Commentary &Daily post 27 Jul 2006 07:29 am
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– I promise, this is my last post about
A Scanner Darkly. Please read this review by auteurist critic, Andrew Sarris. He has only admitted that he knows nothing about animation and only reviews them as films per se. That’s the way I like it. This is an excellent, perceptive and accurate reading of the film. Sarris still stands as one our finest critics; one with history, depth, intelligence, and a superior knowledge of film. And since I often agree with him, I like his reviews.
David Byrne also comments on the film & the rotoscoping on his site.
– If you haven’t been to Amid Amidi’s Cartoon Modern in a while, it’s time to take another look. He gives us another view of Rod Scribner; the UPA side.
It’s nice to see this work and be reminded that the animator had a lot more depth than we’ve seen, even at Warners.
I can’t wait to get my hands on this book of Amid’s.
-Another site worth spending some time viewing is Daniel Thomas MacInnes‘ Conversations with Ghibli. This site is wholly dedicated to Ghibli films and actually features a number of complete films on the site. Ghibli’s Umi Ga Kikoeru (I Can Hear The Sea) is posted currently. Horus – The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun was posted in its entirety earlier in July.
There’s a lot of articulate analysis on this site for fans of anime and Ghibli.
