There’s a fan theory about Ferris Bueller’s Day Off that I’ve always appreciated, not so much due to the veracity of the idea itself but more for what it reveals to us about story and character. The pitch is that Ferris and his girlfriend Sloane (and I suppose by extension Ferris’ parents and sister) are […]
Products of Their Time: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Vol. 3 is for True Animation Diehards
Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc–the production studio responsible for creating the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical shorts that became such an iconic symbol of American animation and humor–closed its doors in 1963. The proliferation of television over the previous decade put the continued production of animated shorts into a dubious position and, after a Supreme […]
Dueling Auteurs: Genndy Tartakovsky x Hideaki Anno: Masters of Stillness
Because we’re geeks, we frequently find it’s easier to understand an artist’s work when comparing them to another artist, finding out the common or antithetical traits that bind them. Hence Dueling Auteurs, a column where we take two auteurs from any medium and compare and contrast them. Liam Conlon is kicking things off with Genndy Tartakovsky, […]
