Missing Link (2019) + Discussion with Chris Butler I am a huge animation fan, especially films/project that try to do new things with animation, and, as such, I am a devotee of animation studio, Laika. The studio's last film, Kubo and the Two Strings, is one of my absolute favourites (as seen in my previous post, it is in my top 10 animated of all-time). This is why I was very excited to get tickets to a special TIFF screening of the studio's new film, Missing Link, with a special discussion / Q&A with the film's director/writer, Chris Butler. As with most of my experiences attending these special screenings, the discussion with Butler after the film was fascinating and delved deep into both the philosophy of Laika - to push the boundaries of animation, and specifically stop-animation - as well as Butler's own ideas on story-telling and how they were applied in Missing Link. To be completely honest, other than the gorgeous animation in the film (which one wou...
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