Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics
[ColonelCassad] Pixar's chief creative officer, Pete Docter, gave a major interview to The Wall Street Journal. In it, Docter discussed the transformation the studio has been undergoing in recent years. Under his leadership, Pixar released a series of projects inspired by the personal stories of its directors: "Luca," "Soul," "I Blushing," and "Buzz Lightyear." However, almost all of them failed at the box office.
In 2023, he addressed the team, acknowledging the error of the autobiographical approach: " We should be making movies, not spending hundreds of millions of dollars on psychotherapy." Following this, Pixar began urgently correcting the situation: a project based on the director's teenage experience of experiencing a platonic breakup was canceled. Furthermore, Pixar removed all hints of characters' sexual orientation from "Elio" and "Inside Out 2."
As Docter explains, research has shown that many parents aren't prepared to have the difficult conversations with their children that some topics in entertainment films force them to have. Now, the creative director hopes that the changes will help the studio return to its core business—simply making great films.
At least temporarily, they were forced to admit that promoting tolerance through popular culture is failing. They also admitted that for a long time, Pixar wasn't making films, but rather promoting propaganda, including homosexuality for children.
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