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Posted on 07.26.09 by Widge @ 7:18 pm
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. Okay, so we mentioned that Ponyo (aka Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) is the latest film from Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki rocks balls. He just does. And now here is the Disney trailer that is bringing this to cinemas on August 14th: Direct link for the feedreaders. And don't flinch because the notion of Disney releasing it gives you pause. Trust me, Miyazaki will get his film out the way he wants it out. Categorized as: Animation
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Posted on 07.05.09 by Widge @ 10:54 pm
Comments on this: just one. Add your own. I've been wanting to see this ever since Rob threw us a review of the film a few years back. And it's not hard to figure out why. I've been a huge fan of Salvador Dali for as long as I can remember. And I've been a fan of good Disney films whenever they put them out. So it's two great tastes that taste great together. That's probably the best animated short I've seen in years. I mean, yes, the Pixar shorts are funny and cute but that...that was fantastic. On a whole different level. Sadly, the Wikipedia page relates that it's not available on DVD yet. Apparently the plan is for it to be out on DVD next year with a bunch of special features. Can't wait for that. Huge conceptual art gallery please. Found at Monsters and Rockets via William Gibson via Little Monsta. Update: Disney has asked us to remove the embed from the site. And since it is theirs, it's only fair to comply with their wishes. Categorized as: Animation
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Posted on 04.05.09 by Widge @ 6:30 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  Night of the Living Dead has had just about as much stuff happen to it as can happen to a film. It's been colorized. It's been remade twice (once with mostly negative results by Tom Savini and another time in 3-D). It's been revised. It's been the flagship of a genre, it's been the flagship of a franchise. It's had not only movie sequels, but comic book sequels (the UK one written by Clive Barker, in fact--it's not bad). I personally think it would make a great opera. And I'm not kidding. But now somebody's remaking the film--with animation. Basically they're rotoscoping it (translation into layman-speak: Ralph Bakshi) into a shot-for-animated-shot reworking. While the idea of doing this film in color at all is anathema to me (I could go on and on about what a gorgeous example it is of black and white filmmaking), I am intrigued about the idea of doing this (I assume with new images and the existing dialogue) just because it's so goddamn weird. Just so long as Ben (pictured) doesn't get a trusty talking animal comic relief sidekick, I think I'm willing to give this a chance. Thoughts? Found via Cartoon Brew. For more info, check out the filmmakers' blog here. Categorized as: Animation
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Posted on 03.24.09 by Widge @ 5:29 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own. Just received word from my friend and yours, Craig Kausen--via his blog about his granddad, Chuck Jones, which we threw your way before--that Turner Classic Movies is debuting a new docu on Mr. Jones, "Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood." That's happening tonight at 8PM EST. Which, you know, is pretty cool. But the really badass bit is that following the docu, you get a barrage of animated shorts until 3am. Fan-tastic. For more information, go check out the Chuck Redux Blog or the program's page on TCM. And to whet your appetite (and because we love excuses to post Chuck Jones cartoons), here's one of the ones they're leading off with: "Elmer's Candid Camera" from 1939. Don't panic if Elmer and Bugs look different than their later model sheets...remember, friends: 1939. Categorized as: Animation
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Posted on 03.17.09 by Widge @ 11:49 pm
Comments on this: just one. Add your own. St. Patrick's Day is almost over for another year, but how could we resist sending it on its way with this after being reminded of it by Mr. Paul Dini via Twitter? Directed by Chuck Jones, story by Michael Maltese, voices by Mel Blanc...fantastic. I did not realize this (and it's on Wikipedia, which is suspect, of course, but...) but it says it's the last cartoon in which Porky Pig was the only major character, i.e. he didn't get co-billing. Direct link for the feedreaders. This cartoon is available on Volume One of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection. You can snag yours here. It's currently 60% off. Nice. Categorized as: Animation
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