Masters of their respective arts
Encounters with two very different geek icons today: Ray Harryhausen in person, and Harlan Ellison on film.
International Animation 1
A good selection here (better overall quality than the McLaren selection).
Animated miscellany
Just trying to make sense of my notes on the short animated films (I’m trying not to type ‘animated shorts’) from the first selection up for the McLaren Award (the award is for best British animation, and (but?) is voted for by the EIFF audience, which in this case was distinctly small). Mostly I’m getting [...]
Getting animated
Ah, Pixar. Doesn’t that make you grin, just thinking about it?
World Animation 1
Not a bad start to my festival, but not an entirely auspicious one either – a fair amount of pretension, topped and tailed by more entertaining stuff.