Explore Horror Of War Through A Puppet’s Eyes

曾美琳

Since the childrens novel The Adventures of Pinocchio was published in a magazine in1881， Pinocchio has been in films， TV and writ-ten adaptations for decades. But theres 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 Mussolinis 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 dont 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 Puppets 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 its a lesson thats 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， theres been a stigma that animated movies are just a kidsgenre. 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。

3月13日，《吉爾莫·德爾·托羅的匹諾曹》榮獲奧斯卡最佳動畫長片獎。

電影中，木雕師杰佩托生活在墨索里尼施行法西斯統(tǒng)治時期的意大利。為了悼念在第一次世界大戰(zhàn)中死去的兒子，杰佩托制作了木偶匹諾曹。因藍仙女的咒語，小木偶活了過來，隨后在全國各地游歷。

《吉爾莫·德爾·托羅的匹諾曹》以法西斯主義時期的意大利為背景，用黑暗的視角審視了法西斯主義和戰(zhàn)爭的丑陋。隨著匹諾曹的歷險，觀眾們看到許多天真無邪的孩子，可戰(zhàn)爭摧毀了他們的未來。這些孩子雖然不知道戰(zhàn)爭意味著什么，但卻被迫參軍，甚至殺人，因而眼睛里充滿了惶惑。The Conversation website指出，由于這些孩子“象征著戰(zhàn)時世界的未來”，該片進一步揭示了法西斯計劃的幼稚詭譎。

與許多兒童向改編版《匹諾曹》風(fēng)格不同的是，導(dǎo)演吉爾莫·德爾·托羅想要展示的是，面對誤解和不公時不屈從的重要性。

“我認為這是世界亟需的一課，”德爾·托羅在接受美聯(lián)社采訪時表示， “我們要說的是，不屈從不僅是必要之舉，也是一種美德。"

近年來，有人將動畫電影看作僅僅拍給孩子看的電影流派，但德爾·托羅想反擊這種觀點。

德爾·托羅對奧斯卡觀眾說， “動畫已經(jīng)準備好更進一步，我們也都準備好了，請幫幫忙，去關(guān)注、談?wù)搫赢嫲伞?