Daily post 28 May 2006 07:46 am
When It Rains
- Today’s NY Times features yet another story about CARS. Charles Solomon writes this article, and the Dixney/Pixar machine is covering all the bases. How different than in past years when there was virtually no advertising for animated features.
There’s another AP article in Newsday about the premiere.
- However, not all is right in movieland. An other NY Times article reports about planned cost-cutting at Disney and Touchstone. Will the newly reconstructed animation division have more cuts?
- For those who haven’t read it, there’s a wonderful recap of life at “Moor Hall”. This is a short memoir by Bob Egby, who was a messenger on the premises of David Hand’s British studio for J. Arthur Rank’s Gaumant Productions. Names are named and jobs are detailed, including many who weren’t credited on the film. It’s a practically lost part of animation history.
There’s a bit more to be gathered from the David Hand website, which offers everything from books to original art to lecture notes & models.
