Back in June we posted an interview with director John Kahrs who was working on a groundbreaking technique that merges computer-generated and hand-drawn animation techniques. Disney employees were tweeting things like: “it’s the dawn of a new age in animation.” They may very well be right…
Here is Paperman .
“Using a minimalist black-and-white style, the short follows the story of a lonely young man in mid-century New York City, whose destiny takes an unexpected turn after a chance meeting with a beautiful woman on his morning commute.” Really, how fate conspires to bring people back together after a chance meeting, a broken connection.
Here again is the interview with John Kahrs.
Here’s to John Lasseter at Disney for fostering such a project. Could he be bringing Disney back to its prestige of yore?