In Guillermo del Toro's darker, weirder 'Pinocchio,' it's Geppetto learning the lessons

Growing up in Guadalajara, Guillermo del Toro had two Sunday rituals — church and movies. Catch up with GlennWhipp's interview with the filmmaker about 'Pinocchio,' out now on Netflix.

Growing up in Guadalajara, Guillermo del Toro had two Sunday rituals — church and movies. The day began with Mass at 8, where Del Toro learned about creeds and saints and the strict rules dictating order and obedience. After breakfast, Del Toro’s parents would drop him at a small theater three blocks from home where he’d absorb a more morally ambiguous world filled with, on any given Sunday, vampires and monsters and an ape man swinging through the jungle.

In the film, Geppetto’s evening of intoxication is fueled by grief. He’s missing his beloved son, Carlo, who had been tragically killed years earlier. When Geppetto discovers the next morning that his wooden creation has improbably sprung to life, he’s understandably confused — and a little terrified.

Adds Gustafson: “The thing about Geppetto too is that he’s older, and you get to a certain point in your life, you just crave comfort. He wants order and into this order comes this anarchic thing creating nothing but chaos.” “People were crying at the end of the movie,” Gustafson says. “I like to make people cry. You can quote me.”

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