At the risk of overdoing it with the TV- and movie-related items (too late!), I have one more post: In New York magazine, Speed Racer visual effects supervisors John Gaeta and Dan Glass dissect the film’s influences, which range from Miyazaki’s Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro to Elvis Presley’s Speedway to the photography of Eadweard Muybridge.
There’s a related slide show, in which the two discuss their process for certain scenes.
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:10 pm
This looks horrible. Don’t get the appeal, it’s an overbearing mess. Obnoxious.
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:03 pm
It’s an obnoxious overbearing mess, and therein lies the appeal. Every now and then the industry puts out a movie like this to show off what is currently possible with visual effects. Personally, I can’t wait to see this in Imax.
May 1st, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I wish people would stop name dropping Miyazaki’s name all the time just to get attention.