The experience marked him—the music, the exposed reel-to-reel, the way you could physically adjust the tape and hear a corresponding noise—but it does not appear in his new book, Literary Theory for Robots, at least not directly. The influence of Uriah Heep, and of that childhood ...
- An article inVarietyannouncedChris Wedge‘s upcoming film atBlue Sky. There’s a history of studio politics behind this film. Apparently, when Wedge and the author of the book, “The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs,”William Joyce(Robots) weren’t able to get Fox to give the project...
I do like Blue Sky‘s work. They haven’t hit a bulls eye yet, for me, but their work is always so interesting. I can’t think of any stories they’ve told that I enjoyed completely, but the graphics and the approach are always strong. A film like Robots had so much going for ...
I wrote an essay called"Critique of Artificial Reason,"thinking about A.I., inspiration—and Dennis Yi Tenen'sLiterary Theory for Robots—forThe Baffler. I'm still really proud of"The Lizard, the Catacombs and the Clock,"my investigation into the secret societyUXand the catacombs under Paris...
So, she was in for a Coca-Cola VO audition and I think we spent 15 minutes talking about how cool it would be to own pet robots. (Rebecca laughs) She is so genuine. She is so sweet and so much fun to work with. And then to the same token at the other end, you're constantly...
Sterrett‘s design ofPolly & Her Palshad the life of Herriman’sKrazy Katstrip, but it owed more to Picasso than cartoonists of the past. He used cubism, expressionism and surrealism at the strip’s height in the 20′s. Polly was accompanied by the “top strip,”Dot and Dash, two do...
It’s just something I never feel I can reach out and touch. This is something that has been overcome, for me, in a couple of films.The Incrediblesgets very close often. Moments ofRobots, such excellent design for the medium. Some ofToy Story. ...
It’s just something I never feel I can reach out and touch. This is something that has been overcome, for me, in a couple of films.The Incrediblesgets very close often. Moments ofRobots, such excellent design for the medium. Some ofToy Story. ...
He went on to Disney where he scored The Emperor’s New Groove; then to Robots and Ice Age II. He’s written many other excellent film scores. Here, in Happy Feet, he is at the top of his game. I think of MoCap as more a form of digital puppetry than animation, and the ...