‘Ratatouille’ Will Probably Not Be Nominated for Best PictureRatatouille may be one of the year’s highest grossing movies. It may have a higher Metascore than Pulp Fiction, Raging Bull, and Schindler’s List. But, as the New York Times asks this morning, does it really have a shot at a nomination for a Best Picture Oscar?
Disney Animation, 1938: No Girls Allowed!The Beat links to an amazing pop-culture artifact: a 1938 rejection letter from Disney to a woman looking for a job as an animator. Printed on gorgeous Snow White stationery, the letter lays out the company’s policy in brutal detail:
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Who Drew Those Cool Little Taste Explosions in ‘Ratatouille’?With Ratatouille hitting No. 1 on the box-office charts this past weekend — though its $47 million take notably fell short of the openings of past Pixar hits Cars and Monsters, Inc. — animator and comics artist Michael Gagné sheds light on one tiny but delightful aspect of the film.
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‘Ratatouille’: Impersonal Entertainment Machine or Deeply Felt Aesthetic Manifesto?Pixar’s latest animated extravaganza, Ratatouille, is garnering near-unanimous praise from all quarters, currently sporting an astonishing Metacritic score of 95, which places it at No. 5 on the site’s all-time list, between Dr. Strangelove and The Manchurian Candidate.
Will ‘Ratatouille’ Be Pixar’s First Flop?Amid all the Live Free or Die Hard hoopla, it’s been easy to forget there’s another potential box-office monster opening this week: Ratatouille, the newest film from Pixar, the geniuses who have delivered a nearly uninterrupted string of artistic and commercial triumphs since 1995’s Toy Story.