"In your life you have to experience things; you have to see things. What is the interest of life if you’re always scared and you don’t see anyone and don’t go anywhere? What is the point in living? Just eating and shitting and making money? The interest of life is somewhere else."
"The film, titled Paperman, which will screen with Wreck-It Ralph,
is an incredibly charming little film that also showcases a revolutionary
animation technique. Told entirely in pantomime, Paperman is slightly
reminiscent of the beloved classic The Red Balloon in the seemingly-sentient
actions of inanimate objects.
The story concerns an ordinary guy who works at an ordinary job,
schlepping himself into and out of the city on one of the daily commuter
trains. One windy day, he has an accidental encounter with a nice young lady, who
then boards her own train and vanishes out of his life almost as soon as she
entered. Saddened by this near brush with what-might-have-been, the man later
sits dejectedly at his desk looking at the huge stack of forms the boss has
just dropped in his in-box, until he happens to glance out the window and
discovers to his surprise that his dream-girl is at that moment sitting near
the open window in the building across the street. He waves, to no avail. She hasn’t
seen him. Desperate to get her attention, he turns to the stack of paper in
front of him, quickly crafting one paper airplane after another and hurling
them from the window, hoping to get just one of them across the street and into
her hands. What happens next is wonderful, sweet, charming and magical in the
best sense of the word." Jim Macquarrie in, Wired
"Inspired in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of
Oz, and a love for books, "Morris Lessmore" is a story of people who devote
their lives to books and books who return the favor. The Fantastic Flying Books
of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative
powers of story. Using a variety of techniques (miniatures, computer animation,
2D animation), award-winning author/illustrator William Joyce and Co-director
Brandon Oldenburg present a hybrid style of animation that harkens back to
silent films and M-G-M Technicolor musicals. "Morris Lessmore" is old-fashioned
and cutting edge at the same time.", aqui