Video of the Day: Pixar's First Short Film
The year was 1984: The first Apple Macintosh went on sale, Terms of Endearment won Best Picture, Ghost Busters was the year's top grossing film ... and a few guys over in the Graphics Group at Lucasfilm were about to change the world of animation forever. While The Adventures of André and Wally B. is not technically the first Pixar short film, it was animated by John Lasseter and it featured the first use of motion blur in CG animation. And if you thought the folks at Pixar forgot about this lost piece of coolness, think again: During the end credit montage in Wall-E, a small Wally B. can be spotted flying across the screen. Watching the video above is a lot of fun, if only to see how far we've come in the past 24 years since this short first freaked people out over at Lucasfilm. Also, if you like what you see above and are interested in watching more Pixar shorts, pick up the Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume I. It's a blast. Enjoy.
Oh, and speaking of: What did you all think of Presto?
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(Page 1)2. I loved it... hilarious and incredibly creative!!
I have to say though, that the trailer I saw for Bevery Hills Chihuahua made me want to throw up so i could toss the vomit at the screen.
Posted at 7:03PM on Jun 30th 2008 by scott
3. I had the great privilege 24 years ago to attend a lecture at the Seattle Science Center IMAX theater where John Lasseter and a few others from Pixar showed off "Andre & WallyB" while discussing the new art form of computer generated animation. I remember thinking how amazing it was and being awestruck by the incredible feats they had achieved. The idea that it took weeks to render each frame of film; that the whole film took (if I remember correctly) over a year and a half to render on good ol' SGI boxes, was truly remarkable.
But we saw the future then, and to see what has become of this small group of artists and computer geeks is truly inspirational.
Posted at 2:04AM on Jul 1st 2008 by gday
4. Presto was hilarious and yes, very clever. Was almost saw it was only a short film.
Posted at 12:59PM on Jul 1st 2008 by Ryan
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1. Thought "Presto" was very clever ... and much better than what I was expecting.
Posted at 5:13PM on Jun 30th 2008 by colby