Techlife News - USA (2021-01-16)

The latest cinematic rendering of “ Pinocchio, ”
from Italian director Matteo Garrone, is informed
not by the friendly 1940 Walt Disney retelling,
but the original source material. Carlo Collodi’s
1883 novel “The Adventures of Pinocchio” is a
much darker affair than the song-filled animated
version and Garrone’s film is also a more intense
experience, even if he too has softened some of
Collodi’s edges. The result may not be suitable
for all children, but it is a strange, visionary and
enchanting old-world fairy tale that any fan of
Guillermo del Toro’s films or Wolfgang Petersen’s
“The NeverEnding Story” should give a chance.

ITALIAN ‘PINOCCHIO’ TAKES THE PUPPET TO ITS ROOTS