The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

"It is good that children learn at an early age how dangerous and frightening the world is" - Walla! culture

2020-09-28T20:17:45.301Z


The Haifa Film Festival will be held this year in a virtual format and will screen, among other things, "Pinocchio", another adaptation and blockbuster for the classic children's book. In an interview, director Matteo Garuna explains why it's good that the film is violent, and explains how it mocks the justice system


  • culture

  • Theater

  • Cinema News

"It is good that children learn at an early age how dangerous and frightening the world is."

The Haifa Film Festival will be held this year in a virtual format and will screen, among other things, "Pinocchio", another adaptation and blockbuster for the classic children's book.

In an interview, director Matteo Garuna explains why it's good that the film is violent, and explains how it mocks the justice system

Tags

  • Pinocchio

  • Roberto Benini

  • Matteo throat

Avner Shavit, Berlin

Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 12:00 p.m.

  • Share on Facebook

  • Share on WhatsApp

  • Share on general

  • Share on general

  • Share on Twitter

  • Share on Email

0 comments

  • Dana Weiss tries to break into the broadcast of the reporter of Ihud ...

  • Story time: Yaron London reads stories to children

  • Adults undress in front of children on a TV show

  • The Singer in the Mask - Opening Program

  • Mirit Harari was brought to rest: "the sun of us all" ...

  • Anola Holmes

  • Lia Saidou

  • This is how it is season 2, Dana Modan, Asi Cohen

  • Israel signs peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain: ...

  • Always the devil

  • Jane Bordeaux and Aya Zehavi Feiglin band in cover version ...

Trailer for the movie "Pinocchio" (Haifa Festival)

Ever since Carlo Collodi published Pinocchio's Plots in the late 19th century, The Wooden Boy's Story has received dozens of film and television adaptations, most notably Disney's hit and the animated series that has become a cult hit here.

Now, another adaptation is coming, this time written by director Matteo Garrona and starring Roberto Benini.

After smashing the box office in his homeland and becoming the first Italian film to march in Spain's box office chart, there will be an opportunity to see it in Israel as well - as part of the Haifa Festival, which will take place every year on Sukkot, but due to the corona it will happen virtually for the first time.



Unlike most previous adaptations, this version is an incredibly faithful adaptation of the book, which zealously preserves its didactics and especially its brutality - including for example a scene where Pinocchio finds himself hanging from a tree.



"I wanted to be as faithful as possible to the original, so I couldn't get that image out of the film," says Garrona, whom I met after the "Pinocchio" screening at the Berlin Film Festival last February, just before the Corona's worldwide expansion.

"Besides, it is good for children to learn at an early age how violent and dangerous life can be. It is an important lesson that will teach them to be careful and make the right decisions, because otherwise the consequences will be severe."



At what age do you think the film can be seen?



"From the age of six or seven, to the age of one hundred, of course. We did a lot of screenings for children and got responses from them, so I know the film does not scare them. On the contrary: they love the story. He talks to them - and about them. Pinocchio is just like them."

More on Walla!

NEWS

One Hundred Movies to Watch on Netflix: The Complete Guide

To the full article

"Kids love the movie because it talks to them - and about them."

Pinocchio team at the Berlin Festival (Photo: Imagebank)

Garona is one of the most prominent Italian filmmakers of our generation.

Among other things, the director signed "Gomora", "Reality" and "Dog-Man", who participated in the official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, won awards and worldwide acclaim and were also distributed in Israel.



In 2015, Garona directed the wonderful "Fairy Tale", an adaptation of the fairy tales of the Neapolitan poet Gembatista Basilla, which inspired the Living Brothers.

Despite the commercial failure of the film, it aroused in him a desire to adapt another Italian legend, and thus the Pinocchio project was born.



"My mother used to call me 'Pinocchio', and already at the age of six I drew the whole story. You could say that these paintings were my first cinematic work, and to this day one of the beautiful things I did remains," says Garuna.

"Because back then I still had a childlike innocence, the paintings were direct and pure, and I tried to make the film like that too, because that's the right way to talk to children."



"However, believe it or not, I have never read the book myself, and I have only done so recently," her throat surprises.

"I only took it into my own hands when I decided I was going to make the film."



To what extent is this a personal film for you?



"Every movie of mine is personal. I have to love the main character, who is usually a person who made a mistake, and the movie tries to figure out where that mistake came from. This 'Pinocchio' is especially personal because I am all the characters in it. As a kid, I was Pinocchio - I always wanted to make a living, And I ran away from homework and other chores. Today, I became a Geppetto, because I have a child who is Pinocchio. I'm weak in front of him and pamper him. He does what he wants, and I feel guilty about it. When we saw the movie together, my son said to me, 'Hey Dad. "They're just like us," because I give up on him all the time and bow to us just like Geppetto to Pinocchio. "

More on Walla!

NEWS

"The Magic Princess" for adults - Interview with Matteo Throat, director of "The Tale of Tales"

To the full article

"I bow to my son like Geppetto to Pinocchio."

From "Pinocchio" (Photo: PR)

There is a scene in the film where Pinocchio comes to court and the judge says "In Italy, the innocent go to jail."

For you, this is a statement about modern-day Italy?



"Yes, of course - it's a very modern film, and it's amazing how topical and relevant it is. In Italy, a lot of innocent people sit in jail while a lot of guilty people roam free, especially if they have money or power. It's also a very anarchist book, making fun of all institutions - From the family and the schools to the world of medicine and law. "



Many of the famous adaptations of the book are animated.

You made a movie with flesh and blood actors.

How complicated was that?



"Very. Pinocchio is played by a lovely eight-year-old boy named Federico Ilafi, and we made him up every day for three hours to be made of wood. I think this is the first film in which Pinocchio is made of wood. As a result, another challenge was born: how to make him smile? Not easy "In short, we were working on these things for hours, and many times our attempts were unsuccessful and we had to erase everything and start all over again."



What was the hardest scene to shoot?



"There were a lot of difficult scenes. The scene inside the whale's belly for example. If I had to pick one, I would choose the scene in Toyland. We had 120 kids standing, and we told them they could do whatever they wanted with all the games. I thought they would enjoy it, but they started "Fight each other. It turns out that if you leave children alone, very quickly they will be beaten between them, and the strong will beat the weak."

I tree smiles?

Director Matteo Garona with actor Federico Ilafi (Photo: Imagebank)

Her first work in the world of cinema was in "The Voice of the Moon", Fellini's latest film from 1990, in which Benini starred.

Years later, in the middle of the previous decade, the director presented him with the first version of a Dog-Man script, "but it was bad, and he rightly rejected me," the filmmaker recounts, laughing.



Her throat that wrote the script for years, and eventually cast Marcello Ponte, one of the most amazing Cinderella stories of European cinema in recent years.

Two and a half years ago, he won the Lead Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and the person who presented him with the statuette was none other than Roberto Benini, who himself directed a film (horrible and failed) based on Pinocchio in 2002, and also starred in it.



"That's how the connection between us was re-established, and then I offered him to play 'Pinocchio' and he agreed, even though he hadn't starred in a movie in a long time," says Garuna.

"Roberto grew up in Tuscany, about twenty miles from the scene of 'Pinocchio', and is the son of a farmer who grew up in poverty, so he is well aware of the harsh social reality of the protagonists, which is what makes the film so authentic '



What do you think of previous adaptations of this story? ?



"The truth is that the Disney version is not one of my favorites. When it comes to Disney animated films, I prefer 'Robin Hood,' and when it comes to Pinocchio I prefer the 1972 Luigi Comanchini film. It's a movie I grew up on, like many Italians. "



Your processing is not the last.

Guillermo del Toro and Robert Zamakis are now preparing their own arrangements.



"I am a fan of both of them and I am sure they will do something interesting and beautiful. These will be different adaptations of my own, because they come from a different culture and have different intentions. Pinocchio's story is eternal, and I'm sure even after these two, they will do many more adaptations."

Virtual projection.

From "Pinocchio" (Photo: PR)

To watch the film and the other films at the festival, see the official website of the Haifa Festival.

  • Share on Facebook

  • Share on WhatsApp

  • Share on general

  • Share on general

  • Share on Twitter

  • Share on Email

0 comments

Source: walla

All tech articles on 2020-09-28

You may like

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.