Our reporter Xu Liuliu
"It is my dream to create a movie with contemporary China as the background." "Snowman" (above) director and screenwriter Gil Carlton accepted the "Global Times" reporter on the 21st Said in an interview. The animated film "Snowman" is jointly created by China Oriental DreamWorks and American DreamWorks Animation. It is scheduled to be released in North America on September 27 and will be released in China on October 1. The film appeared at the Toronto Film Festival on the 7th of this month and received a lot of praise. The current IMDb score is 7.5 and the Rotten Tomatoes index is 81.
"From the neon lights of Shanghai, to the infinite scenery of Huangshan, to the sparkling Thousand Island Lake, and the majestic Leshan Giant Buddha." The American Jill introduced the Chinese elements in the movie as treasures. Jill has participated in the production of "Toy Story", "Shrek", "Monster Electric Company" and many other animation blockbusters well known to Chinese audiences, and "Snowman" is an original story she developed independently. "The film is based on contemporary Chinese traditional families, and the story revolves around lost contact and reunion." Gil said. Little Snow Monster Da Mao lost contact with his family in the Himalayas, and three Chinese teenagers will start the "Chinese Adventure" with Little Snow Monster Da Mao to help him reunite with his family.
Jill said that when she was creating the story, she spread a map of China on the wall, found the starting point in Shanghai, going west to the end of the Himalayas, and planned a reasonable route with the Chinese team. We will not encounter it on the route in the film. We must respect the facts and the route must be true and credible. It is like crossing the United States. How can it be possible to stop in Florida (southeast of the United States)?" Jill joked.
Previously, Disney’s new work "Mulan" was accused of making mistakes with Chinese elements. For example, the Tulou in the trailer was born in the Song Dynasty rather than the time when Mulan was in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. When asked how to view such mistakes, Jill told the Global Times reporter, “(On this issue) all film companies hope to do things right, and we have Oriental DreamWorks, a Chinese partner, to help us check. . I hope that after watching the movie, the Chinese audience will say that this is made in China, which is very important to us."
