{"id":481342,"date":"2022-08-05T06:15:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T03:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-claydream-review-a-lively-look-at-stop-motion-maestro-will-vinton\/"},"modified":"2022-08-05T06:15:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T03:15:35","slug":"watch-claydream-review-a-lively-look-at-stop-motion-maestro-will-vinton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-claydream-review-a-lively-look-at-stop-motion-maestro-will-vinton\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;ClayDream&#8217; Review: A Lively Look at Stop-Motion Maestro Will Vinton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f9b517395a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f9b517395a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-claydream-review-a-lively-look-at-stop-motion-maestro-will-vinton\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98ClayDream_Review_A_Lively_Look_at_Stop-Motion_Maestro_Will_Vinton%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;ClayDream&#8217; Review: A Lively Look at Stop-Motion Maestro Will Vinton&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-claydream-review-a-lively-look-at-stop-motion-maestro-will-vinton\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98ClayDream_Review_A_Lively_Look_at_Stop-Motion_Maestro_Will_Vinton%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;ClayDream&#8217; Review: A Lively Look at Stop-Motion Maestro Will Vinton&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98ClayDream_Review_A_Lively_Look_at_Stop-Motion_Maestro_Will_Vinton%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;ClayDream&#8217; Review: A Lively Look at Stop-Motion Maestro Will Vinton&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98ClayDream_Review_A_Lively_Look_at_Stop-Motion_Maestro_Will_Vinton%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;ClayDream&#8217; Review: A Lively Look at Stop-Motion Maestro Will Vinton&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n                        The book of Genesis contains two competing creation stories: There\u2019s the one where an all-powerful deity conjures everything in six days, and the version where a more anthropomorphic god rolls up his heavenly sleeves and makes man from clay.<\/p>\n<p>Guess which one visionary stop-motion artist Will Vinton would have preferred.<\/p>\n<p>Co-inventor of the \u201cClaymation\u201d technique, Vinton wanted to be the second Walt Disney. Colorful eyegasm \u201cClayDream\u201d celebrates all that Will Vinton Studios achieved \u2014 its most beloved characters include the California Raisins, rabbit-eared Domino\u2019s Pizza menace \u201cthe Noid\u201d and Eddie Murphy <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> \u201cThe PJs\u201d \u2014 while musing about what might have been, had control of the company not been wrested away from him by Nike honcho Phil Knight, who rechristened it Laika and put his son Travis in charge.<\/p>\n<p>That was an unh<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y end for Vinton (who died in 2018), to be sure, but like the Old Testament origin story, this saga has multiple versions. Director Marq Evans does his best to take the \u201cRashomon\u201d-like mix of occasionally contradictory memories by artists, exes and former colleagues of Vinton\u2019s and fashion them into a cohesive narrative, introducing the 2004 Vinton v. Knight case early as the proverbial sword of Damocles to his narrative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClayDream\u201d is a cleverly packaged oral history exercise, centered around an interview with Vinton himself, who evolved from long-haired hippie to a kind of real-life cartoon character, with his bald head and circus mustache. Evans draws from an extensive archive of vintage Vinton Studios animation, deep enough that there\u2019s a suitable clip for nearly any soundbite from the movie\u2019s many talking heads \u2014 among whom, only Bill Plympton\u2019s name may be familiar, as he\u2019s gone on to enjoy solo success.<\/p>\n<p>Though he practiced a \u201cno layoffs\u201d policy even during lean times, Vinton seldom shared credit with his team, which made many feel like they were toiling for his glory. There\u2019s a kind of karma to what happened, considering the way he and early collaborator Bob Gardiner parted ways. The duo shared an Oscar for \u201cClosed Mondays,\u201d a clever 1974 stop-motion short that imagines what happens after hours in an art museum. Apparently, Gardiner was the true inventor of Claymation, while Vinton turned the technique into a thriving business model \u2014 which led to death threats and harassment from his resentful ex-partner.<\/p>\n<p>Historically speaking, animators aren\u2019t necessarily the most well-adjusted people, so it\u2019s easy to believe a close friend\u2019s analysis when she says, \u201cHe had trouble expressing emotions when it wasn\u2019t with clay.\u201d When working with their element, however, Vinton and his team were truly extraordinary, developing techniques that advanced the form, including moving cameras, complex compositing and objects that dynamically transform before our eyes (what Vinton calls \u201cmetamorphosis\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>To some extent, Vinton Studios was a victim of its own success. The company\u2019s work for the California Raisin Advisory Board was so popular that it attracted other commissions and advertising campaigns, which kept Vinton busy with for-hire projects, when what he really wanted to do was make original films. H<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">e directed just one feature, \u201cThe Adventures of Mark Twain,\u201d an astonishingly ambitious omnibus project that wasn\u2019t quite kid-friendly enough to catch on. Like Vinton\u2019s half-hour \u201cThe Little Prince\u201d adaptation, it still holds up today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s one of the advantages of stop-motion over flashier digital forms of animation: Since the creations are practical, repositioned and captured frame by frame, the results can be both \u201ccrude\u201d and timeless. Claymation<span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"> is nearly as time-consuming and patience-testing a technique as they come, often<\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"> bearing the fingerprints of its makers \u2014 which has inspired\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">like-minded artists around the world. (It\u2019s a shame that Evans doesn\u2019t include testimony from the likes of Nick Park and Tim Burton, who were clearly inspired by Vinton\u2019s legacy.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It would have been nice to hear from Laika chief Travis Knight as well, since the \u201cKubo and the Two Strings\u201d director (who went on to helm live-action Transformers spinoff \u201cBumblebee\u201d) began his career in the trenches of Will Vinton Studios. Dramatically speaking, it\u2019s more expedient for Evans to position Phil and Travis Knight as antagonists in Vinton\u2019s life story, even if the company was on its last legs when the takeover happened.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a little too easy to tease Travis Knight by digging up the rap videos he made as \u201cChilly Tee,\u201d but Vinton\u2019s early work was equally immature. Framed another way, the idea that the foundation Vinton established went on to support his dream in someone else\u2019s hands \u2014 functioning as a world-renowned feature film studio \u2014 could be a positive thing. 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