March
2010
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''The
atmosphere was of a very well-maintained Rolls-Royce that people
didn't want you to drive. They were on autopilot, and if a movie
came out halfway decent and didn't look incompetent, they'd go,
'Whew, we survived another one!'' —Director Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Iron Giant) on Disney animation during the ’80s. |
February
2010
"I
used to think that . . . my shorts were like frustrated feature films. But now having been on a great adventure making two feature films pretty much back to back, each one took about four years to make from idea right through to the end, you think up a joke and you see it on screen four years later. It's very frustrating, so I was desperate to get back to short films again, to see the ideas on screen a little bit sooner." —Nick Park, director, Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death |
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January
2010
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“I’d
like more of the world go back to being wild. But as for the theme
of garbage and pollution in Ponyo, it’s too boring just
to put a message across about that. It’s better to volunteer
yourself to pick up all the garbage than to complain about it.
Which I do, actually, near my house by the river, every morning.” —Director Hayao Miyazaki, in a recent interview in The Daily Telegraph. |
December
2009
“Excellent!” — Fictional cartoon millionaire Charles Montgomery Burns scored the most write-in votes for mayor of New York, collecting 25, according to Board of Elections data. |
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