Doug Sweetland’s Presto, the new Pixar short that shows before Andrew Stanton’s WALL·E, is an absolute delight. As good as some of best classic Hollywood cartoons, it is brilliant, very funny and a much better piece of filmmaking than the accompanying feature. The nonstop piling of gag upon gag seems more in line with more [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Short films'
YouTube Screening Room Debuts
June 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Short films
CNET blogger Harrison Hoffman reported yesterday that, YouTube has just announced the launch of the rumored YouTube Screening Room. The news broke yesterday that YouTube was going to be delving into professional films, with the possibility breaking out of their 10 minute mold and into longer form. YouTube is actively pursuing filmmakers to try and [...]
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The Madness of Being
June 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Independent animators, Short films
The Madness of Being, a striking short film Hal Miles made last year, recently finished doing the festival circuit. Its about a character (a stop motion armature) trapped in a situation right out of Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit; Miles describes the story as being about a “character … confined in an extremely small and isolated [...]
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Animated Oscar Winners 2008
February 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Feature films, Short films, Special effects
The Oscar for Best Animated Feature went to Brad Bird’s Ratatouille from Pixar, beating out Persepolis, which was my favorite. In so doing, the members of the Academy went against the trend to honor smaller independent films in the Best Picture category, as opposed to blockbusters like Ratatouille. The Best Animated Short Film went to [...]
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2008 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts
February 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Feature films, Short films
The package of Academy Award-nominated short films distributed by Magnolia Pictures, had a brief run in Atlanta and I managed to catch the program of animated films. Overall, an excellent program, though one film does stand out and would be my choice. Here are some first impressions: Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse’s Même les pigeons [...]
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