The Genesis of Pixar (post in The New Atlantis by John Murdock)
March 8, 2010
Check out this thoughtful post on Up and WALL-E and some of the origins the greener elements of those films by John Murdock writing for The New Atlantis.
Here is an excerpt from John’s post.
“The centrality of human relations and redemption to both Up and WALL-E may have something to do with the relationship between Stanton and Pete Docter, the director/co-writer of Up, and a fellow Christian. In fact, the original story for WALL-E dates back to a 1994 conversation between the two, and they earned a joint Oscar nomination for their screenwriting efforts. Both were also integral to the creation of Toy Story, and Stanton was later the executive producer of Up. It requires no great feats of interpretation to see how the directors’ mutual Biblical faith influenced the two movies. Even if some of the references to Genesis were the result of what Stanton describes as the Old Testament being ’sort of built into our DNA,’ others certainly were intentional.”
You can read the full post at The New Atlantis website by visiting http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-genesis-of-pixar.
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