Film festivals without animated films are imperfect, especially those without "Pixar Animation" productions. The Pixar animation "Psychic Journey", which was shortlisted for the cannes film at the Cannes Film Festival, can be seen from the name as a story about the fantasy travel of the soul, and the screenwriter may want to use the perspective of "soul" to spy on life and overlook all sentient beings.
The poster of the Chinese style version of "Spiritual Journey" has a different charm
Basic information
Psychic Journey
Directed by: Peter Doggett / Kemp Bowles (USA)
SOUL
by Pete Docter (USA) - 1h30
Synopsis
The protagonist, Gardner, is a middle school music teacher whose life is easy to see through, and his real dream is to play the piano— not just teaching children to play the piano, as he does now, but making a living by making music and jazz. When he finally got his first job as a musician, he accidentally fell into the sewer and "died", and woke up in a black hole, becoming a lonely soul.
Soon, it found itself not alone, but to the YOU Seminar, where another soul nicknamed 22 had been attending the seminar for hundreds of years, and it hated humans so much that it had never been possessed. Soon, Gardner and 22 will return to the real world, where Gardner will learn what it really means to have a soul.
Movie trailer
As A new masterpiece of Pixar, the story of the trailer of "Psychic Journey" almost all takes place in the afterlife world, so the character modeling, the two-dimensional and three-dimensional mix-and-match animation texture, seems extremely novel. Especially the depiction of the reincarnation of the soul is very enlightening and interesting. The entire trailer is full of depictions of the objective and spiritual world, and the music is beautiful, which is very Pixar's consistent style and characteristics.
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Chinese word trailer
The theme note previously released by the film read: "Have you ever wondered: where your passion, dreams and interests come from, and what makes you who you are?" Pixar takes you from the streets of New York to all areas of the universe to explore the answers to life's most important questions."
Director Profile
Peter Hans Docter (born August 10, 1968 in Bloomington, Minnesota) is an American animated film director, screenwriter, and producer who graduated from the University of Minnesota.
In 1995, he was the screenwriter of the animated adventure film Toy Story. In 2001, he directed his first animated film "Monster Power Company", which was nominated for the 74th Academy Awards - Best Animated Feature Film. In 2002, he directed the animated short film "Big Eye's New Car", which was nominated for the 82nd Academy Awards - Best Original Screenplay Award. In 2007, he appeared in the documentary Disneyland: Secrets, Stories and Magic. In 2008, he worked as a screenwriter for the animated film Robot Story, which was nominated for the 82nd Academy Awards - Best Original Screenplay. In 2009, he won the 37th Annie Awards - Best Animated Film Director for his animated comedy film "Flying House". In 2013, he was the producer of the animated comedy film Monsters University. In 2015, the animated comedy film "Inside Out" directed by him was released in Chinese mainland, which won the Best Animated Feature Award at the 88th Academy Awards.
"Psychic Journey" was originally scheduled to be released in North America on June 19
Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Disney announced that the new animated film "Psychic Journey" has been postponed to November 20