Interview: Domee Shi (Turning Red)
Little Gold Men by Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
4.2 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Given the chance to pitch three story ideas to Pixar to make her feature directing debut, Domee Shi wound up pursuing the most personal— the story of a Chinese-Canadian girl going through puberty in especially wild fashion. Rebecca Ford talks to the director of Turning Red about the Easter eggs from her own childhood she included in the movie, and why the most specific stories can turn out to be the most universal.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, the award season podcast from Vanity Fair. |
| 0:05.0 | It's such an honor to present this next award. |
| 0:08.0 | And here are the nominees. |
| 0:10.0 | The Oscar goes to. |
| 0:12.0 | And the Oscar goes to. |
| 0:14.0 | And I can't deny the fact that you like me right now. |
| 0:18.0 | You like me. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm the King of the World! |
| 0:22.0 | There's a mistake. |
| 0:23.0 | Moonlight, you guys won Best Picture. |
| 0:30.0 | I am Katie Rich. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm here for this interview episode. |
| 0:39.0 | Once again, on our own, Rebecca, you've really been doing the most on our interviews. |
| 0:43.0 | That's Rebecca Ford. |
| 0:44.0 | Hey, you have been doing hard work, but you've been talking to fascinating people, |
| 0:48.0 | so I don't feel too bad for you. |
| 0:50.0 | And this week you talked to Domi She, the director of Turning Red. |
| 0:55.0 | We don't talk about animation on this show as much as we should, |
| 0:58.0 | especially since you and I both have small children. |
| 1:00.0 | But Turning Red really is coming into this award season as a very strong animated contender. |
| 1:05.0 | And it's such a personal story for Domi that I imagine it was really fun to talk to her. |
| 1:09.0 | It was really fun. |
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