CTCS 466 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: John Lasseter, Luxo

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Rare for an artist to run a film studio (john lassiter is!) John lassiter: co-founded pixar, single-handedly invented computer animation. Luxo jr: short that put pixar on the map, retained luxo as their symbol. Lassiter originally worked for george lucas and steve jobs: they put money into the company (invested, ended up breaking off and becoming its own company. Merge/purchase of pixar (by disney: john then made chief creative officer of walt disney company, supervisor of pixar, input in disney world. Identifies talent (that may be hiding: win-win, miracle. Cons: doesn"t makes sense financially, shorts haven"t made money since 1922, overhead of 3-7minute short is tremendous, more of an indulgence. All quiet on the western front: 1930, based on novel, ww movie; convincing young german boys to go off to fight, & they come back embittered, oscar-winning film, dialogue still relevant.

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