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Eng 130 Lava Short Film Review
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Running head: LAVA REVIEW 1Jeremy Hartnett
English Literature and Composition
Film Interpretation Essay
Post University
, LAVA REVIEW 2
Lava Review
Lava is a short, 6-minute, romance film that was created by Pixar Animation Studios and
Walt Disney Pictures in 2014, and was directed by James Ford Murphy. Lava is portrayed
through song, unlike other Pixar shorts in this the two volcanoes sing, but they do not talk which
is similar to many other Pixar shorts. A lonely volcano in the middle of the sea watches all of the
happy animal couples around him and everyday he sings a song of hope that he will meet the
love of his life. Thousands of years pass and he begins to run out of lava to sing his song, and the
water begins to cover him up. As he sings his song for the last time, a lady volcano erupts out of
the water, she looks everywhere for him but is unable to find him. As his tears fill the sea and he
becomes completely submerged under the sea, he hears the other volcano sing his song of hope,
and he suddenly erupts out of the water next to her. The two are combined as one because when
he erupted out of the water the two volcanos combined into one island. They sing a new song as
they hold each other forever. "I have a dream I hope it will come true" She: "That you'll grow old
with me" He: "And I'll grow old with you" Both: "We thank the earth, sea and the sky we thank
too I lava you. I lava you. I lava you."
The main purpose of this film, according to director James Murphy, was to propose the
question "What if volcanoes spend their entire life searching for love?" just like humans do.
Although Lava is only 6 minutes long and the main target audience is children, Lava is worth
seeing because it is a perfect demonstration of true love, proving that people can go through life
being happy but can be happiest with the person that makes them the happiest. Audiences young
and old can enjoy this film and understand the theme of going through life looking for love and
they can find love at any time in life with anyone. People, and maybe even volcanoes, go through
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