Consensus Forms On Feature Animation Oscar Race After Critics Choice Awards Announce Nominees
'Pinocchio,' 'Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,' 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,' and 'Turning Red' have emerged as the key contenders this award season.
'Pinocchio,' 'Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,' 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,' and 'Turning Red' have emerged as the key contenders this award season.
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Their runner-up award also went to a stop-motion film: 'Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.'
Other nominees include 'Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,' 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,' 'Turning Red,' and 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio.'
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Illustrator Pablo Lobato, who had never worked in animation prior to this film, had to both learn – and unlearn – craft and skills to design characters for stop motion.
Other prize winners included features 'My Father's Dragon' and 'Aurora's Sunrise' and the short film 'Ice Merchants.'
“I wanted to have evidence of [stop motion's imperfections]," says Selick. "I think the audience needs to work a little bit to make the magic real, but then the movie means more to them.”
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