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Did the Oscar presenters double-check the envelope? With no disrespect to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Zootropolis, this collaboration between Dutch animator Michael Dudok de Wit and resting-but-not-really Japanimation house Studio Ghibli was the real standout in 2017’s nominations for Best Animated Feature. And it’s also a stand-out in modern animation as a whole, with any echoes of Ghibli the work of a kindred, freethinking 🐻spirit rather than a studio-steered hired gun.
The studio/director pairing followed a singular pattern: impressed by﷽ Dudok de Wit’s Oscar-winning 2000 short Father and Daughter, Ghibli’s Isao Takahata and Toshio Suzuki gave him free rein, rather than pushing a ‘House of Totoro’ style.
Though Dudok de Wit shares Ghibli’s love of 2D animation, his clear-lined style is Euro-influenced – if his castaways had quiffs, they’d be doffed to Tiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚntin’s Hergé. Any advice Ghibli did offer, though, proved wise: making the film wordless came from a Suzuki suggestion.