"Daffy's Rhapsody" talkback
"The Snow Queen" trailer
"Arrietty" Will Be Ghibli's Biggest US Release Yet
Ricky Garduno, RIP
I also had a chance to visit the 
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POSTS FOR “October, 2004“Cartoon Brew's home for up-to-the-minute, unedited announcements and press releases direct from industry sources.
October 5, 2004 1:23 am
SIMPSONS creator Matt Groening talks to THE SUN about his new goal: “I’d love to get to 365 episodes, so there’s one for every day of the year with no repeats.” And Groening once more from a much longer piece in the GUARDIAN: “Everyone on the show this year seems really re-energised and we’re starting to throw out ideas for the movie and I think that will either kill the show or completely re-invigorate it.” No Comments » posted in Old Brew 
October 4, 2004 11:57 pm
Sunday, July 18, 2004 I take a (sixty dollar!) cab ride to the Blue Lagoon, Iceland’s largest geothermal spa. If I’d remembered to bring my camera I would share with you the MIND NUMBING WRONGNESS of the fat old man with the tiniest Speedo I’ve ever seen. I swear to Christ, he must have stolen it from a midget child. The horror! The horror!  I return home and discover there is certain music that triggers a deep emotional response relating to my total isolation from my wife and home. Songs to be avoided at this time are: “I Am Yours” by Derek and the Dominoes, “Shore Leave” by Tom Waits, and pretty much anything by Simon & Garfunkel. Yesterday I bought a CD that Oddur suggested, by an Icelandic band called sigur rós. The slow dreamy melodies match the magic of this place, and if their lyrics deal with separation or sadness I can’t understand them. It’s my new lullaby. Oh, and the voices of the invisible women have gone away since my diagnosis. I kind of miss them, the gabby slags. Nighty night, No Comments » posted in Old Brew
October 4, 2004 11:01 am
On November 9th at 7pm, at New York comedy club Carolines On Broadway, Bill Plympton will be “roasted” by some of New York’s best known comics and actors. This is the first time I’m aware of an animator being the subject of a comedy roast. Bill plans to draw caricatures of his “roasters” so it will be a two-way street… more information is forthcoming on Plymptoons.com No Comments » posted in Old Brew
October 4, 2004 10:50 am
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October 4, 2004 12:08 am
BREW pal and PC WORLD editor-in-chief, Harry McCracken, visited Pixar over the weekend, as part of the Cartoon Art Museum’s benefit night. He has an in-depth report on the proceedings as well as some insightful thoughts, such as the following: “…it’s clear that [INCREDIBLES is] going in a somewhat different, less Lasseteresque direction than Pixar’s previous films. Rather than Brad Bird making a Pixar film, it looks like Pixar is making a Brad Bird film–which is a smart move for everyone involved.” Also revealing are FINDING NEMO co-director Andrew Stanton’s comments about Pixar vs. DreamWorks: “[Stanton] also said that Pixar’s basic philosophies about filmmaking were different from Dreamworks’, and said that the Pixar crew had problems with ‘the man who runs that studio’ (maybe Jeffrey Katzenberg, although he didn’t mention him by name).” Read Harry’s report HERE. No Comments » posted in Old Brew
October 3, 2004 1:43 pm
Another thing that must surely be recommended about the Cinémathèque is their current exhibition on French-Canadian animation pioneer Raoul Barré, who is credited with the creation of animation pegs as well as starting the first animation studio in New York City, among many other achievements. It is a first-rate exhibition that deserves a visit from anybody in the Montreal area. It’s rare to see animation treated with art gallery-type respect, but this exhibition sets a perfect example of how to elegantly present the works of an animator. A broad range of Barré’s life and work is on display, including a Felix drawing by Otto Messmer on an envelope, family photos, sketchbook drawings by Barré, sequences of animation drawings, letters, and other personal effects. Barré was a classically trained painter and while most of his paintings are lost, there are examples of his fine art work also on display. The exhibition was organized by the Cinémathèque’s animation curator Marco de Blois and runs through October 24. In conjunction with the exhibition, they’ve also released a DVD of Barré’s early animated series “Animated Grouch Chasers” and “Fables” from 1915-1916. Show information can be found HERE. Download the PDF brochure for a nice write-up on Barré’s work in English. No Comments » posted in Old Brew
October 3, 2004 9:36 am
Holy Mackerel! No Comments » posted in Old Brew
October 2, 2004 1:14 am
Saturday, July 17, 2004  Nothing else today has happened that’s as important as this, so I’ll sign off now. Ken Pontac |
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