{"id":139693,"date":"2022-11-26T07:12:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T07:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/strange-worlds-directors-explain-the-disney-movies-big-twist-ending\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T07:12:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T07:12:12","slug":"strange-worlds-directors-explain-the-disney-movies-big-twist-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/strange-worlds-directors-explain-the-disney-movies-big-twist-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange World’s directors explain the Disney movie’s big twist ending"},"content":{"rendered":"
In Disney Animation Studios’ new feature film Strange World<\/em>, farmer Searcher Clade (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his family stumble into a breathtaking land deep beneath their hometown of Avalonia. But the storyline isn’t just about discovering new places and conquering distant lands. While the movie visually draws from pulp science fiction comics and films, as well as French and Belgian adventure comics, director Don Hall cites the work of Studio Ghibli writer-director Hayao Miyazaki as one of the central influences for the movie’s theme.<\/p>\n Miyazaki movies like Spirited Away<\/em> and Princess Mononoke<\/em> are particularly known for addressing the often destructive relationship people have with nature, but Hall was looking back to the beginning of Miyazaki’s career, too. \u201cA lot of his earlier films had very strong environmental messages,\u201d explains Hall. <\/p>\n Searcher and his family go on their adventure because they need to save their world’s energy source, a mysterious power-producing plant called pando. Searcher discovered pando 25 years ago, while on an expedition with his father, Jaeger (Dennis Quaid). Pando lets Avalonia’s citizens have their own technological innovations, from coffeemakers to personal flying airships. But recently, the pando’s power started to fizzle out. <\/p>\n The movie’s big plot twist, though, isn’t just about the true nature of this plant \u2014 it’s something that adds an extra allegorical layer to Strange World<\/em>. Below, the directors explain the movie’s ultimate reveal, and what shaped it as part of the story.<\/p>\n [Ed. note:<\/strong> This post contains ending spoilers for Strange World<\/em>.] <\/p>\n