091: Pixarians, Pixar's Past, and Brad Bird's Tomorrowland


We take a look at a 1988 sales demo reel of a Pixar Image Computer and discuss Brad Bird's upcoming film, Tomorrowland. And we fearlessly defend his co-writer, Damon Lindelof.

New Pixarian profiles at Pixar Talk:

http://www.pixartalk.com/2013/02/pixarian-profile-enrico-casarosa

Pixarians travel overseas:

http://www.beds.ac.uk/news/2013/january/pixar-animator-to-visit-university

http://www.eastkilbridenews.co.uk/lanarkshire-news/scottish-news/2013/01/24/pixar-film-maker-to-mentor-students-68653-32670369

NY Philharmonic's Pixar In Concert:

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/174304-NY-Philharmonic-Season-Includes-Brian-Stokes-Mitchell-Pixar-and-Hitchcock-Tributes

Carlos Baena no longer at Pixar:

http://www.carlosbaena.com/2013/01/update-5

Paperman short film now online:

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/disneys-paperman-full-short-now-online-77206.html

Blast from past: pretty amazing video from 1988:

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/pixar/pixar-sales-demo-reel-1988-76636.html

Sarah Jaffe will sing in The Blue Umbrella:

http://music-mix.ew.com/2013/01/11/sarah-jaffe-mannequin-woman-video/

Tomorrowland:

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/01/28/disneys-1952-is-tomorrowland/

Damon Lindelof on NPR last year:

http://www.npr.org/2012/06/07/154163335/damon-lindelof-risks-the-wrath-of-loyal-fans-again

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