tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275154027288684412.post1127285786964147455..comments2024-01-23T06:06:59.186-05:00Comments on discontinued go to www.aceandson.com/blog: Back From Marsroconnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933040935053560675noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275154027288684412.post-76759919957901347202010-12-05T13:16:07.342-05:002010-12-05T13:16:07.342-05:00Waking Life, it represents a wholly new direction ...Waking Life, it represents a wholly new direction for animation and was made by people who weren't animators.<br /><br />The film has nothing to do with any of the cartoon conventions that have been established and repeated.<br /><br />It terms of a long form work of film, there was nothing like it that preceded it.<br /><br />The closest would be some shorts like Paul Vester's "Abductees".<br /><br />Taking "good" or "bad" out of the equation, "Waking Life" was completely novel. It shows that an individual artist can achieve mass success using animation without years of subjugation to the studio system. This is not to take anything away from Bill Plympton who has been doing the same thing -but "Waking Life" is a much bigger milestone than "I Married A Strange Person" or "Mutant Aliens" (which premiered the same year as "Waking Life".roconnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04933040935053560675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275154027288684412.post-59782388861202147922010-12-05T10:48:11.086-05:002010-12-05T10:48:11.086-05:00Important in what way, please?Important in what way, please?Elliot Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15952897418341461593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275154027288684412.post-37848888984078879822010-12-05T10:27:15.117-05:002010-12-05T10:27:15.117-05:00Delete Comment From: * Asterisk Animation *
Blogg...Delete Comment From: * Asterisk Animation *<br /><br />Blogger roconnor said...<br /><br /> This picture isn't really anything like "Waking Life". This similarities are superficial, they're two very different kinds of films.<br /><br /> I appreciate "Waking Life" and think it's a great piece of work, but it's not a particularly "likable" film. I think Linklatter's style of movie making relies on audience/character empathy. That's the hardest thing to do (with any sophistication) in animation.<br /><br /> There are amazing moments which carry "Waking Life" and some passages are just visually astounding, but it falls short of something like "Slacker" because it's missing that vital piece.<br /><br />It's a very important film, "Waking Life", moreso than just about any other feature animation of our era. <br /><br /> "Mars" has that missing connection. Likely because the human figures aren't really animation.<br /><br /> I'll also add that I love "A Scanner Darkly", which is closer to "Mars" but still very different. "Sin City" (another favorite) is the other cinematic reference the director used. Style-wise it's somewhere between those tworoconnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04933040935053560675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3275154027288684412.post-41441081326492599302010-12-05T07:28:11.709-05:002010-12-05T07:28:11.709-05:00It's unlikely I'll get around to seeing Ma...It's unlikely I'll get around to seeing Mars anytime soon, but I sure did like the spirit of this report.<br /><br />You are a fan of Waking Life, yes?<br />I tried to watch it once and lasted maybe seven minutes.Elliot Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15952897418341461593noreply@blogger.com