"Voyage to the Moon", a tale under good influences

'Journey to the Moon' by Glen Keane and John Khars -

• In "Voyage to the Moon", a girl builds a rocket to meet a goddess who lives on our satellite.

• This musical and animated tale takes advantage of several influences to amaze: musicals, paintings and legends inspired its creators.

Even if the name Glen Keane may not be familiar to you, chances are you are familiar with his work.

This brilliant animator and director has long been one of the pillars of Disney studios.

We owe him characters as emblematic as Ariel

, the Beast in

, Aladdin or Rapunzel.

It is for Netflix that he directed, in collaboration with John Kahrs, the magnificent

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A little girl shattered by the untimely death of her mother builds a rocket there to visit the Moon Goddess who could persuade her father to give up remarrying.

“It's up to the viewer to decide if she really does it or if she lives this experience in a dream,” suggests the director to

.

But what is certain are the many influences that have punctuated the creation of this lively and musical tale.

And what Glen Keane recalls here.

The "Wizard of Oz" revisited

Like Dorothy in The

by Victor Flemming and King Vidor (1946), the heroine leaves an ordinary universe to discover a world full of danger and color.

“We wanted to find the same contrast between the dull life of the girl and what she explores when she embarks on the adventure!

She was also given a cute little companion like Dorothy's dog.

This white rabbit will find its similar or almost in the lunar landscape.

Here again, this is a nod to the famous musical whose fantasized characters correspond to the revisited entourage of the little girl.

Miro to the rescue

Finding the character design and lunar landscapes was no easy task.

"I had the idea to be inspired by the work of the painter Juan Miro (1893-1983) whose brilliantly colored and completely delirious universe seemed to me perfect to disorient the little girl as well as the spectator", tells Glen Keane.

Giant frogs and motorcycle chickens inhabit this world.

Multicolored creatures born from the tears of the Moon Goddess and whose vitamin side is like a film that remains joyful to talk about mourning and letting go.

According to a Chinese legend

The Chinese legend of the Moon Goddess is also one of the film's key elements.

“Co-producing

with a Chinese studio allowed us to tap into the wealth of tales from this land rich in legends,” admits Glen Keane.

This princess trapped in her past moves just as much as the heroine of this tender and funny story.

Strong female characters carve out the lion's share and sing the song with as much talent as conviction.

We are happy to travel in the company of an artist such as Glen Keane.

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