The Mind's Eye (1990) (V)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Jan Nickman

Genre:

Short

Tagline:

A Computer Animation Odyssey

Plot:

A compilation of early computer animation experiments.

Plot Keywords:

Computer Animation | Independent Film

Directed by
Jan Nickman		(as Jan C. Nickman)

Produced by
Adam Chin	....	producer
Richard Chohen	....	producer
Steven Churchill	....	producer
Larry Elin	....	producer
Yoichiro Kawaguchi	....	producer
Ruedy Leeman	....	producer
Sherry McKenna	....	producer
Karl Sims	....	producer
G. Paul Sullivan	....	executive producer
Bill Swanson	....	producer
Chris Wedge	....	producer

Original Music by
James Reynolds

Film Editing by
Michael Boydstun

Production Management
Lynn Baker	....	production manager

Animation Department
Della Maxwell	....	computer animator (segment "Tin Man")

Other crew
Robert Abel	....	computer artist
Susan Amkraut	....	computer artist
Tom Bisogno	....	computer artist (segment "First Flight")
Donald S. Butler	....	computer artist (segment "Aloi")
Geoff Campbell	....	computer artist (segment "Treadmill")
Tom Casey	....	computer artist: City Pullback
Glenn Entis	....	computer artist (segment "Teddy Bear Maelstrom")
Michael Ferraro	....	computer artist (segment "First Flight")
Tom Hutchinson	....	computer artist (segment "Metafable")
Mario Kamberg	....	computer artist
Yoichiro Kawaguchi	....	computer artist (segment "Origin")
Larry Lamone	....	computer artist (segment "Love Found")
Ruedy Leeman	....	computer artist ("Vision Obious" segments)
Scott Miller	....	computer artist (segment "The Wave")
Lorraine Nichols	....	computer artist (segment "Movietime Radio")
Ron Pitts	....	computer artist
Daniel Poiroux	....	computer artist
Randy Roberts	....	computer artist (segment "High Fidelity")
William Sadler	....	computer artist (segment "Metafable")
Paul Sidlo	....	computer artist
Goesta Struve-Dencher	....	computer artist (segment "Pterodactyl")
Michael Tolson	....	computer artist

Production Companies

• Miramar Images Inc.

Distributors

• BMG Distribution (1990) (USA) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (1990) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Miramar Images Inc.

Other Companies

• Apollo Computer  animations
• Cranston-Csuri Productions  animations
• Pacific Data Images (PDI)  animations
• ReZ.n8 Productions  animations
• Robert Abel and Associates  animations
• Warner Bros. Animation  animations
• Xaos  animations

Runtime:

40 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Miramar Images Inc.

Trivia:

It took over 300 computer animation artists to make this 40 minute compilation.

Movie Connections:

Features High Fidelity (1982)

It still fascinates me.

Although by now this looks very blocky by today's CGI standards (I can do better stuff on KPT Bryce), I am still captivated by this priceless compilation of CGI experiments, and the way the artists did what they did with the then-limited rendering technologies they had at their disposal. True, alot of this is done in an abstract or cubist fashion, but this to me only adds to the intrigue. Many of these images are so amazing, even in their relative simplicity, that they stick with you for a long time. Take 40 minutes of your evening to enjoy this mesmerizing feast of eye candy.