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Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

Interview: Guillermo del Toro (Pinocchio)

Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

Tv & Film

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The Oscar winner spent decades getting his vision for the classic fairy tale to the screen— and now that he’s done it, he’s continuing his mission to free animation from the kids table of Hollywood.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, the awards season podcast from Manatee Fair.

0:04.5

It's such an honor to present this next award.

0:07.3

And here are the nominees and the Oscar goes to...

0:11.3

And the Oscar goes to...

0:13.2

And I can't deny the fact that you like me right now!

0:17.6

You like me!

0:19.1

On the key of the world!

0:21.0

There's a mistake.

0:22.5

Moonlight, you guys won Best Picture.

0:30.0

I am Kitty Rich and I'm here for today's interview episode with Rebecca Ford.

0:39.8

Hello, Rebecca.

0:40.8

Hi.

0:41.8

You got to talk to a real perennial favorite of awards seasons of Manatee Fair, of

0:46.6

Humanity and General Guillermo del Toro, who spent decades literally trying to get his

0:52.0

vision for a Pinocchio movie off the ground.

0:54.8

Our colleague Anthony Brass and Candra wrote about it in our phase one awards issue and you

0:57.9

got to talk to him about it.

0:59.1

And it seems the rumors are true that Guillermo del Toro is the nicest personal life.

1:03.6

He is really the best.

1:05.2

Every time I talk to him, it's just such an enjoyable conversation.

1:09.2

He...

1:10.2

I just think he just leads with his heart.

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