I started out at CalArts and worked at Disney Studios for about four years. Then I moved to the Bay Area in the early 80s to work as a sequence director on Twice Upon a Time. That was my base up until Coraline. There, I did the features, MTV stuff, commercials and short films. You’ve moved around quite a bit – born in New Jersey, but since the 1970s, you’ve lived up and down the West Coast. How has this journey worked creatively for you, and why so many moves?
Neil Gaiman is the author of this tale and my daughter read his story and the film and although they were different here and there (the film adds Wybie, for example), she said both were equally wonderful.Since he burst on the scene with the wildly imaginative 1993 stop-motion animated feature The Nightmare Before Christmas, California Institute of the Arts graduate Henry Selick has been one of Hollywood’s most innovative filmmakers. After his stop-motion followup to Nightmare, the well-received 1996 film James and the Giant Peach, Selick directed the partially live-action film Monkeybone in 2001. Now, the long-in-the works Coraline, a surreal mixture of animation and fantasy, arrives on DVD on Jafter a successful theatrical run that included both traditional and dynamic 3D screenings. In this exclusive interview from his new Portland, Oregon studio base, Laika, Selick reflects on his lauded career and shares special insights into the creation of Coraline, his most ambitious project to date. Don't let the PG rating fool you-this is NOT like a Disney or Nickelodeon film but more like an even more intensely dark Roald Dahl story done in stop-motion. A very good film for older kids, teens and adults.but not little kids, as the film will probably scare them out of their wits. Excellent all around and I have no serious complaints. However, being a scary story, things of course aren't as they seem and this leads to a confrontation that could spell doom for the girl and her parents. Later, however, Coraline discovers an alternate world-one where everything looks a lot like the real world but seems perfect-so perfect that she'd rather live there. Her family just moved into a weird old Victorian era home but the parents are so busy with their job that they don't have much time for poor Coraline. The story is about a young girl who is unhappy. In addition, I found a theater where it was shown in 3-D and I really think it's well worth the extra money to get the three dimensional experience because it was flawless. The artistry was amazing and so many little details and touches made the film look magical. It is many generations beyond the old Rankin-Bass animation or even "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (also by the folks who brought us CORALINE). I assumed it must have been computer generated, but amazingly the film was made using models and figures with interchangeable features. When the film begins, you are blown away by the amazing stop-motion film work.
I think I'd be very hesitant to take a child younger than 10 to see it-it is that dark and scary.
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However, I should point out that this is NOT a movie for younger viewers because the movie is basically like walking into a nightmare. CORALINE is an exceptional movie and I really have to admire the folks who made it.
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