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Podcast: School of Movies
Episode: The Adventures of Tintin & The BFG
Description: [School of Movies 2020]
Two Spielberg films that failed to capture the hearts and minds of the cinemagoing public.
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) was his only animated foray, and the only one so far shot on digital rather than film. Made around the time Disney closed down Image Movers Digital because attempting wholly performance-captured films plunges the viewer into the uncanny valley. This one has more in common with Indiana Jones than even the obvious comparisons.
And The BFG, one of the most beloved books from one of the most beloved children's authors. A...