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This was so much more rich, detailed, and fantastic of a read than I initially expected it to be. I assumed it would just be a short-ish blog post on the style

This was so much more rich, detailed, and fantastic of a read than I initially expected it to be. I assumed it would just be a short-ish blog post on the style of the movie but it really goes into detail on so many aspects from the behind-the-scenes. And I learned that some places in Palm Springs are like some sort of time capsule oasis time traveling machine back to 50 years ago. It's so cool that these houses haven't been renovated or torn down to be replaced with something more modern in such a long span of time. This must've taken a while to put together and Josh Holtsclaw did a great job with it. Is there a place that captures these types of details for lots of other movies? If not, I think there's an opportunity to collect all of these types of design analysis in one place. I can't imagine the audience would be huge, but I would guess they're passionate and super interested in this type of thing. I didn't think I would be going into this article but I came away wanting more of these types of articles.

nstart 8y ago
Many movies do an "art of <movie name>" book. Those are usually the best source of this. To answer the question about articles of this nature. Very rare. This person's entire blog is a treasure trove. He even worked at studio laika! <3
- a_e_k 8y ago
  I can confirm that exists for this show. I have a copy of "The Art of Incredibles 2" sitting on a shelf right next to me.
beaconstudios 8y ago
I don't know if it's what you're looking for (it's definitely more short-form at least) but I loved browsing round this site when I first saw it: http://moviesincolor.com/ http://moviesincolor.com/
- johncalvinyoung 8y ago
  YES. This is exactly the link I was trying to remember.
- hnmonkey 8y ago
  This is not exactly the same in my mind as the original link, however it's great in its own way! It's a very cool analysis. Thank you for the link
tomhoward 8y ago
Palm Springs is incredible. I can strongly recommend a visit. My partner and I (we live in Australia) have visited twice, as she developed a deep interest in modernist architecture over the past few years. The whole place has the optimistic feel of The Jetsons cartoons, and as you return to reality you wonder “what the hell happened to the world?”. There’s an architecture tour you can do with a gentleman named Robert Imber, the president of the local architecture society (he’s mentioned/pictured as the tour guide in this article). He says there’s an informal club called (IIRC) “victims of Robert” - people who have taken his tour, fallen in love with Palm Springs and ended up buying a house there. He claims the membership numbers in the double digits. True or not, Robert is a wonderful character and an icon of Palm Springs, who has played a huge role in preserving its heritage and sharing it with a wide audience around the world. [0] https://www.palmspringsmoderntours.com/about.html https://www.palmspringsmoderntours.com/about.html
- hnmonkey 8y ago
  Yes! The Jetsons. I knew there was something so familiar about all of this. You're 100% spot on with that and I don't know why it didn't hit me to associate it with that cartoon.
  - tomhoward 8y ago
    There's an artist in Palm Springs called Atomic Skyway who does super-cool clocks, wall mounts and sculptures in a style reminiscent of the Jetsons and the Flintstones. Can be expensive for some things, but worthwhile if you value that kind of thing. We have a clock and a table sculpture, and they're our favourite pieces in the house. https://www.etsy.com/shop/AtomicSkyway/items https://www.etsy.com/shop/AtomicSkyway/items
    - hnmonkey 8y ago
      It's honestly not my style, but they do look beautiful. I'm certainly surprised about the price... a little more expensive than what I thought it would be but they do look high quality. Congrats on finding something that you guys love to have in your house. I think a lot of people go through life never having that type of thing and just haphazardly collect things.
kbob 8y ago
Check out FloobyNooby. The 'blogger dissects many films' cinematography in great detail. Here is FN's article on the original Incredibles movie. http://floobynooby.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-cinematography-of-incredibles-part-1.html http://floobynooby.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-cinematography-o...
- hnmonkey 8y ago
  Yes! This is great and certainly seems to have a long list of really interesting articles. Thank you so much.

nstart 8y ago

Many movies do an "art of <movie name>" book. Those are usually the best source of this. To answer the question about articles of this nature. Very rare. This person's entire blog is a treasure trove. He even worked at studio laika! <3

a_e_k 8y ago
I can confirm that exists for this show. I have a copy of "The Art of Incredibles 2" sitting on a shelf right next to me.

beaconstudios 8y ago

I don't know if it's what you're looking for (it's definitely more short-form at least) but I loved browsing round this site when I first saw it: http://moviesincolor.com/ http://moviesincolor.com/

johncalvinyoung 8y ago
YES. This is exactly the link I was trying to remember.
hnmonkey 8y ago
This is not exactly the same in my mind as the original link, however it's great in its own way! It's a very cool analysis. Thank you for the link

tomhoward 8y ago

Palm Springs is incredible. I can strongly recommend a visit. My partner and I (we live in Australia) have visited twice, as she developed a deep interest in modernist architecture over the past few years. The whole place has the optimistic feel of The Jetsons cartoons, and as you return to reality you wonder “what the hell happened to the world?”. There’s an architecture tour you can do with a gentleman named Robert Imber, the president of the local architecture society (he’s mentioned/pictured as the tour guide in this article). He says there’s an informal club called (IIRC) “victims of Robert” - people who have taken his tour, fallen in love with Palm Springs and ended up buying a house there. He claims the membership numbers in the double digits. True or not, Robert is a wonderful character and an icon of Palm Springs, who has played a huge role in preserving its heritage and sharing it with a wide audience around the world. [0] https://www.palmspringsmoderntours.com/about.html https://www.palmspringsmoderntours.com/about.html

hnmonkey 8y ago
Yes! The Jetsons. I knew there was something so familiar about all of this. You're 100% spot on with that and I don't know why it didn't hit me to associate it with that cartoon.
- tomhoward 8y ago
  There's an artist in Palm Springs called Atomic Skyway who does super-cool clocks, wall mounts and sculptures in a style reminiscent of the Jetsons and the Flintstones. Can be expensive for some things, but worthwhile if you value that kind of thing. We have a clock and a table sculpture, and they're our favourite pieces in the house. https://www.etsy.com/shop/AtomicSkyway/items https://www.etsy.com/shop/AtomicSkyway/items
  - hnmonkey 8y ago
    It's honestly not my style, but they do look beautiful. I'm certainly surprised about the price... a little more expensive than what I thought it would be but they do look high quality. Congrats on finding something that you guys love to have in your house. I think a lot of people go through life never having that type of thing and just haphazardly collect things.

kbob 8y ago

Check out FloobyNooby. The 'blogger dissects many films' cinematography in great detail. Here is FN's article on the original Incredibles movie. http://floobynooby.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-cinematography-of-incredibles-part-1.html http://floobynooby.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-cinematography-o...

hnmonkey 8y ago
Yes! This is great and certainly seems to have a long list of really interesting articles. Thank you so much.