Stop-motion in my opinion is the most beautiful form of animation because its the most intimate.
There is always a strong connection between the animator and the physical model, he said.
This is as close as you get to playing with your toys.
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I grew up reading theFamous Monsterscomics.
I wanted all those models and I still want those models…
I keep the puppets after the movies.
I keep all the toys.
He added that he also magical and yet imperfect nature of worlds created from stop-motion.
I f**king hate perfection.
I love things that look hand-made.
Thats why I put physical sets in my movies.
I take a stab at avoid digital sets and digital effects as much as we can.
I love the physicality of it.
Stop-motion is handmade, handcarved cinema.
If you need a chair in a stop-motion movie.
you have to make it.
If you need a flower, you have to make it.
Del Toro was talking to a predominantly youthful crowd of aspiring animation creatives.
He raised his concern that the mainstream animation world often crushed the originality and enthusiasm of young talents.
I have a scholarship for Mexican animators that go to study at Gobelins [the Paris-based animation school].
Why cant we see a whole movie like that?, he said.
The answer is because its geared towards grinding that sh*t and destroying it.
Animation is for the undomesticated spirits.
Dont stop saying fuck you to the world.
Keep saying it until you crash.
Thats the important thing about monsters.
I love them because they represent a corporal f**k you to the world, he said.
