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In this video, I discuss the evolution of the story of Pinocchio, focusing mainly on the novel written by Carlo Collodi and the fantastic reimagining co-written and co-directed by Guillermo del Toro.
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Sources:
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883), translated and annotated by John Hooper and Anna Kraczyna
An Essay on Pinocchio - Nicolas J. Perella
www.jstor.org/stable/479125
Italy in the Age of Pinocchio - Carl Ipsen
Death and Rebirth in Pinocchio - Thomas J. Morrissey & Richard Wunderlich
muse.jhu.edu/article/246063/pdf
Guillermo del Toro was an animator - until a pooping burglar derailed him | Polygon
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Guillermo del Toro says making his 'Pinocchio' was healing | Public Radio East
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Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Reconceptualizes What it Means to be a “Real Boy” | IGN
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0:00 Intro
3:00 The First Pinocchio
10:10 The Many Film Adaptations
14:30 GDT: stop-motion
16:50 GDT: the story
20:20 GDT: obedience
26:42 GDT: a real boy
31:02 GDT: death and rebirth