Pixar's Pete Docter Doesn't Know Where Cinema is Going Either

Even after a $1.6B hit, the animation giant's creative leader tells me over avo toast how he worries about 'problematic' AI and pines for more 'weird hallway interactions'

Sep 12, 2024

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**WINK AND A SMILE?** “When you dig a little deeper, it’s pretty problematic just getting consistency,” says Pete Docter of AI. (Corey Nickols/Getty Images for IMDb)

Greetings from my house, to which I have finally returned after a wonderful, exhausting week at TIFF, where I saw 25 movies and, like my compadre Richard Rushfield, really pushed the limits of h…

Pixar's Pete Docter Doesn't Know Where Cinema is Going Either

Even after a $1.6B hit, the animation giant's creative leader tells me over avo toast how he worries about 'problematic' AI and pines for more 'weird hallway interactions'

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