helm – a well-worn
narrative, such as
Pinocchio, can evolve.
Such revitalisation of the
Pinocchio story was in part possible because – as
he says himself – del Toro didn’t craft his retelling solely with children in
mind.
His
Pinocchio stands out because it deals with existential issues such as
mortality, morality and what we define as consciousness, coupled with
real-world historical catastrophes such as the rise of fascism and the children
who have suffered under its jackboot.
There is also a timeliness to this adaptation. Pinocchio – an innocent who is
forced to see the harsh realities of war, death and societal collapse, yet
retains a sense of optimism – is prescient amid intensifying global conflict
and offers hope."
A deserving win.
Pinocchio was outstanding. But
Sea Beast was also
excellent and I’m really looking forward to the upcoming sequel!
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
