Animation to me is the purest form of art, says Guillermo del Toro

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, who recently directed the Oscar Award-winning Pinocchio, revealed that he wants to do more work in animation, what he considers to be "the purest form of art."

Speaking at the Annecy animation film festival in France, Del Toro said, "There are a couple more live-action movies I want to do but not many. After that, I only want to do animation. That's the plan. Animation to me is the purest form of art, and it's been kidnapped by a bunch of hoodlums. We have to rescue it. I believe you can make an adult fantasy drama with stop-motion and move people emotionally. I think stop-motion can be intravenous, it can go straight to your emotions in a way that no other medium can"

According to Female First UK, the Oscar-winning filmmaker also revealed that five of his projects were turned down by studios in the past two months. Noting that the rate of productivity will remain frustratingly difficult and long, he encouraged budding filmmakers to have faith in the stories they want to tell and wait until someone wants to buy them.