Persepolis, directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud based on Satrapi’s series of four autobiographical graphic novels, has just opened here in Atlanta after earning considerable praise elsewhere. These include nominations for Best Animated Feature Oscar and Annie Award, a Special Jury Prize at Cannes, and being the official French entry for the […]
Entries from January 2008
Persepolis
January 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Documentary films · Feature films
An Aardman Chronology/Filmography
January 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Film historian Kristin Thompson is trying to compile a rather extensive chronology/filmography for Aardman Animations. The results so far have been posted on her and David Bordwell’s blog in hopes of filling in the blanks, so to speak.
The project arose as a byproduct of Thompson and Bordwell’s work on revising their Film History: […]
Tags: Animation studios
Oh, Anime!
January 19th, 2008 · No Comments
I just noticed that the story The Schenectady Daily Gazette reporter Pam Allen interviewed me for a month ago about the popularity of anime was finally published on December 30. In response to her questions, I noted one of the reasons for anime’s popularity was that its fans appreciate the wider subject matter versus […]
The Princess and the Frog, Oh, My!
January 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The posting of this first still from Disney’s The Princess and the Frog (due out in 2009) on ComingSoon.net has created a mild buzz on the net, with fawning headlines such as “Can Disney recapture the magic of its classic musicals?” (Hexus.Lifestyle). The fact that it is a musical and marks the company’s return to […]
Tags: Cel animation · Feature films
Blue Sky Moves to Connecticut
January 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment
News broke on Thursday, January 10th, that Blue Sky Studios, producers of Ice Age, Robots and Ice Age: The Meltdown, as well as the forthcoming Horton Hears a Who! (pictured above), is moving some 12 miles from White Plains, New York, just north of New York City, to Greenwich, Connecticut. While the move […]
Tags: Animation studios
Stereoscopic Films
January 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Last month, IMAX signed a deal with AMC Entertainment to "to install 100 IMAX digital projection systems at AMC [theater] locations in 33 major U.S. markets." Once this is done by 2010, IMAX says it will have doubled the amount of its 3D large-format theaters. This, coupled with the small but increasing number of films […]
Tags: Digital projection · Stereoscopic films