Word: laika
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...Selick made the film at Laika, the Oregon animation outfit owned by Nike cofounder Phil Knight. The studio formerly housed the facilities of stop-motion producer Will Vinton, who'd done Oscar-winning shorts and The PJs. Knight, a stockholder in Vinton's company, took over the place essentially to please his son Travis, who'd been a junior animator under Vinton. It's the grand gesture of which only zillionaires are capable. A man sees his child merrily playing with model trains, so he buys the kid Amtrak...
...Laika story is one of a father's indulgence, Coraline's is about a mother's indifference. It's exactly the kind of book/movie that a writer/animator would dream up to convince his kids that, no matter how much he ignored them while he was doing his important work, they're better off in this family than in any they may dream of joining. As Gaiman puts it, "sometimes the people who love you may not pay you all the attention you need; and sometimes the people who do pay you attention may not love you in the healthiest...
...town, pissing off the adult-types. The animation is second-rate, mostly “Triplets of Belleville” cribbing drawn with the finesse of a “South Park” episode. Now here comes the fugliest monstrosity of them all, “Neighborhood #2 (Laika).” Boy is this thing unbearable to look at. Just look at that screen shot. The video is that murky, unpleasant, and nonsensical, for three and a half minutes. As in “Power Out,” the animators repeat sequences several times to make...
...Breeders). Slithering vibes—as on “Barefoot Blues,” anchored by a dirty jungle bassline—and funktastic synths weave around Fiedler’s siren vocals, only to dash unwary listeners on drum & bass breaks. Unlike many chill artists, however, Laika actually have lyrics worth listening to, such as the whispery refrain of the gorgeous “Oh”: “Words designed to pacify / it helps the sun is shining...
Wherever aims for a purer, more stripped-down and ethereal sound than the frantic Silver Apples of the Moon or rock-driven Good Looking Blues. Laika do seem to stay in fairly fixed musical orbit throughout, and tracks that don’t distinguish themselves in some way (as with the quicker tempo and diverse instrumentation of “Falling Down”, or the syncopated rhythms of “Dirty Bird”) are lost in the ample space. Regardless, floating through the cosmos with Laika is a great choice for anyone searching for vocal, laid-back...