Released 9 DECEMBER
ANTICIPATION.
A long gestating passion project backed by incredible craftspeople. 4
ENJOYMENT.
Better to be a wooden boy than a fascist. 5
IN RETROSPECT.
As strange and macabre as it is heartfelt. 5
ecoming a real boy isn’t something that crosses the mind of Pinocchio, in Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation of) and co-writer Patrick McHale (of fame) explore this seemingly simple question over various adventures as Pinocchio wanders the country in search of the answer, and the story is updated to Mussolini’s Italy. A number of father figures – including a crooked carnival owner and a fascist Podestá – try to teach him that being “good” means blind obedience, either at the service of creating capital or killing Italy’s enemies. To Geppetto, it means obedience to the spirit of his departed son Carlo, with Pinocchio’s creation occurring as an effigy made in drunken grief.
