Did you spot all the references? Can you always notice them all? Madman Films has debuted a wonderful new promo video for the beloved animated film Robot Dreams, which first premiered at the 2023 Cannes & Annecy Film Festivals last year. The film also snuck in and ended up nominated for Best Animated Film at the 2024 Academy Awards earlier this year, but it didn’t win. This fun 60-second video examines references in this movie that are inspired by other shots & scenes in other classic movies – including from Manhattan, The Wizard of Oz, The Big Lebowski, and Psycho. A story about friendship, its importance, and its fragility. The dialogue-free animated film is based on the popular graphic novel by Sara Varon, about the adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in NYC during the ’80s. Dog is lonely so he orders a Robot companion, but then Robot gets stuck in the sand at the beach one day. I wrote a glowing review of this out of Cannes last year. Neon has finally scheduled Robot Dreams to open in US theaters May 2024, but we’re still waiting for their full trailer to drop (here’s the teaser). It’s very nice to see these references side-by-side. // Continue Reading ›
Take a Closer Look: 7 Film References in Pablo Berger’s ‘Robot Dreams’
