It’s still nearly a year away, but Pixar wants you to meet the smiling earth pimple who will sing his way into your heart. Lava will play in front of Inside Out in June 2015, and it features two volcanoes in love. If IMDb is to be trusted, it also takes place over millions of years (most likely lived in land-bound, cloud-envying frustration). On its own, the teaser trailer is sweet and lightweight with some excellent time-lapse-aping visuals, but as yet another sign of Pixar’s return to originality and experimentation, it’s also a mountain-sized sigh of relief. Uku (singing in Kuana Torres Kahele‘s unmistakable voice) sings a song that’s essentially “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” with different lyrics that still have the same wishful meaning. He wants someone to wrap his foliage-covered arms around. Check it out for yourself: Obviously looking to an unmovable object as the source of longing provides a lot of...
- 9/1/2014
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
You've got to check out this amazing CG animated short film called "Little Freak." It was directed by Edwin Schaap, and it's an incredibly touching story. The acting, animated facial expressions, and script are are top notch as well. I think you're all really going to enjoy this one. Here's the synopsis:
A young deformed boy lives as a side-show freak. When his father asks him to make a birthday-wish he starts to imagine...It's a metaphor for the expactation some parents have with their children, without seeing that they have other ambitions and their own dreams.
I really hope you like this stunning short film.
A young deformed boy lives as a side-show freak. When his father asks him to make a birthday-wish he starts to imagine...It's a metaphor for the expactation some parents have with their children, without seeing that they have other ambitions and their own dreams.
I really hope you like this stunning short film.
- 9/11/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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