James Cameron breaks down 4 keyAvatar: The Way of Waterscenes
James Cameronmade movie history in 2009 withAvatar, the highest-grossing film of all time. The director trades Pandora’s rainforests for an ocean setting. “The best metaphor is really good episodic TV. Kiri is one of the unfish-in-water characters.” The origins of Kiri are complicated: She’s is a naturally conceived Na’vi raised in the rainforest. “It’s just that she’s born of Grace’s avatar,” Cameron explains. “It’s a natural birth, but the avatar is brain-dead, but she’s not....