One of the most durable images that recurs throughout critical histories of Classical Hollywood is the studio system’s evocation of factory principles of corporate standardization. Writing in 1927, William A. Johnston argued that “from manufacturer to consumer it [cinema] functions…
It is now five years since animation artist Don Hertzfeldt released his tragicomedy feature It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012), which brings together his three short films Everything Will Be OK (2006), I Am So Proud of You (2008) and the 2011…
Netflix’s BoJack Horseman is many things: an amazing cartoon world where humans and anthropomorphic animals live in cohabitation; a pun-filled comedy that satirizes Hollywood culture; a sobering exploration of nihilism and depression. However, what distinguishes it from traditional animated sitcoms…
Animated sitcoms have a complex relationship with time. These are worlds where a character can remain 10 years old from 1989 to nowadays (as is the case for Bart Simpson in The Simpsons), a pregnancy can last seven television seasons…
