Directed by Mufasa Barry Jenkins, I'm also a fan of the original animation, directing it in a modern context
Dec 19, 2024
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Director Barry Jenkins said in a video press conference for `Mufasa: The Lion King' that was broadcast live online on the 19th that `I am also a fan of the original animation' and `I wanted to add complexity by evolving the dichotomous composition of the characters.'
Released on the 18th, 'Mufasa: The Lion King' is a story about a young lion 'Mufasa's legendary journey to become the king of the world beyond his given fate after meeting the king's descendant and prospective successor 'Taka(Ska). Director Barry Jenkins, who won the Best Picture award at the 89th Academy Awards for the film 'Moonlight', took the megaphone.
'Mupasa: The Lion King' is the prequel for the highest-grossing Disney live action film of all time 'The Lion King'. Director Barry Jenkins, who was a fan of the original film, said, "It's an animation, but it came more powerful because it transparently and clearly expresses complex human emotions that children can understand"In the original work, Mufasa is good, Scar is evil, and the confrontation between good and evil is clear. This time, we tried to give complexity by evolving the dichotomous composition a little more through which the characters go toward the good and the evil."
Then, on the part that focused on directing "1994, wasn't it simple for young children to learn from images. Now, I think it is necessary to add the complexity of the lessons that young friends accept in the composition of good and evil and in the era of image flooding. Ska also had a childhood and was a lion cub who deserved to be loved, but he directed it in a modern context, showing the complex journey of becoming an evil character in the whirlwind of the world."
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