‟I want to be faithful to the original soul”
When I was 6 years old, I drew a graphic novel (manga novel) or a "storyboard" (storyboard) of "Pinocchio".I think that still remains somewhere.In 1972, when I was 13, I saw a mini series of the Italian version of the Italian version of Luigi Komenchini on TV.From such a young age, the story of Pinocchio had been caught somewhere in my heart.
In 2015, I supervised "The Five -Day Story -Three Kingdom and 3 Women-" and wanted to continue the fairy tales.So five years ago, I read a book "Pinocchio".I thought it was a story I knew well.However, when I read it, it was surprising that I had a story I didn't know at all, and there were quite a few episodes I didn't remember.Maybe I didn't know before.So I started this challenging project.If you want to make Pinocchio, you need to find a surprising way for the audience.The audience thinks that they know this story.The best way for me was to return to the original novel.
"Pinocchio" is a story about poverty and society, depicting the past and the future of us.It also depicts what humans are, the conflicts of life, living, happy, and the suffering of love.Of course, it's a story of my father and son's heartwarming love.Very rich and suggestive.And various animals that symbolize the aspects of human characteristics have appeared.
I did a lot of research.First, he looked at the first illustrator picture of Pinocchio.It is a picture of Enriko Mazzwanti who worked with the author, Carlo Callodi.Before I became a director, I was a painter, but the story is so rich and visually attractive.And the current movie world is blessed with a great opportunity to work with visual effects.In other words, it was a very good opportunity to make a "Pinocchio" close to the original, and I was excited to be able to shoot in Italy.This is a story of Italy and a universal story, and is loved by people around the world like other literature masterpieces.So when I made this movie, I wanted to be faithful to the original soul.
I like to make sure that it's a special effect in a movie. I talked to Roberto Benini, but when I watch a movie, I need to forget the camera and actors. You have to make the audience in a parallel dimension, or in the magic world, with the character and forget everything. So when I work with the special effect team, I want to do it mainly with the special makeup team. The set requires a real creator. Of course, sometimes it combines special effects at the shooting site and CG video. We worked hard to make anthropomorphic creatures. Because you can see the original, cats, foxes and snails have "humanity". If you want to do it, you know that you can now make a very elaborate fox. But from my point of view, it's strange that a real fox speaks like a human, and it doesn't fit a little. So I decided to make a little animal and a little anthropomorphic creature. By doing so, it became more natural for animals to speak like humans. Young Maestro, a young Maestro (a master), came up with the concepts of animals, and Mark Coulier finished it with a stunning special makeup. And we created a supernatural atmosphere while being real.
When I decided to make a "Pinocchio", it was like jumping into a pile of difficult tasks.When I recall, I had a lot of trouble.One of the most common risks was that we had to do a 4 -hour special makeup every day to be dressed as Pinocchio for a long time.Mark Coulier knows in a week or two, but he said he had never done it for three months.That was a big risk.Because Federico keeps the movie.It was a big bet, but we were gamblers.
(Special modeling), first take the face mold and then engrave.The animals that appear were anthropomorphic, half humans and half animals, and Pinocchio is a wooden puppet, but it shaped it.After attaching a sculpted special molding on the face, it will be colored.It took four hours to make Pinocchio makeup every morning because of the craftsman work.In addition, it is necessary to use new ones every day because they can only be used once and disposable.He repeated coloring every day.
I used Federico because I wanted to use a child who was the opposite of Pinocchio.Pinocchio is a character that escapes from effort, duty and responsibility.Federico himself interpreted it as a character far from the Pinocchio statue we were thinking, but he is a pure and simple child because he is an eight -year -old child.That's why the combination of such a thing was completed, and a character image that could not be seen elsewhere was completed.I like working with my children.Not a lie.Many peers are afraid of their children, but I like to work together because they sometimes do something unpredictable.I don't know what will happen.I'm looking forward to something unpredictable when I'm working.
Roberto Benini is just Jepet.As far as I can imagine, I think he is the closest actor to Jepet.He is also from a farmer's world and a poor world.As you know, poverty is a very important factor in text like Pinocchio.Roberto grew up a few kilometers from the place where Callodi wrote Pinocchio.Nobody can convey the humanity of Jepet, the kindness and cheerfulness of Jepet, more than Roberto.I don't think there is any more choice.Certainly, he himself plays the role of Pinocchio, but it is a completely different type of work and does not overlap with this work.
My favorite is a judge.I also like tuna.The reason was the most difficult.He struggled because the anthropomorphism of the fish was not easy.Fish may be the easiest if it is an animation, but when it comes to live -action, it is not easy to make a fish that speaks human words.(Judge) monkeys are easier.Because monkeys are making faces similar to humans.I also like snails.
Unfortunately (I've come to Japan).I've been going to go for a long time.For now, I only know through movies, but I definitely like it.
When I started studying movies, there was a Japanese Bunka Kaikan near my home in Rome, where I went to a Japanese movie screening.Among them, the most impressive was the screening of Director Mizoguchi's works.He is one of his favorite directors when he started studying movies.He, of course, likes Kurosawa and Ozu.If he is a modern writer, is he director Takashi Miike?He likes "Killer 1".And he also has a literary work.Kawabata is one of my favorite writers.
The problem is that Kawabata's work is rooted in Japanese culture, and it would be difficult for me to get into it deeply.Similarly, I think it would be difficult for foreigners to talk about the world of Pinocchio, born in Italy, from a deep place.
There are so many, so if you start listing it, it will be a very long list (laughs).
Past coaches love Jean Vigo's French director.He died at a young age so he only produced two.His masterpiece is Atalant (L'ATALANTE, 1934).His work had magic realism.Realism transforms into a fantastic or magical one.He is a director who was so influential in terms of freedom and courage.According to Italian coaches, Neorearism's wonderful directors, Rosselini, De Sika, Visconti, and Felini.Italy is a country that was proud of the world in the 1950s, so we were lucky to grow up there.Because it takes over great property.
Matteo Gallone
Born on October 15, 1968, from Rome, Italy.He is a film director, film producer and writer.Won the 61st Cannes International Film Festival Grand Prix for Gomora, and the 65th Cannes International Film Festival Grand Prix for Reality.He is the director, such as "The Five Day Story-3 Kingdom and Three Women-" and "Dogman".
Real Pinocchio
11/5 (Fri) Released
監 Matteo Gallone
Roberto Benini, Marine Vuct, Federico Elapi
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