Pete Docter studied It's a Wonderful Life closely while making Soul, surprised at how dark it was on a rewatch: a man who thinks his life has come to nothing is shown, from outside it, what it was worth.
Animation· 2020· Adventure
Soul
by Pete Docter
Soul: it draws on 2 recorded sources.
What influenced Soul
The works this one is recorded as drawing on.
Docter paired A Christmas Carol with It's a Wonderful Life as the models for Soul: a man taken out of his own life by spirits and made to look back at it until he learns how to live.