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Hi all
I had the luck to attend at the Grand Première of CARS held in the French Cinémathèque yesterday. There was a first prjection at 4 pm where they played Ratatouille teaser and One Mand Band. Then the movie in all digital projection glory!
Following the movie , John Lasseter came on stage and discuss his career by commenting pictures on screen. Then the audience was able to ask a few questions. I asked him if with the recent Pixar-Disney merge and all the reposibilities he now has, will he bea ble to direct another movie in the near future. You'll see the answer on video here:

http://pixarroom.free.fr/ArticlePremiereCARSParis.htm




you can also see another video of selected moments from the conference and it ends with a great optimistic note about 2D animation with cheer applause from the audience which was composed of mostly animation students.

Also on the same page you can see the red carpet photos of John Lasseter, his father and wife and the producer of the movie, as well as the french cast of the movie.

Enjoy!

I loved his response in hoping to help Disney make great movies once again! It seems like you all had a great time! Thanks for sharing this with us...

So wait - you saw Cars?! If you did, how was it?

Now I'm jealous...you saw Cars AND met John Lasseter? However, I assume that it was the French version of Cars, right? That wouldn't have been much fun for me...

But, yeah, how was Cars??

While I still respect Pixar, I got to strongly disagree with several things Lasseter said on KinOO's videorecordings.

For one, animators at Disney HAVE been making the movies they've wanted to make. Ron Clements and John Musker have been wanting to make "Treasure Planet" at the same time they were developing "The Little Mermaid". "Lilo and Stitch" was based on a story and series of drawings Chris Sanders thought of. "The Emperor's New Groove" and "Home on the Range" developed from many different story ideas before they came to one they enjoyed. "Brother Bear" and "Chicken Little" were based on ideas audiences love from the past. So in other words, Disney hasn't lost the magic, audiences have.

Also, while I hate to disagree with him here, but I'm afraid people ARE generally going to ignore a film if it's 2D. The majority of all CG films have been successes, even garbage like "Shark Tale" and "Jimmy Neutron". People generally ignore 2D films because they look either "childish" or "boring". People just go to see 3D movies these days if they want to see animated movies.

But on a lighter note, I'm glad you had fun though KinOO, and I hope you enjoyed "Cars". BTW, how was it?

Timon/Pumbaa fan wrote:Disney hasn't lost the magic, audiences have.

Ya know, you can blame the audience all you want. But the fact is, the audience is Disney's income. If they think the magic is gone, then the magic is gone, and with it Disney's profit. That's the only fact that matters.

DisneyFan 2000 wrote: Ya know, you can blame the audience all you want. But the fact is, the audience is Disney's income. If they think the magic is gone, then the magic is gone, and with it Disney's profit. That's the only fact that matters.

Well the big problem I have with this is that Lasseter really thinks that audiences would still go to see a 2D animated movie, as long it has a "great story". The unfortunate thing is, audiences don't. If they really cared about 2D animation more people would've saw "Treasure Planet" or "Brother Bear". In reality, if Finding Nemo or the Shrek films were the same movies in 2D animation, they wouldn't have even made near as half of the amount of money they made.

I also highly doubt Lasseter will bring back 2D animation. Why did he say he was? Well, he was in a room with a bunch of animation fans, what else was he going to say to convince them the Pixar/Disney merge was a terrific deal?

Timon/Pumbaa fan wrote:For one, animators at Disney HAVE been making the movies they've wanted to make. Ron Clements and John Musker have been wanting to make "Treasure Planet" at the same time they were developing "The Little Mermaid". "Lilo and Stitch" was based on a story and series of drawings Chris Sanders thought of. "The Emperor's New Groove" and "Home on the Range" developed from many different story ideas before they came to one they enjoyed. "Brother Bear" and "Chicken Little" were based on ideas audiences love from the past.

I think that when John said that he wanted to help Disney make the movies they wanted to make, he meant that Disney wants to make movies that are both critically acclaimed & financially successful, which you have to admit, they haven't done in a while. He meant that he was going to help Disney do that; he wasn't insulting Treasure Planet, Lilo & Stitch, and the others.

Timon/Pumbaa fan wrote:I also highly doubt Lasseter will bring back 2D animation. Why did he say he was? Well, he was in a room with a bunch of animation fans, what else was he going to say to convince them the Pixar/Disney merge was a terrific deal?

He meant he was going to try. Besides, in order to bring back hand-drawn animation, all you really have to do is continue making hand-drawn movies, which is what John is getting Disney to do.

By the way Justin, I never got a chance to congratulate you on your second "a" in your user name. So, congrats on your shiny new "a"!

I saw the original version with Owen Wilson's voices and in digital projection. The perfect conditions to see a Pixar movie!
Them ovie is one of the most touching PIXAR yet, technically perfect, the backgrounds are stunning adn the animation is impressive! I wouldn't have believed that characters made of steel and tires would gave me one of the most moving experience at theatres. Pixar, one more time, outdone theirselves... The future is bright for Pixar and Disney animation...!

KinOO wrote:I saw the original version with Owen Wilson's voices and in digital projection. The perfect conditions to see a Pixar movie!
Them ovie is one of the most touching PIXAR yet, technically perfect, the backgrounds are stunning adn the animation is impressive! I wouldn't have believed that characters made of steel and tires would gave me one of the most moving experience at theatres. Pixar, one more time, outdone theirselves... The future is bright for Pixar and Disney animation...!

YES! But let's hope you only gave it a good review not because it's a Pixar film.