Bill Andersen and Jordan begin listening to AC/DC after stating that that is their favorite band. He then learns that the Jordan is in a band, and realizes that he has some things in common with Jordan since he was in a band as well. He is responsible for his family having to move to San Francisco when he goes there to work for a start-up company called Brang.īill Andersen is shown to be very nervous and not totally happy with the idea of Riley leaving with her friend Jordan. We need to listen to that yearning deep within and reach out to our creator.Bill Andersen is the father of Riley, and the husband of Jill Andersen. That soul is made to know God and to enjoy God for ever. Within each of us is a soul, the breath of God’s life, a unique human person. There is more yet to be discovered than five emotions squabbling for control. It’s funny and hopeful and helps us see some of the wonder of what it means to be human. Where is the wonder of learning to pray and to worship, to give thanks for the beauty in the world, an awareness of truth, the sense of forgiving others and being forgiven? All these things are missing. It’s hard to see where God fits into Riley’s world. “As the deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God, “O God, you have made us for yourself and our hearts are restless until they rest in you”. There is a wonderful Christian prayer which starts like this: Something within us yearns to connect with the love and beauty and purpose which is the heartbeat of the universe, something bigger and greater than ourselves. God’s breath in us, this soul and spark of life at the centre of who we are, longs again to be connected to the God who created us and all the world. This soul or spirit or breath of life is at the heart of all we are. According to Genesis, when God made man and woman, they were incomplete until God breathed into them and made them live. When we encounter someone else we are meeting their whole self – all that makes them special. The Bible talks about each of us having a soul, that precious inner part of each person, which brings life to every other part and animates them. Each of us is a unique individual, made up of body, mind, emotions, will. A human person is even more than a pile of different emotions taking the helm by turn. The first is a sense of who really is there at Riley’s core. But for all of the film’s brilliance, there is something missing. Inside Out will help a generation of children (and adults) think about what’s happening inside them, about what forms our character and about the role sadness and joy (and broccoli) play in a normal, healthy life. Inside Out imagines that world in colour, brings it to life and makes us wonder. All of us have a rich, deep, inner world. The same five emotions are at the control panel inside Riley’s mum and dad and inside everyone else in the film. As these things happen we see the interplay between Joy and Sadness, Anger and Fear and, of course, Disgust (broccoli pizza this time). We share Riley’s outer journey as she moves to a new city and a new school, copes with the stress on her parents and copes with the first real challenges of her life. The film’s story takes us on a journey (on the “train of thought”) to explore the memory banks, the deep subconscious, the dream factory which puts on nightly productions and the dark pit of oblivion. Inside Out describes the wonderful complexity of what it means to be human: the vast caverns of memory and the “islands” which shape our personalities and make each of us unique: our family, our hobbies, our friendships, our sense of humour. These five emotions are in constant dialogue. Inside Riley’s mind are five different emotions each played by a different character: Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust (essential for responding to broccoli). The film takes us on a journey inside the mind of Riley, an eleven year old girl who moves with her family to a new city. Inside Out is a brilliant, positive compassionate exploration of what it means to be human. Last summer Ann, my wife, took me to the cinema to see Inside Out, the new animated film from Pixar. “Do you ever look at someone and wonder what’s going on inside their head?”
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