Young souls in disney pixars soul4/6/2023 ![]() You would think that 25 years after pulling the craziest ideas out of the air, it would be more conservative. In a way I thought, ‘Wow, how freeing must that have been, where you’re having fun and throwing ideas around and, relatively speaking, there’s nothing to lose, because a corporation doesn’t have its future bet on you yet.’ Being the new guy here, you’re not discouraged from swinging for the fences. It wasn’t something that anyone was doing. Powers: “I watched the 25th anniversary video (for Toy Story) … it was a real reminder that when they did that first film, 3D animation wasn’t an industry. What do you hope audiences take away from the film?ĭocter: “A lot of people feel like the right way to live is to do that thing that you love and have passion for and then you set a goal and once you get there, then you’ve made it, THE END. But I think this film might find some older viewers thinking about their own lives and paths not taken. ![]() ![]() Pixar films always work on two levels for both adults and kids. “So all those things added up to a really great thing for a main character to be pursuing.” Jazz musicians are so much about the respect of their peers and the respect and fandom of a niche audience. (His success) doesn’t necessarily equal fame and fortune. Not to mention the fact that you want to have a protagonist who you can get behind and jazz is one of those things where, to be successful, it doesn’t necessarily mean becoming rich. “That seemed like the perfect thematic matchup. Article content Jamie Foxx as Joe Gardner in a scene from Disney and Pixar’s Soul Photo by Disney/Pixar This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. It’s our duty to make something useful out of whatever we’re given in our lives. The only thing we have control over is what we do and how we react to what we’re given. That really is the theme of the film: In our lives, we don’t have any control over what we’re going to be forced to deal with or face in life. It’s improvisational, but a lot of it is about taking stuff that is thrown at you and turning it into something beautiful. ![]() Why did you decide to make him a jazz musician? I think between those few things, and a lot of hard work, that’s how we end up with what we end up with.”įor Joe Gardner, music is his whole reason for living. We try things out and if it doesn’t work, we dump it and change it. When people ask, ‘What’s the Pixar secret?’ We have great people and we have a system that allows us to iterate a lot and therefore make mistakes. You just have to trust that it’s going to work out. That’s just part and parcel of the creative business, I guess. Article contentĭocter: “The truth is you never know … There’s a lot of mess, but a lot of trust that has to happen because it’s often not until the very end that you know if you’ve accomplished what you set out to do. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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