Coraline
Posted by Qais Fulton
A brief peek at upcoming film, Coraline, on this quiet post-Xmas day. Originally a story by Neal Gaiman, Coraline follows the departure of a young girl (whose name I defy you to guess) into a world of doppleganger parents and ghostly children.
Coraline marks the first use of stereoscopy in a stop-motion film, ostensibly providing a sense of depth never before seen in stop-motion. Prospects of newfound depth and beauty in a wholly underrepresented form of cinema is enough to get me in a theater seat; add ghost children that aren’t being used as a horror film cliche and you can consider my (and hopefully your) tentacles tickled.
Neil Gaiman’s Coraline [Laughing Squid] : Drawn!
Categories: Small Children, Supernatural, Cartoons, Technology, Film, Clips, Books, Art
Posted at 8:33 pm on December 26, 2007
5 Comments -
I’m greatly looking forward to this, but I have to keep wondering: What the hell is it with changing the nationalities of characters in movie adaptations? First J.C. (to list only one of a NUMBER of problems with that film) and now Coraline.
Sure, it’s been happening for years, but it’s still disconcerting as it should be entirely unnecessary.
Very strange.
Comment by Damien — December 26, 2007 @ 11:51 pm
Whee I’m so excited! I love that book sooooo much.
Comment by Giania — December 27, 2007 @ 5:18 pm
Oooo. Does this mean I’ll be able to use my grandmother’s old heavy wooden stereoscope at the theatre?
Comment by Evil Jim — January 2, 2008 @ 7:44 am
I’m awful slow on this comment, but nobody’s mentioned yet that They Might Be Giants will be providing the songs for this wondrous picture show. And they will. The song “Careful What You Pack” from their most recent album is in fact a discarded Coraline song.
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