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Eleven years before “Frozen” took over as the Disney movie of the decade, 2002’s “Lilo & Stitch” similarly focused on the bond between two sisters amid tragedy — and now, co-writer/director Chris Sanders is feeling a little iced out.
“To be clear, I think ‘Frozen”s great,” Sanders told The New York Times as part of a 20th-anniversary celebration of “Lilo.” “But it was a little bit frustrating for me because people were like, ‘Finally, a nonromantic relationship with these two girls,’ and I thought, ‘We did that! That has absolutely been done before.'”
“Lilo & Stitch” focused on Lilo, a young Hawaiian orphan who befriends adorable extraterrestrial Stitch after he crash-lands in Kauai. Lilo is raised by her older sister Nani after their parents died in a car accident. The film was Oscar-nominated for Best Animated Feature (“Spirited Away...
Eleven years before “Frozen” took over as the Disney movie of the decade, 2002’s “Lilo & Stitch” similarly focused on the bond between two sisters amid tragedy — and now, co-writer/director Chris Sanders is feeling a little iced out.
“To be clear, I think ‘Frozen”s great,” Sanders told The New York Times as part of a 20th-anniversary celebration of “Lilo.” “But it was a little bit frustrating for me because people were like, ‘Finally, a nonromantic relationship with these two girls,’ and I thought, ‘We did that! That has absolutely been done before.'”
“Lilo & Stitch” focused on Lilo, a young Hawaiian orphan who befriends adorable extraterrestrial Stitch after he crash-lands in Kauai. Lilo is raised by her older sister Nani after their parents died in a car accident. The film was Oscar-nominated for Best Animated Feature (“Spirited Away...
- 6/23/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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