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‘Transformers One’ Director Josh Cooley on the Influence of Art Deco, ‘Ben-Hur’ and the Original 1986 Animated Film
‘Transformers One’ director Josh Cooley discusses the influence of art deco, ‘Ben-Hur’ and the original 1986 animated film 'Transformers: The Movie.'
The backlash to Hasbro ’s decision to kill off the Autobot leader to make room for new toys was so swift and loud that it largely kept the franchise relegated to kids entertainment until Michael Bay forced it to grow up — to adolescence, anyway — with his series of live-action films. The things that got me most excited was looking at “Ben-Hur,” or “The Ten Commandments,” or “Spartacus,” these big epic tales that have a core relationship that kind of falls apart the middle of them. Having worked on “Inside Out,” I remember sitting in the audience preview and just crossing my fingers hoping that this whole idea of the mind made any sense at all to kids.
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