‘The Red Turtle’: How the Animated Oscar Contender Handled Conflict (Video)
Director Michael Dudok de Wit discusses the dramatic encounter with the eponymous creature in his Oscar-nominated feature co-produced by Studio Ghibli.
Director Michael Dudok de Wit discusses the dramatic encounter with the eponymous creature in his Oscar-nominated feature co-produced by Studio Ghibli.
Disney’s Oscar frontrunner, “Zootopia,” and Michael Dudok de Wit’s Oscar-nominated “The Red Turtle” were the big animation winners Saturday night.
The animation director wanted to make sure the audience wouldn’t be lost without dialogue.
Disney was the only major studio represented for animated feature, with Laika and GKIDS scoring their fourth and ninth nominations, respectively.
It’s feast or famine at the specialty box office as awards contenders like “Lion” ride the Oscar wave and new entries struggle.
The return of M. Night Shyamalan and Vin Diesel could provide January a much-needed lift at the box office.
A record 27 animated features compete for the Oscar, thanks to more indies entering the race. But Disney’s zeitgeist-grabbing “Zootopia,” the New York Film Critics Circle winner, remains the favorite.
“The Red Turtle” director has made a sublime cycle of life 2D movie that combines the best of European and Japanese sensibilities.
Animation director Jean-Christophe Lie helped imbue a sense of naturalism and rhythm for the existential desert island fable directed by Michael Dudok de Wit.
Michaël Dudok de Wit explains his process in a new interview.
The Cannes prizewinner is set to be released in January.
“The Red Turtle” from Sony Pictures Classics and “Miss Hokusai” and “My Life as a Zucchini” from Gkids are this fall’s top indie Oscar contenders.