Andy Gent has worked on some of the most acclaimed stop-motion animated movies ever: Tim Burton’s ‘Corpse Bride’ & ‘Frankenweenie’ and Wes Anderson’s ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ and ‘Isle of Dogs’. Sets from ‘Dogs’ will be on display in NYC from Nov. 8-11. On this LCJ Q&A episode, Gent discusses the complex crafting of an Animated […]
Check out My Animation Scoop Q&A with Andy Gent, the head of the puppet department on Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’. The film is on DVD now. An exhibit showcasing some of the sets from the film will be on display in NYC from Nov. 8-11. ———————————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career […]
Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated triumph, “Fantastic Mr. Fox” (based on the Roald Dahl book) is one of my all-time favorite animated films. Bold, daring and visually stunning – I’ve seen it at least five times since its 2009 release. “Isle of Dogs” is Anderson’s first venture into animation since “Fox”. From the trailers, the two […]
I attended a nighttime advance screening of “Fantastic Mr. Fox” back in 2009. Sitting to one side of me was a woman with a child. The woman, at a particular point, stated out loud how much she hated this movie. Clearly, that woman wasn’t into Wes Anderson fare, nor did she know that “Fox” really […]