“Soul”—The Spirit of Rebirth
Guest Blogger: Mahshid Zamani Bozorgnia, film critic
[Edited by Diana Y. Paul]
Soul, an animated and complex film from Pixar directed and created by Pete Dokter (who also created “Toy Story”, “Inside Out” and “Monsters Inc”), refers to the jazz music genre and tackles the theme of what is the spirit or soul, the distinction between passion and obsession, and what constitutes the “spark” of happiness.
There is something compulsively watchable and comforting about Pixar movies with their photo-realistic imaginary worlds. But there is much more. There...