Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2023 - 3 - 13

Guillermo del Toro

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Oscars 2023: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio offers a new vision for ... (The Conversation UK)

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 ...

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinnochio is a pioneering film in the ongoing efforts to reframe the medium of animation. About disobedience – and disobedience is urgent in the world now. This ability to achieve “randomness” is evident in Pinocchio and may be attributed to a blend of abundant resources and technical and creative innovation. He believed that animated films should be universally held in the high esteem they receive in parts of Europe and Japan, “where they understand that animation is a medium, not a genre.” I would broaden this to situate Pinocchio in del Toro’s wider artistic impulses. Del Toro struck me then, and continues to do so, as an artist with an incredible determination to fulfil his vision across a body of work. [won the Hugo award](https://www.thehugoawards.org/2007/09/2007-hugo-awards-announced-2/) for best dramatic presentation. An elderly couple set out on a quest to find a long-lost son that they fleetingly recall. This combines with the sophistication of evolving stop motion practice, which now allows for nimble implementations of decisions made on set. They’re colourful, entertaining and wonderfully animated, but rather standard CGI creations, with none of the more complex tones of del Toro’s Pinocchio. There is also a timeliness to this adaptation. Animation is not a genre for kids.

Guillermo del Toro's Oscar win for Pinocchio marks a win for ... (The A.V. Club)

Guillermo del Toro continues to beat the drum and advance the conversation on animation as an art.

[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit](https://www.avclub.com/wallace-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit-1798201087). “There were those in the awards broadcast who had to be snarky and pooh-poohed the notion of a ‘cartoon’ being included with ‘real movies.’” In recent interviews with [Vulture](https://www.vulture.com/article/oscars-animation-award-problems.html), prominent animators discuss how the Academy reinforces the divide between animation and live-action film. He continues, “It will help us give more movies in the community in Mexico and in Latin America, to keep pushing for stop motion, which is one of the most democratic forms of animation. The director has been a leader in the conversation around the role of animation in Hollywood over the last year, and his win marks a major win for the medium seeking to step out of the confines of genre. “Disney wins, and nobody pays attention to your film. “It’s important that we keep this alive as an industry and an art form,” del Toro said. And Disney was going to get the attention anyway.” He told THR he will “push this message” at the upcoming Annecy International Animation Festival. “Keep animation in the conversation.” So a win helps, but it is about going forward as a community.” “And it really is a mature, expressive, beautiful, complex, art form.

'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' wins best animated feature (Federal News Network)

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio” has had an Oscar wish come true. The director's stop-motion, musical take on the puppet who longs to be a real boy won ...

“This is an art form that has been kept commercially and industrially at the kids table for so long,” del Toro said. Del Toro, who has established two filmmaking scholarships, says he is now committed to financing a stop motion class for students from Mexico at the Gobelins animation school. “We are saying disobedience is not only necessary, it is a virtue.” It doesn’t end with one person,” del Toro said. A polar opposite of Disney’s 1940 version, this “Pinocchio” references Catholicism, fascism and the ugliness of war. “Pinocchio” was considered the contender to beat. It doesn’t end with one generation. If you don’t that, you’re closing that door.” Animators have been hitting back in recent years against the stigma that animated movies are just a kids’ genre. Please help us keep animation in the conversation,” del Toro said. because you’re not doing it for you,” del Toro said. The category has primarily gone to either a Walt Disney or Pixar-produced film for the past decade — with the exception of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”

'Pinocchio' Oscar Winner Guillermo del Toro vows to uplift animation (NBC News)

Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro vowed to boost animation and help the next generation of Latino filmmakers in the genre, following his Oscar win for ...

In his acceptance speech, Del Toro said animation was "ready to be taken to the next step. Please help us keep animation in the conversation." But a kid can put a camera on the wall in their room, they can do animation in stop motion,” he said, according to “This is an art form that has been kept commercially and industrially at the kids table for so long,” del Toro said. Del Toro has long pushed against seeing animation as only for children. “Pinocchio” earned rave reviews for a stunningly beautiful production that takes a darker look at issues between the puppet and his surrogate father, Gepetto.

'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio,' 'Avatar: The Way of Water' Take ... (Animation World Network)

The two hit films cap their awards season dominance with wins for Best Animated Feature and Best Visual Effects, respectively, on a night that also saw 'The ...

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Guillermo del Toro's Portland-Made “Pinocchio” Triumphs at the ... (Willamette Week)

Guillermo del Toro's adaptation of Pinocchio, which he co-directed with Portland animator Mark Gustafson, struck gold at last night's 95th Academy Awards, ...

“Animation is cinema, animation is not a genre,” del Toro said in his acceptance speech. (In fact, Elvis was completely shut out.) Karen Murphy, the Portland production designer who was nominated for her work on Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis (and is the partner of Carrie Brownstein), lost to All Quiet on the Western Front in a major upset.

Oscar win for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio spotlights 3D printing ... (Design Products & Applications)

13 March 2023. The puppet used in the Oscar-winning animation Pinocchio (2022) is the first to have been made using 3D printing, thanks to support from Made ...

I am delighted that they were able to tap into our expertise and invest in technologies which have put them on the world stage. Made Smarter has really helped us keep ahead of the game.” “Made Smarter arrived at the perfect time. It is also testament to what can be achieved through programmes like Made Smarter, who gave us such valuable technical support and facilitated our exploration of this game-changing technology. But we work in a highly competitive industry. “Without the support of Made Smarter we would never have been able to achieve what we have with Pinnochio.