Wednesday, 28 April 2021

Soul (2020 Pete Docter (with Kemp Powers), co-scr)

They and Mike Jones wrote a story about a jazz musician who's stuck in a kind of pre and afterlife, where he has to engage recalcitrant spirit 22 to follow him to Earth to get his body back. It's quite weird and not as focused as Docter's others (and perhaps over the heads of children) but the jazz sequences are absolutely remarkable and the barber's shop / sycamore scenes lovely.


Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross shared the soundtrack Oscar with Jon Batiste, who provided the jazz compositions and arrangements. It also won for Best Animated Film.

The eclectic cast comprises Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Richard Ayoade, Phylicia Rashad (This Is Us), Angela Bassett.

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