Word: cgi
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...full-of-itself race car (voiced by Owen Wilson) forced to set down roots in a run-down jalopy town full of rural eccentrics like the rube tow truck Mater (Larry the Cable Guy). Not to stomp on Happy Feet or anything, but director John Lasseter, who virtually invented CGI movie wit, smartly rev ups the fun in this, the most stylish car-toon ever...
...have swiped bits from Shakespeare's four main tragedies: the conniving wife from Macbeth, the jealous husband from Othello, the raging father and three skirmishing children from King Lear and the pileup of dead royals from Hamlet. There's swordplay and a supporting cast of warriors in the CGI thousands, but the most thrilling spectacle is the clash of ids and egos...
...director Steven Soderbergh, The Good German is an exercise in style--retro style. Although his film is set in postwar Berlin, he made it, as the studios once did, on back lots and locations around Los Angeles. He used old-fashioned process photography instead of CGI for his special effects, and though he shot in color, he printed the movie on high-contrast black-and-white stock. He even dug up antique lenses, of the kind directors were obliged to use a half-century ago. By golly, if he shoots into the sun, he gets lens flare. He induced Thomas...
...people talking about the movie’s message for a long time. It is all about collaboration, and working with great people. THC: Your film is firm saying that aging is natural. But that’s not what you did with your production. You thought CGI aged quickly, so you went for macro photography and Peter Parks’ filming chemical reactions. So where do you stand? DA: (Laughs) I am OK with film being immortal, but not humans.THC: I have to go back to class now. DA: Do not complain. Enjoy it. It?...
...There's one other traditionalist at Aardman: Nick Park. He hasn't gone 3-D, or Hollywood. And if his subordinates remain dazzled by the facility of CGI, Park may be back in his basement, making his sad and beautiful creatures come to life...