Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Is Morbid and Off-Putting
jacobin.com
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is handsome and well-crafted. But the film’s intertwining of traditional Catholicism, Fascism, and dysfunctional families with gooey sentimentality makes a stew of ingredients that don’t go well together.

The Jacobin is on one.

  • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    when I read pinnochio as a kid the blurb mentioned something about the character being used to criticise fascist italy while Mussolini was in charge