Blur Website Update

The folks over at Blur have finally updated their website, which now includes a trailer for their latest short film, "A Gentleman's Duel."



Seeing the teaser only makes me want to see the entire film that much more, and I really hope that they post it online just as they have done for their previous short films.

To see the two giant robots collide in front of that beautiful mansion sent chills down my spine. The entire film just looks gorgeous from start to finish.

Official Blur Website

Blur Studio Interviewmercials

Softimage has interviews now up with some of the key figures behind Blur's latest short, "Gentlemen's Duel."



Featured in the interviews are Tim Miller, Jason Taylor, JD Fievet, and Remi McGill. In case you've forgotten, Mr. Taylor did a 10 Quick interview right here on Bleeding Pixels not so long ago.

As for these interviews, they're really more infomercials for how amazing Softimage is, according to the Blur crew. This stands to reason, as the "interviews" are housed on the Softimage website. So don't get your hopes up that you'll see any clips from the short, but some plot details are revealed and you can finally see some of the faces behind Blur Studio's amazing work.

Now if only I could find a place to see the short...

Softimage's Interviews with Blur

10 Quick with Jason Taylor

Gentleman's Duel Article

CGSociety has a great article up on Blur's brand new short, "Gentleman's Duel."



From the article:
Each year for the past four years the crew at the small visual effects studio Blur has created one or more award-winning short films. This year, a film that in many ways represents the studio’s most ambitious work, is once again likely to make the short list for an Oscar nomination and could go all the way. It’s the first animation from Blur in which the characters have speaking parts; in which the dialog matters.

I can't wait to see the short, and hope that it gets released in DVD form. Of course, I'm still holding out for "Charles In Charge" and "Small Wonder" to be released on DVD as well, so what do I know?

CGSociety's "Gentleman's Duel" Article