Art, design, travel, food, and other good things in life.
The Lost Ann-Mi
Nothing exists until or unless it is observed.
Pes stopmotion video - Fresh avocado
How can it look so tasty?
Parallel Parking by Yum Yum London. Cute little stopmotion video! I like the poor little carcass on the street.
Via Tiago who shared it from SwissMiss
Blumentopf - Block und Bleistift
This is a cute little stopmotion video to the song “Block und Bleistift” by Blumentopf, the only rap/hip-hop song about writing I know. It’s about the potential of a pencil and an empty block of paper.
“Think of all we can become as long as you remain blank.”
“Guys like you and me are masterpieces in creation”.
Sadly, in the end, the pen and paper become nothing more than the song itself. (And insult upon insult: since the author doesn’t believe in reincarnation, he denies the notepad the dignity of being recycled.)
( by donkeyfilm)
Going West by Andersen M. Studio.
A highly evocative paper stopmotion animation for the New Zealand Book Council.
Frankly, who cares who it’s for - this is amazing! A work of art.
YAY! Fantastic Mr Fox is finally finished and is coming out in the UK later this month! The rest of the world will apparently have to wait until November to see it.
This is one of my favorite Roald Dahl books. (But as far as I know, it was never illustrated by Quentin Blake.)
I know I’ve blogged about this before, but that was so long ago, and now it’s finally knocking on the door! They decided to make it a stopmotion film, which I think is a great decision. The world is already flooded with generic-looking computer-animated animal films.
I still think it’s horrible that they turned Mr. Fox into an American instead of a clever British fox, but I suppose that that is the way that Hollywood goes. And at least they got someone suitably cocky for the role. I see they also modified the story slightly, but hopefully they still kept the essence of the thing. I also hate Generic Mr. Voiceoverman for not letting the film speak for itself, but since it’s a kids’ film, I guess they had to dumb it down further. Not to mention Americanize it even further with some baseball and American lingo. ARGH!
At least the English countryside still looks like it should!
The trailer still looks really good, and it is available in HD. Here is also a second trailer for your viewing pleasure, with a mildly less irritating Mr. Voiceoverman.
Clooney in Fantastic Mr. Fox stopmotion film
The Dahly Telegraph has just informed me that a new stopmotion film based on a Roald Dahl book has just been started.
Can you see the resemblance? Thank goodness it’s stop motion.
Fantastic news! Filming has just this minute started (well, almost!) on a new film based on FANTASTIC MR FOX. Directed by the very talented film-maker Wes Anderson, it will use stop-motion animation (the same kind of technique they used on WALLACE AND GROMIT) and should take about a year to make. Recently, a mole (or perhaps it was a rabbit or a badger?) visited the film set and reported back that it looked absolutely amazing… even the horrid farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean! And guess who’s playing Mr Fox? Only George Clooney, that’s who! If you can’t wait though, we’re afraid you’re going to have to keep on reading Roald Dahl’s book to pass the time until the film is released in late 2009! Until then, we’ll keep you posted…
George Clooney? Damn. I don’t like that guy. But he’s definitely cocky enough for the role. It’s just I always pictured Mister Fox with an English accent, not an American one! This is going to be strange, but I can’t miss it anyway. I hope they don’t set the movie in the US.. It’s so obviously based in an English countryside.
Apparently it’s old news, as the first news I can find on it is from 2006, but George Clooney was not mentioned then yet.
New York Times lists Wes Anderson as the director as well as the screenplay writer together with Noah Baumbach.
Who are these people? I haven’t a clue. Apparently Wes Anderson has worked with films such as “The Darjeeling Limited”, “The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou”, “The Royal Tenenbaums, and “Rushmore”. Sadly, I’ve seen none of them, but I remember the trailer for Steve Zissou looked fun.
The rest of the cast looks pretty interesting however: Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, and Jason Schwartzman.
