Watch: Domee Shi discusses the noughties setting of Turning RedOscar-winning Pixar director Domee Shi said she chose to set her animated feature debut Turning Red in 2002 as a ‘love letter’ to her childhood.The film follows a Chinese-Canadian teenager who begins to experience the effects of a family curse when she turns 13: she transforms into an enormous red panda whenever she becomes agitated.Bao director Shi’s story is set between 2002 and 2003, featuring plenty of cultural references familiar to anybody who was around at that time — including flip-phones and Tamagotchis.Read more: New movies and TV coming to Disney+ in March”That was the time period where I grew… Click below to read the full story from Yahoo Movies UK
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