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How a Lone Feline Upended the Feature Animation Oscar Race With ‘Flow’
"I think we can see more of ourselves through this kind of allegory," says writer/director Gints Zilbalodis.
One of the surprises of the awards season is Gints Zilbalodis’ “ Flow ” — the dialog-free tale of a solitary cat’s emotional journey as it learns to survive after a great flood — which upended the feature animation race when it won the Golden Globe. The sequel to Oscar-winner “Inside Out” got us in touch with our feelings as young Riley reached puberty and experienced new emotions from envy to ennui to, notably, a heavy dose of anxiety. Zilbalodis, whose influences range from Akira Kurosawa to Ang Lee and Martin Scorsese, notes that “the movement of the camera can express fear or curiosity, and I wanted it to feel kind of grounded as well.”
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