DREW: THE MAN BEHIND THE POSTER directed by Erik Sharkey
Drew Struzan has been a movie poster artist for many years. This first long documentary about him is a great retrospective filmon his career. Official site. Drew's work has been collected in multiple ocassion in books but this two are to this day the most complete ones:
Drew Struzan: Oeuvre by Dylan Struzan, Drew Struzan and George Lucas
Hardcover: 314 pagesPublisher: Titan Books (October 4, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0857685570
ISBN-13: 978-0857685575
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The Art of Drew Struzan by Drew Struzan
Hardcover: 160 pagesPublisher: Titan Books (September 14, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1848566190
ISBN-13: 978-1848566194
Proto Anime Cut
Yesterday, I went to the PROTO ANIME CUT exhibition at La Casa Encendida in Madrid. The exhibition is focused on such talented Japanese animation artist as Hideaki Anno, Haruhiko Higami, Koji Morimoto, Hiromasa Ogura, Mamoru Oshii y Takashi Watabe. From precise background works to layouts and preliminary sketches, hundreds of drawings are shown, many for the very first time in their original form. It's specially pleasant to see the original piece of paper used to create a scene you have seen many times. Some of the drawings collected in Koji Morimoto's Orange artbook that used in the music video EXTRA with music by Ken Ishii can be seen in this exhibition.
A great catalog has been published in Spanish and English as the exhibition took place first in Berlin some months ago, the same catalog is also available in German and English on Amazon
Stefan Riekeles (Redactor)
Watch a review here
Spanish and English edition available on Amazon:
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The image a the top is a GIF I created showing a concept drawing by Takashi Watabe from the exhibition, that transition to the final image that is shown in the film. It's really fascinating to see how much of the actual work that goes in making animation, that is not seen, but certainly it's necesary to create the final image. Sometimes this handmade sketches are even more impresive that the final work, as this image clearly demonstrates.
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EAMES: The Architect and The Painter
A beautiful documentary about the brilliant design couple Charles and Ray Eames a completely a must-see for anyone interested in design. Official website.
How Canon makes it's cameras
We are so used to be surrounded by high-tech gadgets with beautiful exterior shells, that we immediately forget what is going on inside them, in fact, the technology that really makes them impressive. Humankind has achieved such advanced production and marketing methods, that any of us can use complex objects in an easy way this days. However, it's necessary every now and then to take some time and take on account the amount of work that goes on making this products.
GUSUKO BUDORI NO DENKI directed by Gisaburo Sugii
Yesterday it was released Gusukobudori no Denki (The Life of Guskou Budori) the last film by animation director Gisaburo Sugii. The movie is based on the fairy tale "Gusuko-Budori no Denki" by Kenji Miyazawa (published in Jidobungaku magazine in April, 1932) the same author of Nokto de la Galaksia Fervojo that was also adapted as an animation film by the same director back in 1985.
Der Fuehrer's Face
This Walt Disney studios film from year 1943 was the only Donald Duck film to receive Academy Award for best animated short film.
The Chemical Brothers ELEKTROBANK directed by Spike Jonze
I have always loved this video directed by Spike Jonze in 1997.
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