WhileThe Hudsucker Proxy is not one of the Coen brothers’ most lauded films, but I have always though of it as an amazing movie about the unlikely sources of innovation. It wasn’t until I read about Richard Knerr’s death that I realized the affiliation the movie has with Knerr’s real life, namely the invention of [...]
Last night I was fortunate enough to catch a sneak preview of Hayao Miyazaki’s new animated movie Sprited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi), thanks to James Seo who obtained an original Japanese copy with English subtitles. Miyazaki was propelled into
the spotlight when his last movie, Princess Mononoke, was dubbed in English with a stellar [...]
Wow. I’m sure that Conan O’Brian is all over this revolutionary technology, not to mention any number of Disney directors, given that the same methods can be applied to animals. If number of animators is limiting the number of movies with talking animals, I’m sure we can look forward to a never ending stream of [...]