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The Pixar Touch

By Daedalus Howell | July 1st, 2008
David E. Price’s The Pixar Touch is a comprehensive portrait of the pixels and perseverance that shaped Academy Award-winning animation juggernaut Pixar Animation Studios. Price deftly unravels Pixar’s tightly braided helix of creativity and technology in a stirring analysis of the personalities (Ed Catmull, George Lucas, Steve Jobs and Sonoma’s own John Lasseter among others) [...]
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Radiant City

By Daedalus Howell | April 2nd, 2008
“I first heard the phrase ‘alienating architectural fad’ in a Jonathan Lethem story, but witnessed its truest definition in filmmakers Gary Burns and Jim Brown’s stellar portrait of suburban self-sabotage Radiant City. The documentary’s unabashed and cutting criticism of sprawl and the sterile stylings that spurred commuter culture and communities of clones culminates in an [...]
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American Scream

By Daedalus Howell | April 2nd, 2008
“Jonah Raskin’s American Scream is a real page-turner that adroitly delves into the genesis of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” the legendary paean to finding personal truth amidst soul-crushing conformity, its subsequent obscenities trial and the enduring repercussions of both on our culture. I was inspired, delighted and ready to pen my own ‘indecent’ diatribe.” – Daedalus [...]
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