GuillermoDelToro says he wanted to make his version of 'Pinocchio' a unique retelling
Netflix shared the behind-the-scenes featurette for the director’s “Pinocchio” on Friday where he talked his process behind directing the film.
“When we started to tackle this ‘Pinocchio’, I knew I wanted to my own version,” revealed del Toro. “I didn’t want to address just an adaptation. This ‘Pinocchio’ is a retelling of a story you think you do know, but you don’t know.”Guillermo del Toro Says Stop-Motion Animated ‘Pinocchio’ Is ‘The Perfect Way To Tell The Story’“Guillermo’s able to trojan horse really big discussions about humanity into a really entertaining family movie,” said the actress.
“It doesn’t look like any animated film you’ve ever seen before,” he said. “It’s completely different.” The choice of animation style was intentional on del Toro’s part as he said he wanted to put the focus on stop-motion animation, which he considered one of the most “sacred” artforms.First Look: The Best Minds In Horror Come Together For ‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities’ Anthology Series
“Animation has become, in the minds of the consumers, a genre, but it also is an artform and of all the artforms of animation, to me the most sacred and magical is stop-motion,” explained the director. “Because it is the bond between an animator and a puppet.”