Comic-Con, Scanner, and independent shorts
Comic-Con San Diego has started. For a humorous look at the kinds of people you might see walking the show floor, check out the excellent series of recent sketches on the Story Boredom blog. I've never been to the convention, but have some friends who go most every year. Some of those people also worked on A Scanner Darkly, which opened last weekend in wider release, banking an impressive $5000 per theater with a #9 opening at the box office. I saw the film last weekend and enjoyed it, especially the last half which seemed less burdened by unnecessary Linklater-ish dialog. In general I'm not a big rotoscoping fan, but the style held my attention and was well-executed.
In other animation news, the National Film Board of Canada has put many of their classic films online (via Peter Merholz). Also see this beautiful little film by CalArts student Ian Worrel. Despite what the big studios do, I love that traditional animation is thriving at schools and with independent animators.
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