For Alex Woo, the director behind In your dreamsthe story is related to his own experiences.
In this latest Netflix animated film, “a pair of young siblings, as they navigate a fantastical dream world, seek out the mythical Sandman in hopes that he can fix their family.”
“When I was 6 or 7 years old, I woke up one morning and my mother had her bags packed,” says the filmmaker in an interview with Black.
He recalls: “She was standing at the front door and I had no idea what was going on. She had to gently explain to me and my brother that she was going away to figure things out for our family. I didn’t really know what that meant, but I knew things were changing.”
Furthermore, Alex elaborates on how the idea of In your dreams came to “It coincided with the start of our business,” he says. “I left Pixar in 2016 and spent the first year or two coming up with different ideas for movies and TV shows that we wanted to see.”
The director continues: “We realized that it’s difficult to give a dream movie stakes because anything can happen, so that was the big challenge. We knew we wanted to do something in the dream world, but we needed an emotional core to the story.”
“That’s when I picked up on this thing that happened to me when I was 6 or 7 years old. I woke up one morning and my mom had packed her bags,” notes Alex.
“She was standing at the front door and I had no idea what was going on. She had to carefully explain to me and my brother that she had to go away to find out things for our family.”
“I didn’t really know what that meant, but I knew things were changing. A lot of this film was inspired by that experience,” the filmmaker concludes.
In your dreams streaming on Netflix.
