No one is a prophet in his country: director Guillermo del Toro launched a call on Friday for the broadcast in independent Mexican theaters of his new film,
Pinocchio
, shot for Netflix, while denouncing “
the systematic destruction of Mexican cinema
”.
The production house PimientaFilms "
is looking for independent rooms
" in three states for the distribution of the film, indicates the director on his Twitter account, citing the defection of a large distributor, Cinemex.
The latter would have retracted, according to specialized magazines, because the film could only stay two weeks exclusively in theaters from November 24, before being included in the streaming offer of the Netflix catalog.
The adaptation of Carlo Collodi's famous children's tale, popularized by Disney in 1940, is the first animated work that Guillermo del Toro, whose
The Shape of Water
received four Oscars, signs as a director, which has knew how to surround himself with an exceptional cast.
Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Christopher Waltz, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, to name but a few, joined the adventure in secondary roles and lent their voices to this re-reading.
The song lyrics are by Guillermo del Toro and Katz, with music and soundtrack by Oscar-winning Alexandre Desplat.
The film will be available on December 9 on the streaming platform.
Bardo
, the film by another giant of Mexican cinema, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, is theatrically in Mexico exclusively ahead of its next Netflix listing.
Mr. Del Toro also estimated, still on social networks, that "
the systematic destruction of Mexican cinema and its institutions - the construction of which took years - has been brutal
".
The director shared the press release from the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (Amacc) announcing a “
postponement of the call for the 2023 Ariel Prize
” (the equivalent of the Oscars in the United States, the Césars in France or the Goyas in Spain) due to a "
serious financial crisis
".
The Mexican Academy regrets that “
support from public resources has decreased considerably in recent years
”.
"
The State, which has been the engine and the support of the Academy for a long time, has renounced its responsibility as the main promoter and broadcaster of culture in general and cinema in particular
", affirms the Amacc.
Other cultural sectors have also complained about budget cuts by the left-nationalist government since it came to power at the end of 2018.
At the same time, the latter claims to promote the culture of indigenous communities.
“
It's not about denying anyone's artistic expression (…) they're all on the same level.
There is not a scholarly art and a popular, despised art,
" Jesus Ramirez, the president's spokesman, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, told AFP last week on the sidelines of four days of artisans' parades. natives to Mexico.
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