It is very difficult to find a person who is not interested in movies and television series, who are not part of their leisure time to a greater or lesser extent. And there is something on which ordinary viewers, cinephiles, specialized critics and filmmakers unquestionably agree: their love for the seventh art. We all love certain films, and Pixar’s favorite for Domee Shi, the director of Netis one that is not usually chosen as such.
Analysts believe that toy story, the foundational feature film of three-dimensional animation made by John Lasseter (1995) and the first of twenty-five to date, is the best of the studio based in the Californian town of Emeryville. For Rotten Tomatoes voters, it’s Onwards, second by Dan Scanlon (2020); and those of IMDb and FilmAffinity point out Coconutby Lee Unkrich and Adrián Molina (2017), for that honor.
But while Lindsey Collins, the producer of Net whom we interviewed along with Domee Shi for the recent premiere of the film, choose Upby Pete Docter and Bob Peterson (2009), the Chinese-Canadian director opts for Ratatouillethe second of Brad Bird for Pixar after The Incredibles (2004) before its continuation (2018), and the only one by Jan Pinkava (2007). It was released with abducteeGary Rydstrom’s hilarious short film (2006).
That triumph called ‘Ratatouille’, the Pixar film that enchants Domee Shi
The ideas of the Disney subsidiary animation studio for its works, longer or shorter, are usually quite striking, and this case does not disappoint in that regard. and the adventure of a street rat with culinary aspirationsPatton Oswalt’s Remy, who has exquisite taste and smell and ends up helping Lou Romano’s Alfredo Linguini, the garbage man, cook wonderful dishes at the Parisian restaurant Gusteau, smitten with Domee Shi.
This concept for Ratatouille was developed by Jan Pinkava since 2000. But things were not going well, and Pixar wanted Bob Peterson as co-director in 2004, a maneuver that did not work and, in 2005, Brad Bird was put in charge. “What is it that all kitchens fear the most? rats. So imagine if you had one whose only ambition was to become a master chef.” said the after. “Something about bringing those polar opposites together really spoke to me. It seemed like a big challenge”.
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The one who knew how to emerge triumphant. Not in vain, with a budget of 150 million dollars, the film collected more than 626 at the world box office. And went awarded at the Oscars, the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs among more than fifty contests that awarded him. So, with his unforgettable scene in which Peter O’Toole’s Anton Ego flips out in color with the ratatouille modified that Remy prepares for her, reminding her of her mother’s cooking, Domee Shi’s doesn’t seem like a bad choice.