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Michel Gondry on CGI
In a new WIRED interview, film/music video director Michel Gondry offered an interesting personal perspective on CGI:People rely too …
Amid Amidi
Brad Bird’s Next Film Announced
HUGE news out of the Walt Disney Co.’s shareholders’ meeting today! I’m surprised that nobody else has picked up on the story yet. …
Gordon Parks’s Animation connection
The passing of legendary American photographer/filmmaker Gordon Parks reminds me of an interesting fact I learned while researching my …
A Wayans Thought
You know what I was thinking the other day? That one or more of the Wayans brothers should create an animated cartoon. And they should …
95-Year-Old Homeless Disney Animator
I love feel-good stories like the one that ran in yesterday’s MONTREAL GAZETTE (the article is unfortunately not online). The piece is …
Tales of Worm Paranoia and Buy One, Get One Free
I’m not sure how many folks are aware of this, but there’s interesting and rare animation popping up almost daily now on YouTube. For …
CARTOON BREW FILM OF THE WEEK: Suburban Harmony
This Flash-animated music video for Telemetry Orchestra’s song “Suburban Harmony” is one of my favorite music videos of recent months. It …
Blogs, Blogs, Blogs
Pixar story artist Jim Capobianco is working on a personal hand-drawn short called LEONARDO and he’s almost done with the rough animation …
REN & STIMPY Censored in the UK
The blog Lyris-Lite is reporting that the British Board of Film Censors, the equivalent of the MPAA in the US, has censored over 3 …
UPA Tribute in LA
The Egyptian Theatre website has posted more information about their highly anticipated UPA tribute taking place Sunday, March 26. It’s …
Thomas Kinkade Exposed
The LA TIMES tore painter Thomas Kinkade a new one with yesterday’s article about his crude behavior and shady business practices. As far …
Aardman and Canemaker Win Oscars
Congrats to our friend John Canemaker for winning the Best Animated Short Oscar, for his film THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED …
Weekend Animation Notes
Finally, an animation executive salary increase that’s actually deserved. Anime has arrived in Iraq, otaku will follow. Nick Park on …
Iger Interview
This interview with Bob Iger is an interesting read. He discusses the Pixar acquisition at some length, and says that in his five months …
Blog Roundup
There’s lots of new blogs I’ve been meaning to mention recently and haven’t found the time. Here are five good ones for the moment: Dan …
Musker and Clements Return To Disney
O-Meon.com is reporting that veteran Disney directing duo John Musker and Ron Clements (THE LITTLE MERMAID, ALADDIN) are returning to …
Toy Story 2 Requiem
This is a genius trailer mash-up of TOY STORY 2 and Darren Aronofsky’s gritty REQUIEM FOR A DREAM. (Click on the image above to watch the …
Cartoons for Victory!
I rarely buy dvds, but one of the few that I’m planning to get is the forthcoming GOLDEN AGE OF CARTOONS: CARTOONS FOR VICTORY!. I saw a …
An Apple For The Mouse
An article in BARRON’S is suggesting that Apple may eventually purchase Disney, sending up stock futures by 6%. I think there’s a good …
A Blair A Day…
It’s Mary Blair Week!Guess where?
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