LaughingPlace Newsdesk — In a recent interview John Lasseter explains his very special connection with the floating lanterns in Tangled.
John Lasseter and his wife celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in Bora Bora, Tahiti. During their stay at the resort, the head of food service who had lived in Indonesia for years brought out a special gift for the couple – a lantern.
As John Lasseter explains, “He had us sign a little note to each other, which we taped to the top of the lantern, and then he lit it. It was dusk, we were on the beach and it was very romantic. The guy then said, “Kiss and let it go.” So we let it go and that beautiful lantern floated up into the Tahitian sky and drifted off into the distance…It was beautiful. We had dinner on the beach that night and we watched the lantern float away for about two hours until it was a tiny, little speck in the sky. It looked like a star up there.”
John and Nancy Lasseter at the premiere of UP image (c) LaughingPlace.com
While developing Tangled, Lasseter mentioned the story to the creative team and with further research they discovered festivals in Southeast Asia where thousands of lanterns light up the sky. The team had never seen anything quite like it. “So,” says Lasseter, “it became an inspiration for the movie.”
Tangled comes to 3D Blu-ray, 2D Blu-ray, DVD & Movie download formats March 29th.
—compiled by Rebekah