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Podcast: Mostly Film
Episode: Take 204: Frankenstein & Pinocchio: Del Toro in Review
Description: 🎥 In Review: Guillermo del Toro — Puppets, Prometheus, and the Pursuit of HumanityThis week on In Review: Guillermo del Toro, we close out the series with two of the filmmaker’s most soulful creations — Pinocchio and Frankenstein — stories about life made by human hands, and the heartbreak that follows.🩻 The Body: Building the MonsterDel Toro trades latex and makeup for wood and stop-motion in Pinocchio, crafting a fascist-era fable where love defies obedience and grief carves its own creation. Then, he resurrects his long-dreamed passion project: Frankenstein, the ultimate story of maker and monster. We ex...