What makes an animated movie Oscar-quality? Unfortunately, the answer is troublesome. After its premiere at SXSW Film Festival in March and landing on Netflix a month later after a qualifying run, Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood is a gorgeous animated feature that looks back at childhood through a long lens. The animated film is a blend of history and a kid’s fantasy with an untraditional aesthetic of almost real that isn’t often seen in animated films. In early July, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ animation committee rejected the project for Oscar consideration in the category of Best Animated Feature Film. Linklater believes that this decision was based on an “ingrained bias” against rotoscope animation and adult animated features. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 10 October, 2022