How can artists transform personal experiences and culturally specific ideas into art that appeals to audiences around the world?
That’s the question at the center of their conversation. elemental Film director Peter Thorne move Director Park In-jae talks about how he infuses Korean tradition into entertainment that is accessible to everyone (watch only above).
Mr. Son explains: elemental He was primarily inspired by the culture that his parents, who immigrated to the United States from Korea, passed on to him and his siblings. “When his father left Korea in 1969, he bowed deeply to his grandparents,” he says. “[The deep bow] We put a lot of effort into this movie, but we didn’t know how American audiences would appreciate it. [would] Connect to it. I think what you’re trying to say is that there are universal ideas in gestures that can travel across oceans. ”
Park, on the other hand, has lived in South Korea all his life and had no desire to create a global hit. move. “We weren’t aiming to create a scenario that would resonate with a global audience,” he explains. “I just wanted to show real Korean high schoolers actually living their Korean high school life. I just wanted to bring that out.”
“When we started this project, we thought, ‘If we can’t get Korean viewers to understand this show, how can we make it understandable to viewers around the world?'” Park continues. “There will be some aspects that may be lost on viewers around the world, such as the concept of students staying at school late at night. But South Korea has night study halls and students are really late at night. It’s a Korean thing, you know? So it might not be immediately understandable to viewers who come from other parts of the world.”
Still, Song sees a connection between their two projects. “Once I saw it, [Moving]I was hooked because it was a struggle from our parents and all the work they were doing and that was all we were doing. elemental 7 years. Just trying to honor the same thing. Our parents had the same struggle. ”
“It’s not the local culture that really matters, it’s the sentiment,” Park says.
Shortly after its release last August, the paranormal spy series move It became the most-watched Korean original on Disney+ worldwide and Hulu in the US, and was nominated for the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Foreign Language Series.Disney and Pixar’s romantic fantasy animation elemental is a nominee for Best Animated Feature at the upcoming Oscar Awards, as well as for Best Animated Feature at the Golden Globes and Best Animated Feature at the Critics’ Choice Awards.
elemental and move Both are streaming on Disney+. Watch the full conversation between the directors above.
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