Stars: Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Kunichi Nomura, Greta Gerwig, Liev Schreiber, Jeff Goldblum | Written by Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman, Kunichi Nomura | Directed by Wes Anderson
Isle of Dogs? I love dogs, too. There’s something about their wide-eyed inquisitive faces that makes them an ideal fit for Wes Anderson, the modern master of deadpan whimsy. Using stop-motion puppetry techniques (as simultaneously ultra-modern and old-fashioned as the name of his hero, Atari) Anderson crafts an animated odyssey which is wholly original in art design and conception, if not its broader structure.
Anderson and co-writers Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Kunichi Nomura throw in a ton of world-building exposition, but the film is visually compelling and strange enough that it never feels like a drag.
Though the chronology hops about like an excited puppy, the basic story – set twenty years in the future – is that dogs have been outlawed in the Japanese archipelago,...
Isle of Dogs? I love dogs, too. There’s something about their wide-eyed inquisitive faces that makes them an ideal fit for Wes Anderson, the modern master of deadpan whimsy. Using stop-motion puppetry techniques (as simultaneously ultra-modern and old-fashioned as the name of his hero, Atari) Anderson crafts an animated odyssey which is wholly original in art design and conception, if not its broader structure.
Anderson and co-writers Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Kunichi Nomura throw in a ton of world-building exposition, but the film is visually compelling and strange enough that it never feels like a drag.
Though the chronology hops about like an excited puppy, the basic story – set twenty years in the future – is that dogs have been outlawed in the Japanese archipelago,...
- 3/29/2018
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
My former colleague Dave Borthwick, who has died of pneumonia after a long illness, aged 65, was one of the world's leading animation directors. He pioneered a unique style mixing stop-frame models and pixilated live actors.
Dave was born in Bristol, and graduated in graphic design from the West of England College of Art (now the University of the West of England) in 1969. He went on to design and operate light shows and multimedia lighting which made extensive use of 2D animation techniques. Six years with the Crystal Theatre, a Bristol-based experimental theatre company, were followed by a postgraduate radio film and television course in 1977 at Bristol University, during which he made Recent Fiction, a live action film.
Dave worked as a cameraman in the film and TV industry in Britain and Denmark. He directed a music video for the Korgis in 1979 and short films for the BBC and Danish TV.
Dave was born in Bristol, and graduated in graphic design from the West of England College of Art (now the University of the West of England) in 1969. He went on to design and operate light shows and multimedia lighting which made extensive use of 2D animation techniques. Six years with the Crystal Theatre, a Bristol-based experimental theatre company, were followed by a postgraduate radio film and television course in 1977 at Bristol University, during which he made Recent Fiction, a live action film.
Dave worked as a cameraman in the film and TV industry in Britain and Denmark. He directed a music video for the Korgis in 1979 and short films for the BBC and Danish TV.
- 2/12/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
BERLIN -- Germany's X Filme, the team behind art house hits Good bye, Lenin! and Andreas Dresen's Summer in Berlin, have joined forces with the U.K. producers behind British children's classic The Magic Roundabout for a stop-motion animation feature based on Gilbert Shelton's cult comic Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. The project, titled Grassroots, was announced Monday at the Berlin International Film Festival. Celluloid Dreams will handle world sales. Shelton has written the script with Paul Davies. Dave Borthwick (Roundabout) is attached to direct. Bruce Higham, Andy Leighton and David Lascelles will produce on the U.K. side with X Filme's Andro Steinborn.
- 2/13/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LONDON -- Pop stars Kylie Minogue and Robbie Williams have joined an all-star voice cast for Pathe Pictures' upcoming CGI-animated movie The Magic Roundabout, Pathe said Wednesday. The pop heavyweights join a galaxy of British thesps in the voice cast, among them Jim Broadbent, Ray Winstone, Joanna Lumley, Richard O'Brien and Tom Baker. Williams is signed to play the furry dog Dougal, while Minogue will lend her voice to Florence in the $20 million film, which will be directed by Dave Borthwick, of the Bristol, England-based animation studio bolexbrothers. Based on the cult TV series created in the late '60s, the feature began production in Bristol and Marseilles, France, late last month and is expected to last 18 months. Pathe Pictures, operated and run by French giant Pathe Entertainment, is co-financing the film with the United Kingdom's Film Council and Sky Movies. A co-production for Pathe Pictures by France's Films Action and bolexbrothers SPZ, Magic is from a screenplay by Paul Davies, Raoff Sanoussi and Stephane Sanoussi. The project will be distributed in the United Kingdom and France by Pathe Distribution. Pathe International will sell the film throughout the rest of the world.
- 10/10/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LONDON -- Pathe Pictures, one of the U.K. lottery-funded moviemaking franchises, has green-lit production of the long-gestating big-screen adaptation of The Magic Roundabout, the company said Monday. The company, a unit of French giant Pathe Entertainment, will co-finance the film with the United Kingdom's Film Council and Sky Movies. A co-production for Pathe Pictures from France's Films Action and U.K. animation studio the Bolexbrothers SPZ, The Magic Roundabout is a feature-length CGI-animated film, based on the cult British children's TV series in the late '60s (HR 6/4/01). The project will be directed by Bolexbrothers' Dave Borthwick (The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb). Production, scheduled to last around 18 months, begins shooting this month in Bristol and Marseilles from a screenplay by Paul Davies and co-writers Raoff and Stephane Sanoussi. The project is not yet budgeted, pending voice-casting considerations. It will be distributed in the United Kingdom and France by Pathe Distribution, with Pathe International selling the film in all other territories.
- 10/1/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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