Pinocchio

 Del Toro’s animated movie, “Pinocchio” is nominated for an Oscar this year.  It is a wonderful movie about Christ, death and resurrection. Del Toro is definitely a spiritual force in the movie business.  Both the puppet Pinocchio and Christ on the cross are made of wood in the movie.  But the wooden Christ on the cross becomes human when the puppet Pinocchio decides to give up immortality in order to become human to save his papa whom he loves.  In saving his papa and a monkey, Pinocchio dies.  As in God becomes human and dies on the cross to get us all out of the belly of whatever whale imprisons us.  They are all washed ashore as in baptismal immersion and the first thing papa says, in his new life, is that he just wants Pinocchio to live and be Pinocchio.  Then the Holy Spirit comes along, in the form of a woman spirit figure and brings Pinocchio back to life, as in Resurrection.  A beautiful movie.  Pinocchio is a Christ figure.  So, what will you give up for someone you love?