Computer Graphics World: Invisible CG effects
Uncharted Territory’s Volker Engel, Marc Weigert and Rony Soussan discuss the making of Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous and their collaboration with eyeon Software.
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Jean-Luc Godard’s WEEKEND, 1967, returning to theaters in a new 35mm print
Jean-Luc Godard’s mercurial 1967 film, WEEKEND, is being shown in theaters in a new 35mm print. If you love cinema, go.
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
A good example of responsive web design. The site is a film resource that assumes a bias towards older, often unpopular, and sometimes unknown films that merit a second look. (via @RWD)
John Landis Explores Evolution of Monsters in the Movies
In his new book Monsters In The Movies: 100 Years of Cinematic Nightmares, John Landis explores a century of cinematic creatures. (via @boingboing)
MAXON Unveils CINEMA 4D Release 13
This seems like a decent upgrade: with the new physical render engine, new subsurface scattering shader, Xrefs and support for multi-layered OpenEXR files amongst other tweaks and updates.
Court Ruling Says Marvel Holds Rights, Not an Artist
A New York federal judge granted summary judgment in favor of Marvel Entertainment against the family of the late comic book artist, Jack Kirby.
Joel Meyerowitz 1981 Film
A never before seen one-hour documentary by Robert Gilberg about Joel Meyerowitz. The film follows the photographer on the streets of New York accompanied by the curator and writer Colin Westerbeck.
Carlyle Group acquires stake in The Foundry
Considering its history, I have mixed feelings about the private equity firm, the Carlyle Group, announcing that it has acquired a significant majority stake in The Foundry, the VFX software company.
Monsters by Gareth Edwards
Roger Ebert’s review of the indie film “Monsters” by Gareth Edwards. Saw it over the weekend on Netflix streaming in HD. A little slow, but engrossing. All the visual effects done by the director. (via @ebertchicago)
VFX good enough? Sez who?
An article on how unreasonable demands, shortened schedules and budget pressures are affecting the quality of vfx in Hollywood movies. (via @davidstripinis)