Duelling Pinocchios (Part 2)

[School of Movies 2023]

The concluding second part of this detailed puppet exploration. We finally reach Guillermo del Toro's exceptional antifascist version of the story wherein things might not be so cut and dried as "Do everything you're told by adults".

We also get to bring in discussions of all the other movies we watched along the way, in order to get a better handle on the screen life of this Italian legend. Some of them are lost, hidden gems just waiting to be rediscovered, some of which you should avoid like bubonic plague.

You'll also hear about a version from Victoria that even WE didn't know about, in the most surprising of mediums.

Guest:

Victoria Luna B. Grieve:  @VixenVVitch 

The complete Pinocchiae

1. 1940 (Disney Classic, directed by Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske)

2. 1996 (Adventures, directed by Steve Barron)

3. 2002 (Creepy Manchild, directed by Roberto Begnigni)

4. 2012 (Italian Animated, directed by Enzo D'Alo)

5. 2019 (Italian Live Action, directed by Matteo Garrone)

6. 2021 (Russian "True Story", directed by Vasiliy Rovenskiy)

7. 2022 (Disney Remake, directed by Robert Zemekis)

8. 2022 (Netflix Stop-Motion, directed by Guillermo del Toro)