“Pinocchio”, by Guillermo del Toro, took the golden statue by winning the Oscars 2023. Photo: TNT catch.
Oscars 2023 LIVE gave “Pinocchio” the statue of best animated film, beating Disney’s “Red.” Guillermo del Toro appeared on stage at the 2023 Oscars ceremony with the filmmakers to accept the award. “Animation is a film. Animation is not a genre,” he was heard saying in part of his speech before an event organized by the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences.
“(Animation) is ready to take another step. I want to thank Netflix for trusting us. I want to dedicate this gift to the love of my life, my wife Kim, my children, and my mother and my children. My father, who is no longer here, but here they are (points to the blue ribbon) with me. I am your son and I love you. Thank you,” he said.
Oscar 2023: against whom is the film “Pinocul” competing?
“Pinocchio” is one of the most watched animated movies on Netflix. Photo: big red N
What is Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio”?
En that Netflix’s official synopsis after the recent triumph of “Pinocchio” says: “Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro reinvents the story of the wooden puppet in a wonderful musical with stop-motion animation.”
Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” was released the same year as Disney’s “Pinocchio”. The film’s differences between the two lines come down not only to the hiccups in critical reception, but also to their production. The change of the Mexican director 15 years ago came to the truth and used a completely different technique: motion pictures, that is, the production of painstaking use of pain and real settings to fabricate the story through the frame.
Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” won Disney’s Oscars 2023. Photo: Composite LR/Netflix/TheAcademia
The plot between the two proposals, which competed with the Oscar 2023, LIVE also focuses on different types of narrative. For example, Netflix’s “Pinocchio” is based on a dark approach to the disobedient puppet in the context of war, in which Geppetto does not necessarily agree to have a wooden son. Also we see what the end of the characters is, full of drama, death and development.
Meanwhile, the Disney version tries to replicate what was seen in the 1940 animated classic, although it has received criticism for allegedly taking away the essence of the protagonist by not giving him a developmental arc in which he can learn from his mistakes.
