Its not about the local culture but the sentiment that really matters.
How can artists make personal experiences and culturally specific ideas into art that appeals to a global audience?
When my father left Korea in 1969, he gave a deep bow to my grandparents, he says.
Peter Sohn and Park In-je.Pixar
I think your point is that there are universal ideas within the gestures that still translate across the ocean.
I wasnt aiming to create scenarios that would resonate with a global audience, he explains.
I just wanted to show real Korean high schoolers who are actually living that Korean high school life.
‘Elemental’ and ‘Moving’.Pixar/Disney+; Courtesy of Hulu
I just wanted to put that out there.
Its a Korean thing, you know?
So the viewers from other parts of the world might not immediately get it.
Pixar/Disney+; Courtesy of Hulu
Still, Sohn sees connections between their two projects.
Just trying to honor the same thing.
The same struggles that our parents made.
Its not about the local culture but the sentiment that really matters, Park says.
Shortly after its release last August, supernatural spy seriesMovingbecame the most-watched Korean original onDisney+globally and onHuluin the U.S. ElementalandMovingare both streaming now on Disney+.
Watch the full conversation between the directors above.
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