Explore Horror Of War Through A Puppet’s Eyes

Since the children’s novel The Adventures of Pinocchio was published in a magazine in1881， Pinocchio has been in films， TV and writ-ten adaptations for decades. But there’s only one such piece of work that has won an Oscar.

On March 13， Guillermo del Toro ’ s Pinoc-chio won Best Animated Feature at the Acade-myAwards.

In the film， the woodcarver Gepetto lives in Italy during Mussolini’s fascist regime. To mourn his son who died in World War I， he made the puppet Pinocchio. With the spell of a wood sprite， the puppet comes to life and then wanders every corner of the country.

With the setting of fascist Italy， Guillermo del Toro ’ s Pinocchio takes a dark look at issues of fascism and the ugliness of war. Following the adventure， audiences can see many innocent children whose futures were ruined by the war.Even while they don’t know what wars mean，these children are forced to join the army and even kill. Their eyes were full of bewilderment and confusion. Since these children are“sym-bolic of the future of a world at war”， the film further shows the grotesque childishness of the fascist agenda，”noted The Conversation web-site.

Different in tone from many Pinocchio ad-Explore Horror Of War Through A Puppet’s Eyes aptations for kids， Guillermo del Toro， the direc-tor， wanted to show the importance of disobedi-ence when facing misconceptions and unfair-ness.

“I think it’s a lesson that’s urgent in the world，”he told AP News.“We are saying dis-obedience is not only necessary， but it is also a virtue."

In recent years， there’s been a stigma that animated movies are just a kids’genre. But del Toro wanted to hit back.

“Animation is ready to be taken to the next step. We are all ready for it. Please help us. Keep animation in the conversation，”del To-ro told the Oscars audience.

自從兒童小說《木偶奇遇記》于1881年發(fā)表在雜志上以來，匹諾曹已經(jīng)在幾十年間出現(xiàn)于各種改編版的電影、電視和文本作品中，但只有一部改編作品獲得了奧斯卡金像獎。（剩余526字）