#podesta

I’ve made no secret that Guillermo Del Toro is my favorite director. His movies connect with me on a very deep and personal level that is very difficult to put into words. His collaboration with Mark Gustafson led Del Toro to his first feature length animated film and it’s easily one of his best.

Pinocchio was a long term passion project for Del Toro. He has been attempting to bring the story to fruition since 2008 and he’s finally been able to create the work the way he wanted, and the movie is all the better for it.

Pinocchio utilizes stop-motion animation for its characters and backgrounds. I’ve always enjoyed stop-motion but it has become increasingly fewer and farther between as most studios have switched over to CG animation. It’s nice to know that there are auteurs like Del Toro who still have an interest in expanding and preserving the medium of animation. And in the process he, and his collaborators, have created the best looking stop-motion animation movie ever.

Del Toro has a deep connection to outsiders and oddballs. So it makes complete sense that he would be drawn to the story of Pinocchio. In his deft hands he expands upon these ideas and character moments and transformed them into the story of imperfect fathers and imperfect sons against the backdrop of Fascist Italy.

While the film does adapt the story of Pinocchio, it also takes its own stance on the material, and in doing so, becomes something utterly unique. Pinocchio is an outsider not only because he is made of wood, but because he’s one of the few characters who has no problem questioning and pushing back against fascism. In a world of political puppets, he’s the only one who is approaching being real.

And this is all told through some of the most expressive and well-constructed puppets I’ve ever seen. I’m not entirely sure why it took so long for there to be a puppet version of Pinocchio as a film. It seems perfectly suited as a medium for such a story’s especially when the puppets are as well-made and articulated as they are here.

The movie i a complete visual treat, and is, in my mind, one of the best looking movies of the year. This is not only because of the gorgeous and breath taking animation, but the production design and cinematography in general. The backdrops and painted surroundings feel vivid and contribute to the overall feeling of the world in which the characters inhabit. It created such a calm vibe that I felt completely immersed in the world and the characters, even as darker elements exist on the sidelines and slowly deep into the plot.

Another element of the film that deserves high praise of the voice work of the cast. Newcomer Gregory Mann does an excellent job as Pinocchio. He has the correct tone to be able to balance the aspects of the character. Pinocchio behaves in a very human way and that includes all the positive and negative elements of the human character. He’s funny, heartfelt, and even frustrating at times as he makes reckless decisions. That is not an easy performance to pull off but Mann’s vocals imbue the character with a sense of earnestness that makes it hard not to root for the little wooden boy.

Also of note is the voice work of David Bradley, and Ewan McGregor. McGregor turns in one of his best performance as the voice of Sebastian J. Cricket, an erudite insect and a voice of reason for the headstrong Pinocchio. Bradley, in turn, helps elevate the character of Gepetto who takes on a much more central role in this version of the story than in many of the others. His relationship with Pinocchio is the heart of the story, and what a heart it is.

The other members of the sizable cast such as Cate Blanchett, Christoph Waltz, and Ron Perlman are also not to be underestimated. They provide a good contrast to the central characters and help add more pathos and depth to the story.

Alexandre Desplat has also created a fantastic score for the movie that also involves musical numbers. The score is, as usual with Desplat, incredible. It amplifies the feeling of the film and creates a sense of emotional longing that runs as a theme throughout the film. The musical numbers are also fun and well choreographed but not particularly memorable, and they seem to fade away around the halfway mark. They didn’t really need to be included but they don’t detract from the overall experience.

Pinocchio is a story that has been told many times before (twice more in this year alone!) But it has never been told with such an emotionally engaging and gorgeous style. It eschews some elements of the book, but in the process becomes something wholly unique. A film about individualism in the face of oppressive forces as well as the connections we make with others that make a life genuine and worth living. The film is so earnest and genuine it’s hard not to be swept up into the world and it’s characters. They are a compelling bunch of outsiders and they really sing (figuratively and literally) under the hands of Del Toro and Gustafson. This is an amazing movie and a completely fitting ending to Del Toro’s excellent War and Childhood Trilogy.

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1- Emails from Hillary Clinton,

2- McCain's guilt,

3- FBI sniper in Las Vegas shooting,

4- HIV Letters from Steve Jobs,

5- PedoPodesta,

Afghanistan, Syria, Iran,

Bilderberg, CIA agent arrested for rape,

World Health Organization (WHO).

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