In Conversation With Soul's Pete Docter, Kemp Powers and Dana Murray -- a BFI London Film Festival Special

The Empire Film Podcast

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Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

One of the standouts of this year's BFI London Film Festival -- which runs until this Sunday -- was the UK premiere of Soul, the latest slice of dizzying and dazzling Disney/Pixar brilliance from director Pete Docter. In this very special interview episode, Chris Hewitt Zooms into a chat with Docter and his co-writer/director, Kemp Powers, and producer Dana Murray for a wide-ranging chat about the inspirations behind the film, the secret fears that drive them as artists, the recent announcement of its debut on Disney+ this Christmas Day, casting Graham Norton, and much, much more. It's a funny and frank chat, and apart from brief talk of one deleted joke, it's spoiler-free. So, even if you haven't seen Soul yet, come on in. The podwater's lovely. For more information on the London Film Festival, go to bfi.org.uk

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0:00.0	Hello pod, I'm Chris Hewitt and welcome to this very special edition of the Empire podcast.
0:20.7	The 64th BFI London Film Festival is happening right now, in London obviously.
0:29.1	But also online because of you know, COVID.
0:32.8	And one of the jewels in its crown is undoubtedly soul, the latest wondrous offering from animation
0:39.8	giant Disney Pixar and giant animator director, big doctor.
0:44.9	He's very tall you see.
0:47.2	He's the very tall guy behind basically my three favorite Pixar movies to date, Monsters
0:53.1	Inc. up and inside out.
0:55.9	He increasingly bold and experimental films which push the envelope for animated movies
1:01.0	in all kinds of ways, visually, intellectually, and emotionally.
1:06.9	Tell me that up didn't leave you a sudden mess and I will call you a liar.
1:11.8	Getsol may be Doctor's most ambitious movie to date with a dizzying onslaught of ideas
1:16.9	accompanying the story of Jamie Foxx's Joe Gardner, a music teacher from New York who
1:22.1	hours before he gets his big break as a jazz pianist, falls down a manhole and finds
1:27.3	himself bound for the great beyond.
1:30.5	Naturally reluctant to embrace the concept of being dead when his dreams are about to
1:34.8	realize, Joe Rebels and winds up in the great before, the unearthly realm where souls
1:41.6	are essentially created.
1:43.7	There he teams up with a rambunctious soul named 22, voiced by Tina Fey and the embark
1:49.8	upon an adventure that takes the places I won't even begin to spoil but you will not
1:55.3	guess where this movie goes.
1:57.7	It's bold, it's vibrant, it's unpredictable, it's off the beautiful, it hits you right
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