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Visual development for Pixar’s Onward
“Is all this living really worth dying for?”
SOUL (2020) dir. Pete Docter & Kemp Powers
the animation is so beautiful in Soul (2020) i cannot get over the detail
Good Stuff: Pixar’s Soul
SPOILERS AHEAD
Reviewing animation is a passion of mine; you probably know that if you’ve followed me long enough. I enjoy doing it for everything new that comes as much as the good stuff of yore. I can’t tell you why I got into it long as I have or if I should consider a full time gig of it, all I know it’s that it’s as much my passion as many other things in my life. That really is a piece to a personal puzzle I’ve developed as I watched Soul, this film from a studio that I admittedly wasn’t sure if it could get its groove back after it felt like they were stumbling a bit. The SparkShorts are good, but Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4, and Onward especially didn’t resonate with me. Didn’t tell me Pixar stood out as much as they in the “Golden Era”. This one did, and let me say it kinda cut deep.
Off the bat, as I understand that the trailers were quite a turn-off, I came to know before watching this that they weren’t trying to reveal everything. Honestly, the trailers were purposefully misleading as the most of what we got from the “Inside Out Knock-Off Blue Blob” world was a little over the first twenty minutes and the very, very end for the climax, less than you’d believe. It is the point I wasn’t too invested in with how simple it all felt; it’s basically if Microsoft or Google developed your birthright. It luckily doesn’t blow smoke up the ass with the way it runs things, takes more shots at ethical philosophy than any religion I could think of, but there’s good reason why we’re not in this world for very long. The Soul world did it’s purpose, but a little too well because it really wasn’t interesting outside the bond between Joe and 22 and a few laughs. Like I said though, we aren’t in it too long before we jump back to Earth with something I should’ve expected with this film but was still blown aback. I’m talking BODY SWAPPED ADVENTURE, Baby! [[SPOILERS AHEAD]]
Far Enjoyable than Your Name, don’t at me
A good chunk of the film has 22 in Joe’s body, Joe in a therapeutic cat’s body, and I’m surprised at how much engaging it was. It helps that 22 is never by any means a nuisance and they actually pull off the mechanics behind the trope well where it doesn’t feel like 22 in Joe’s body is annoyingly all over the place once she gets used to it. Weird that all of New York didn’t seem to give a shit about a middle-aged man stumbling in nothing but a medic robe, but never crossed that line for me to say, “Okay, this shit is stupid.” But what really makes this, basically the majority of Soul work, is Joe (or 22) interacting with the city.
If there’s one great takaway for this, it’s indeed the musicality for the New York life. The barbershop, the subway, the jazz club, the tailor suite run by Joe’s mother, the living streets really make this city feel like a character in its own right. I say this film makes every person we meet count for something. The devil’s truly in the details; every location has a story to tell as well as remind viewers, myself especially, of people and places so close to life. The story paces along nicely too as we get to the “main event” before getting to the moment that made me cry the second time. I cried a total of four times, mostly in the latter half of the film because that was where things were certainly coming together. That was where, I doubt intentionally, the film hit me in the heart more than I could’ve imagined with the simple thought:
I was Joe and 22, and I still am from time to time
Sappy consideration, I know, but to get a little philosophical & personal for a bit. This film is generally about the direction of your life. Joe had a direction set in stone for himself to play the hottest jazz gig despite professedly doing/trying nothing else big with his life, living actively average you’d say. 22, the number which can mean “coming and going” since it’s a palindrome, has no direction despite being capable of understanding everything. As of now, I may only be in my early twenties, but I’ve felt like I’ve been both these characters at the same time, like a eternally spinning coin. I can feel directionless, having no clue to who I really want to be, but I know there is passion in me somewhere that I myself haven’t figured out yet but push forward with every major choice I make. I have both felt like I’ve done nothing and can’t do anything in life despite making it this far. But if there’s anything this film showed me, it’s that it’s alright.
If there’s anything that I can say describes Pete Doctor’s direction with this and Inside Out, it’s that he makes the most basic and simple human truths feel necessary, welcoming, and especially otherworldly. With Inside Out saying “it’s good to be more emotive”, Soul tells me “it’s good to enjoy the simple things in life.” Not to say you should live average and accept it, nor is every big moment you have will/should impact you the same way or the way you wanted, but appreciate those moments where things just go your way for a change. Where you can just look at the world, take a deep breath, and just feel comfortable with yourself to live another day. This isn’t a particularly surprising message, but it works because it fulfills everything it built up. Who else but Joe on that day, finally getting what he wanted after so long, can feel empty from it as opposed to the moments where he got to enjoy those enjoyably average moments he didn’t think he’d get along the way? And who else but him could show 22 that living doesn’t mean having a purpose or having that purpose in your mind 24/7.
You can just… live as everything does.
This film isn’t as honest as Inside Out, especially with the whole concept of the Great Before, but it still offers that pragmatic advice in a way that definitely sticks. It can feel like this film came out at a bad time with the given circumstances of our reality, but it’s as much a simple pat on the back to tell you it’s okay. I figure the execution won’t be for everyone, the film isn’t perfect plotwise, but to me it’s definitely a golden, just as mature light for modern Pixar. A considerable classic that I hope is given well with time as much as a chance with all audiences.
4 Out of 5. A Soulful Sensation of a Film
“Is all this living really worth dying for?”
SOUL (2020) dir. Pete Docter & Kemp Powers
He's golden.
I had someone who looked out for me. Someone who pushed me to be more than I ever thought I could be. I never had a dad, but I always had you.
oh, and he told me to give you this.
Disney concept art ⇢ Purple
“Sono un uomo. Quando avevo 15 anni e mi trovai la ragazza, mio padre mi comprò dei preservativi. Durante l'adolescenza nessuno mi ha mai criticato quando uscivo con diverse ragazze. Attualmente continua così. Nessuno mi giudica quando voglio farmi una ragazza e prendo l'iniziativa. Nessuno mi vigila i vestiti, dicendo che devo fare attenzione a come mi vesto. Nessuno mi ripete che devo fare attenzione perchè “le donne pensano solo al sesso”. Nessuno pensa che le mie ex stessero con me solo per scopare. Non sono mai stato giudicato perchè avevo dei preservativi nello zaino o nel portafoglio e non li ho mai nascosti ai miei genitori. Non mi hanno mai detto che per sposarmi devo essere vergine, essendo un uomo. Non mi hanno mai ripetuto che “L’uomo deve valorizzarsi” o “Fatti rispetto”. Il mio sesso ottiene il rispetto da sè. Quando esco per strada nessuno mi chiama “gnoccone”. Nessuna sconosciuta mi dice “sexy” in tono aggressivo. Io posso camminare per strada mangiando un gelato tranquillamente, perchè so che non sentirò niente come “Lascia stare il gelato e vieni qui a ciucciarmi”. Io posso perfino camminare per strada mangiando una banana. Non ho mai dovuto attraversare una strada per sviare un gruppo di donne al bar, che mi diranno qualcosa al mio passare, lasciandomi pieno di vergogna. Io non sono mai stato seguito da una donna in macchina mentre tornavo a casa a piedi. Io posso prendere la metro piena di gente tutti i giorni con la certezza che nessuna donna si sfregerà su di me con pervertite intenzioni. Non ho mai sentito dire che qualcuno del mio sesso sia stato stuprato da un gruppo di donne. Posso prendere l’autobus da solo di notte, non ho paura di essere stuprato in qualsiasi momento. Questo rischio non esiste nella testa delle persone del mio sesso. Quando esco di notte, posso indossare quello che voglio. Se soffrirò qualche tipo di violenza, nessuno mi incolperà dicendo che ero ubriaco o a causa dei miei vestiti. Se, un giorno, io fossi stuprato, nessunò andrà dicendo che la colpa è mia, che ero in un posto inadeguato, che ero vestito indecentemente. Nessuno giustificherebbe l’atto dello stupratore. Io sarei trattato come VITTIMA. Quando ho una relazione sessuale con una donna subito, al primo appuntamento, sono praticamente appaludito. Nessuno mi chiama “troione”, “facile”, “gigolò” per avere del sesso occasionale ogni tanto. 99% dei siti pornografici sono fatti per piacere a me e agli uomini in generale. Nessuno resta scioccato quando dico che guardo porno. Nessuno mi giudicherà mai perchè dico che mi piace scopare. Nessuno mi giudicherà mai se mi vede leggere libri erotici. Nessuno resterebbe scandalizzato se dicessi che mi masturbo. Quando ho lo stesso incarico di una donna nell’ambito lavorativo, non prenderò mai meno soldi di lei. Se fossi promosso ad un livello più alto, nessuno sparlerebbe dicendo che probabilmente sono andato a letto con il mio capo. Le persone riconoscerebbero il mio merito. Se dovessi viaggiare per lavoro e dovessi lasciare i figli con la madre qualche giorno, nessuno mi darebbe dell’irresponsabile. Nessuno trova anormale se a 30 anni io non ho ancora avuto dei figli. La società non vede la mia verginità come un trofeo. Se io esco con dei determinati vestiti nessuno mi dice “Se le va a cercare”. Se io fossi in discoteca e una donna mi facesse del sesso orale, non sarei io ad essere sparlato. Nessuno mi chiamerebbe “puttanone” e neanche direbbero “E poi ha anche il coraggio di scrivere frasi d’amore su Facebook”. Se in qualche modo si diffonde un video dove sto avendo una relazione sessuale con una donna in pubblico, nessuno mi criticherà o insulterà. Non sarei uno schifoso puttaneire, uno stronzo, un disgraziato. Sarei solo un uomo. Compiendo il mio copione da macho. Nessuno dice che è mancanza d’igiene se non mi depilo. Nessuno mi giudica se sono un padre single. Non mi proibirebbero mai di occupare un incarico alto nella Chiesa Cattolica perchè sono uomo. Non sono mai stato obbligato a fare le pulizie di casa perchè sono un uomo. Non mi hanno mai costretto ad imparare a cucinare, essendo un uomo. Nessuno dice che il mio posto è in cucina perchè sono un uomo. Nessuno dice non posso dire le parolacce, essendo un uomo. Nessuno dice che non posso bere, essendo uomo. Nessuno guarda male il mio piatto se ho messo tanto cibo. Quando dico “No” nessuno pensa che me la stia tirando. No è no. Non ho bisogno di controllarmi i vestiti per evitare che una donna cadda in tentazione. Le persone del mio sesso non vengono stuprate ogni 12 secondi in Brasile.”
— Trovata su facebook.
Walt Disney, Mary Blair, and other Disney animators on their 1941 trip to Brazil
Animation art relating to the mermaids from Disney’s PETER PAN. Ariel’s slightly twisted sisters.
Cinderella concept art by Mary Blair (x)
Mary Blair’s concept art for Disney’s Peter Pan
Mary Blair concept art for Disney’s CINDERELLA (1950).
Hercules background art