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Why ‘Pinocchio’ Director Guillermo del Toro Thinks More Animated Films Deserve Best Picture Consideration · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Giermo del Toro's new
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Speaker 1: stop motion retailing of Pinocchio is getting Oscar buzz, and
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Speaker 1: not just for Best Animated Feature, but Best Picture as well.
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Speaker 1: If it happens, it will be no small feed. Only
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Speaker 1: three animated films in cinematic history have been nominated, Beating
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Speaker 1: the Beast two thousand nine up and Toy Story three,
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Speaker 1: and none have ever won. Like Guerrema, believe that's a
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Speaker 1: mistake and the animation gets a bad rap. Overall is
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Speaker 1: something it's just for kids, telling Indie Wire. If you
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Speaker 1: go back to the birth of animation, it began as
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Speaker 1: an art medium. When it started to make a lot
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Speaker 1: of money with repeat kid audiences, it became geared towards them.
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Speaker 1: That deprives not only the makers, but audiences and studios
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Speaker 1: from explorence possibilities as spectacled drama and a profoundly human experience.
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Speaker 1: The best picture conversation is simple, did we move you
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Speaker 1: or present something aesthetically powerful? If the answer is yes,
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Speaker 1: it should be in the conversation. Pinocchio arrives on Netflix today.
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