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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.39,0:00:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When an old man dies, a library burns.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.31,0:00:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned this African proverb \Nfrom a friend of mine
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.89,0:00:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who told me that for the majority\Nof my career I've been like a firefighter,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.05,0:00:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,putting out the fires of stories \Nthat were meant to be told.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.88,0:00:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever wished
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.89,0:00:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could've interviewed\Nsomebody before they died,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.33,0:00:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a grandparent or a parent?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.07,0:00:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or think about interviewing somebody now,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.07,0:00:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you just haven't quite\Ngotten around to it?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.77,0:00:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have a story,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.06,0:00:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whether we know it or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.31,0:00:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're shaped by the stories around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.94,0:00:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the last 15 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.43,0:00:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've had the greatest \Nopportunities to tell stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.43,0:00:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've travelled all seven continents,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.59,0:00:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been given access into worlds \NI would never have expected
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.30,0:00:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and interviewed people \NI would have never thought possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.19,0:00:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My films have been portrayals\Nof visionaries and everyday heroes;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.35,0:01:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've been stories \Nof creativity and technology;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.28,0:01:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've been investigations
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.98,0:01:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into humanitarian\Nand environmental themes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.25,0:01:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I look back,\Nnow on my career of filmmaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.50,0:01:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realize that my filmmaking career \Nwas largely inspired by my childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.67,0:01:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dad and grandfather, \Nboth Academy Award winners,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.52,0:01:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worked at the Walt Disney Studios,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.64,0:01:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they designed and developed\Nthe cameras and projection systems
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.93,0:01:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Disney films and theme parks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.28,0:01:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every now and then,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.68,0:01:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my dad had to go down\Nat Disneyland to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.12,0:01:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if I was lucky enough,\Nhe'd take me with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.15,0:01:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we didn't go in the main entrance\Nlike everybody else;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.93,0:01:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we went in the back entrance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.89,0:01:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.95,0:01:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going through that gate\Nwas like entering wonderland.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.21,0:01:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pulling back that curtain\Nand seeing that magic backstage
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.94,0:01:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was more exciting to me \Nthan what was on stage.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.32,0:01:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people that designed the park \Nwere called Imagineers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.80,0:01:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I grew up learning \Nof their legendary stories
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.23,0:01:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how Disneyland was built.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.45,0:02:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such as how to get ghosts to sing \Nand dance in the Haunted Mansion ride,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.41,0:02:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how to get fireflies to glow \Nin the Pirates of the Caribbean ride,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.24,0:02:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how to get Abraham Lincoln's \Nbody and hands to move
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.49,0:02:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Great Moments \Nwith Mr. Lincoln attraction.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.15,0:02:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, this is Lincoln's hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.08,0:02:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I grew up with this hand \Nalways lying around our house as a kid
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.36,0:02:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because my dad's hands \Nwere the actual molds for Lincoln's hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.43,0:02:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, my mom, on the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.38,0:02:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did not appreciate finding \Nthis in the freezer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.69,0:02:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.70,0:02:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I still blame my sister for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.44,0:02:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, needless to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.37,0:02:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a great time growing up\Nbehind the scenes.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.82,0:02:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by the time I graduated \Nfrom USC Film School,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.56,0:02:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a job as a director's assistant
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.20,0:02:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Hollywood on some\Nbig-budget studio films.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.40,0:02:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was exciting
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.00,0:02:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I got a behind the scenes look\Nat the sausage-making of moviemaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.41,0:02:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as the film ended \Nand production was over,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.34,0:02:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember my job started to get mundane.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.47,0:03:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember driving\Nacross L.A. morning traffic everyday
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.73,0:03:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to do a laundry list\Nof gofer jobs for the director,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.34,0:03:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, like walk the dog -\NI hate to admit it -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.05,0:03:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meet the housekeeper, get the coffee.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.69,0:03:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.88,0:03:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this what I'm really supposed\Nto be doing with my film school degree?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.86,0:03:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one day on this long boring commute,\Nan image popped into my mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.75,0:03:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a photo that my grandfather took,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.17,0:03:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in 1924,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.31,0:03:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he was driving\Nacross country to Hollywood.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.87,0:03:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was always hanging\Nin my grandparents' house
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.23,0:03:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was a kid, this photograph.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.89,0:03:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, my grandfather had met Walt Disney
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.18,0:03:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,four years earlier\Nin Kansas City, Missouri.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.79,0:03:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were teenagers and artists \Nworking in an advertising agency.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.04,0:03:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were both passionate about animation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.67,0:03:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they decided to form \Ntheir own business called Iwerks-Disney,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.33,0:03:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it only lasted a month.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.50,0:03:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then Walt decided to go on his own
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.92,0:03:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and form his own company \Ncalled Laugh-O-Grams,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.14,0:03:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing a little cartoons\Nfor the local theatres.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.70,0:04:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grandfather soon joined them
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.20,0:04:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they started innovating\Nlittle cartoons,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.40,0:04:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,jerry-rigging animation cameras,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.93,0:04:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they came up with some\Ngreat innovative cartoons
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.45,0:04:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including one that starred\Na live-action girl
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.31,0:04:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an animated backdrop,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.100,0:04:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this had never been done before.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.06,0:04:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But soon Walt's money run out,\Nand he had to declare bankruptcy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.38,0:04:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so he took off for Hollywood\Nto go find work,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.56,0:04:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my grandfather\Nreturned to the advertising agency
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.47,0:04:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for steady employment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.40,0:04:25.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was two years later
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.100,0:04:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when my grandfather received \Na letter from Walt
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.26,0:04:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking him to come out to Hollywood
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.36,0:04:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to join him as Chief Animator\Non a new cartoon series.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.43,0:04:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my grandfather \Nhad a choice at this moment:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.99,0:04:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he could put this letter in the drawer
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.80,0:04:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and play it safe,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.08,0:04:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or he could, you know,\Nuproot his entire life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.24,0:04:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,move across country,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.46,0:04:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go work on some esoteric cartoon\Nthat could totally go bankrupt again.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.39,0:04:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what does he do?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.14,0:04:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He trusts his gut,\Nlistens to his instincts,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.06,0:04:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and moves across country,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.88,0:04:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes down a long dirt road\Ninto an unknown future.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.57,0:05:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This, in storytelling terms,\Nis called the inciting incident
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.74,0:05:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the call to action.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.65,0:05:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything prior to this moment\Nis the backstory.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.61,0:05:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything ahead of this moment
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.50,0:05:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.90,0:05:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the moment that sets\Nthe protagonist in motion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.49,0:05:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as this story goes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.98,0:05:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two years after my grandfather\Narrived in Hollywood,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.70,0:05:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Walt Disney did go belly-up again,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.57,0:05:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a new cartoon series called \N"Oswald the Lucky Rabbit".
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.44,0:05:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When his animation staff jumped ship,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.82,0:05:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the one person, the one animator \Nwho stood by his side
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.23,0:05:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was Ub Iwerks.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.70,0:05:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would go on to design and animate
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.80,0:05:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the new cartoon character \Nwho would change the world:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.94,0:05:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mickey Mouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.09,0:05:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or Topolino, as you all\Nknow him here in Italy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.60,0:05:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I was one when my grandfather died,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.35,0:05:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and needless to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.42,0:05:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was very bummed \Nthat I never got to know him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.66,0:05:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by the time I got to Junior High,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.65,0:05:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was tasked with doing a book report \Non somebody famous
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.39,0:05:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I decided to do it on Ub.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.01,0:05:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I start looking through these books
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.82,0:06:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on animation history\Nand biographies on Walt Disney.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.41,0:06:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I started finding\Nwas that the stories I was reading
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.08,0:06:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were different than what I was hearing\Nin my own family system,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.04,0:06:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, Ub's contribution \Nto animation and visual effects
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.94,0:06:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his contributions\Nto Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.18,0:06:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I realized is there's a story\Nof collaboration that was missing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.58,0:06:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a result, a piece \Nof animation history was missing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.77,0:06:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this discrepancy \Nhad always bothered me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.95,0:06:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here I was,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.88,0:06:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,driving across town in morning traffic\Nen route to walk the director's dog.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.53,0:06:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it dawned on me:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.56,0:06:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could save this library.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.06,0:06:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if I go and I interview
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.44,0:06:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people that knew my grandfather\Nbefore they were gone?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.40,0:06:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe I could write a book\Nor make a film, a documentary
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.99,0:06:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and share his story with the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.48,0:06:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know it at the time,\Nbut this was my call to action.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.49,0:06:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, shortly thereafter,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.00,0:06:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met with Roy E. Disney,\Nthe nephew of Walt,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.67,0:06:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I pitched him my idea\Nof a documentary.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.20,0:07:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he told me that he had\Ngreat respect for Ub
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.19,0:07:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he felt that Ub's story\Nwas not only meant to be told,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.77,0:07:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it needed to be told.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.88,0:07:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so he convinced the studio\Nto fund the documentary,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.57,0:07:11.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and before I knew it, I was on my way\Nto telling my grandfather's story.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.32,0:07:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I spent the next eight months\Nretracing their footsteps
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.21,0:07:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in Kansas City and Hollywood.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.46,0:07:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I visited their old sites
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.70,0:07:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the Laugh-O-Gram's building\Nwhere they got their start.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.51,0:07:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I interviewed the people\Nthat knew him.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.55,0:07:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I learned that Ub and Walt\Nwere like the yin and yang
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.63,0:07:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of creativity and technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.71,0:07:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Walt, pictured left here,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.62,0:07:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whenever he had a story idea\Nthat needed to be told,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.50,0:07:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ub would figure out a technical\Nor artistic solution for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.25,0:07:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever Ub came up\Nwith some technical invention,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.39,0:07:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Walt would find a way to put it to use.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.72,0:07:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were always pushing the envelope.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.50,0:07:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this was my first documentary\Nand I was having a blast,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.93,0:07:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I knew I needed to prove myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.70,0:07:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when the time came for me to show\Nmy first cut to the studio executives,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.18,0:07:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember feeling this sense of anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.32,0:08:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was about to show them
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.81,0:08:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a potentially controversial retelling\Nof the Mickey Mouse origin story.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.63,0:08:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, this is from Ub's point of view.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.42,0:08:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if they disagreed with it?\NWhat if they wanted me to change it?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.00,0:08:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How would I negotiate this?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.11,0:08:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, Walt's most famous\Nquote, arguably, was,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.22,0:08:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It all started with a mouse."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.38,0:08:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So fortunately,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.40,0:08:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this was a balanced\Nand fair and honest retelling,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.58,0:08:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the studio not only embraced it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.59,0:08:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they premiered it in Hollywood\Nand distributed around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.03,0:08:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now people everywhere\Ncould experience the same magic
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.80,0:08:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that inspired his life and mine.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.39,0:08:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got to get to know \Nthe grandfather I never knew.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.44,0:08:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not long after this,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.81,0:08:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ran into John Lasseter,\Nthe co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.84,0:08:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he invited me
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.89,0:08:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come screen my film up\Nat the studio for the employees.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.59,0:08:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember, at a Q&A\Nafter the film, somebody asked me,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.56,0:08:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I could have done anything differently\Nin the making of my documentary
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.88,0:08:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what would it had been?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.72,0:09:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.61,0:09:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know, if I could've gone back in time
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.09,0:09:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and been a fly on the wall \Nin the creation of Mickey Mouse,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.34,0:09:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recorded those early films\Nand the behind-the-scenes activity,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.58,0:09:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would have loved that opportunity."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.06,0:09:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that answer seemed to spark something,\NI think, in John's mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.61,0:09:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because afterwards they shared with me\Ntheir long risky journey
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.07,0:09:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the creation of computer animation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.14,0:09:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, they invited me\Nto actually be that fly on the wall,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.71,0:09:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go behind the scenes\Nand actually capture the goings-on
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.54,0:09:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the creative process\Nof Pixar Animation Studios.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.41,0:09:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was very exciting.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.87,0:09:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember my interview\Nwith Steve Jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.32,0:09:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told me that Pixar had combined\Nthe creative culture of Hollywood
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.98,0:09:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the hi-tech culture \Nof Silicone Valley.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.98,0:09:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two cultures that previously\Ndid not understand each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.40,0:09:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A place where as John Lasseter says,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.76,0:09:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Art challenges technology,\Nand technology inspires art."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.50,0:10:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But with all the advancements\Nin computer animation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.48,0:10:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what didn't change was the need\Nto create believable worlds
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.81,0:10:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with living-breathing characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.97,0:10:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the classic animators have taught us,\Nyou have to make your characters feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.29,0:10:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.29,0:10:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I had been a fly on the wall\Nduring the creation of Mickey Mouse,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.28,0:10:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would it have looked something like this?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.77,0:10:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a scene that I filmed\Nduring the making of Finding Nemo.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.23,0:10:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An exchange between director Andrew\NStanton and animator Doug Sweetland.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.92,0:10:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Last day of Finding Nemo dailies]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.61,0:10:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video) Woman: Doug is next.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.98,0:10:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father: Hey, guess what.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.58,0:10:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nemo: What?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.55,0:10:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father: Sea turtles?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.42,0:10:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I met one!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.37,0:10:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was 150 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.36,0:10:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AS: Nemo should be looking\Nat his dad at the beginning of the shot.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.71,0:10:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DS: All the time?\NAS: Yeah, he looks like he's dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.29,0:10:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He looks like he's given up.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.87,0:10:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.88,0:10:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He looked at his dad\Nand he looked at his fin,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.10,0:10:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he should be looking at him\Nfor acknowledgment the whole time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.21,0:11:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can touch the fin;\Nthey stay looking at each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.22,0:11:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.70,0:11:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.67,0:11:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Doug Sweetland, animator]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.03,0:11:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DS: I was focusing permanently on father\Nand really not on Nemo.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.80,0:11:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I just kind of had Nemo defaulted\Nto this eyes-forward pose,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.93,0:11:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not even thinking about how it would read,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.85,0:11:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except that hopefully\Nyou're looking at father.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.12,0:11:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Andrew read it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.80,0:11:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was totally right\Nthat he looks completely indifferent.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.29,0:11:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.47,0:11:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now I have to give the same treatment\Nthat I gave father to Nemo.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.00,0:11:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, it's not like\Nstarting over or anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.71,0:11:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I have to imbue\Nthat character with something.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.20,0:11:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now what I can do is just\Ngo back into the thumbnails,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.90,0:11:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what I can do is use \Nthese same drawings.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.50,0:11:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will be good.\NThe shot will be a lot better.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.13,0:12:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've done all this stuff too,\Nwhere the fin is the symbol of the movie.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.80,0:12:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His accepting of his son
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.100,0:12:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is also the letting go of the past,\Nof the loss, the trauma
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.11,0:12:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what is it to take someone's hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.91,0:12:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only as in an opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.35,0:12:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to physically touch\Nand connect with his son,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.60,0:12:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it also marks the new relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.74,0:12:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.81,0:12:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father: I'm so sorry, Nemo.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.92,0:12:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.09,0:12:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(On stage) LI: So, \Nthis behind-the-scenes access
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.44,0:12:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really gave me a deeper understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.26,0:12:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the human journey\Nthrough the creative process,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.65,0:12:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that courage to create.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.53,0:12:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned through my own filmmaking
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.25,0:12:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that risk-taking is all\Nabout trusting your gut
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.21,0:12:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having that confidence\Nto go down an unpaved road.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.54,0:12:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much like my grandfather did\Nand much like the founders of Pixar did.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.21,0:13:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I started receiving\Nletters from students,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.07,0:13:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling me that this film,\Nthe Pixar story,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.75,0:13:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspired them to pursue\Na career in animation,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.53,0:13:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gave me more motivation\Nto go and find more stories
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.07,0:13:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were meant to be told,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.59,0:13:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more stories of risk and survival\Nand risk and adversity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.34,0:13:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how do you find these stories?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.80,0:13:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.96,0:13:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you will often find them
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.75,0:13:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the most surprising\Nand unexpected places.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.33,0:13:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would never have guessed
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.59,0:13:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my next film\Nwould have landed me in the trash,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.84,0:13:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.21,0:13:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Guatemala City garbage dump,\Nthe largest landfill in Central America,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.66,0:13:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where thousands of families who had fled\NGuatemala's 36-year civil war
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.91,0:13:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had found refuge\Nrecycling the city's trash.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.80,0:13:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Outsiders saw these people as degenerates,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.38,0:13:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw them as hard-working survivors.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.18,0:13:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vultures and stray dogs\Nand people were all vying
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.79,0:13:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the same half-eaten banana\Njust dumped from a trash truck.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.33,0:14:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, children were joyful here.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.30,0:14:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They played with broken toys\Nand hula-hoops.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.25,0:14:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even Mickey Mouse dolls.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.31,0:14:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We asked one woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.94,0:14:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What was the best thing\Nyou ever found in the garbage dump?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.12,0:14:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "My husband."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.70,0:14:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a story of risk,\Ncourage, survival and dignity.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.30,0:14:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in the world of Disneyland,\Nand this was their playground.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.00,0:14:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was finding commonality in a place\Nfar from home and how I grew up.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.04,0:14:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people learned\NI was doing a documentary
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.68,0:14:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about people living in a garbage dump,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.04,0:14:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they thought I was crazy\Nfor doing this film.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.80,0:14:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when it was nominated\Nfor an Academy Award,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.26,0:14:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and benefits screenings\Nraised three million dollars
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.68,0:14:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help build schools in the surrounding\Nareas of the garbage dump,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.38,0:14:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our film "Recycled Life" is proof
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.16,0:14:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that films that are meant to be told\Ncan make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.32,0:15:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find that as we get older, we start\Nto look back at the stories of our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.08,0:15:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We start to want to fill in the blanks
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.36,0:15:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and answer the questions\Nthat we never thought to ask,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.06,0:15:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we were so busy living and doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.80,0:15:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when we start being,\Nour own history starts to matter more.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.42,0:15:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we could just have one more day\Nwith our loved one,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.25,0:15:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we could have been that fly on the wall\Nto learn about their processes,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.69,0:15:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their perspectives\Nand their lessons in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.37,0:15:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stories are all around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.21,0:15:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have the tools and the technology\Ntoday like never before,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.63,0:15:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go out and capture them\Nand share them with others.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.90,0:15:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I challenge you, I dare you: go out.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.42,0:15:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Find those magical stories\Nin others, and then yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.69,0:15:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when we listen\Nto our own instincts,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.82,0:15:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we answer our own calls to action,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.10,0:15:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our stories become a gift to everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.73,0:15:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They become the tribal\Nknowledge to pass down.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.90,0:15:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember that old African proverb:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.09,0:16:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when an old man dies,\Nor a woman, a library burns.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.99,0:16:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go save some burning\Nlibraries, I dare you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.26,0:16:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.38,0:16:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)