I just recently watched Pinochio for the first time in many years. It was interesting to see how most of the characters other than the fairy who brought him to life were animated much differently than the others. She was animated much more realistic looking than most of the other characters in the film.
A point to bring up in this movie though is the lack of political correctness of today in what the characters are doing and saying as well as some disturbing images that would probably frighten the children of today. For example there is the one scene of the fox smoking a cigar down the street and talking with his friend about schoolchildren. Had this been done today, people probably would have thought he was a child molester.
There is another scene of Pinochio smoking a cigar with his friend Lampwick as well as drinking alcohol. Lampwick is also seen smoking a cigar and drinking alcohol.
During this scene Lampwick is shown being transformed into a donkey and frantically running around screaming. His transformation is slow and appears to be very painful. It is done using almost all shadows. Had it been done today it would have been done using computer animation which would be less effective.
I commented on Kristina Wade’s blog and Ian Crawford’s blog
