INSIDE OUT & Pixar’s Philosophy of Melancholy

“Pixar’s Inside Out feels like a miracle for two reasons: deprivation and reclamation. Last year marked the first since 2005 that the studio failed to bless pop culture with new material. Leading up to that gap in their slate, though, Pixar’s status as an animation giant started a perilous downward spiral thanks to a surge in sequels (Toy Story 3, Cars 2, Monsters University) and one troubled original effort (the under-appreciated Brave). The Internet’s hive mind began to question whether they were over the hill, whether they’d lost it, whether their decline was inevitable.” (Via Birth.Movies.Death.)

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