We discovered this halfway through the process. When we started making the film there were some lines of dialogue in Portuguese, but… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
That was a very natural process because as I was creating the animatic I added music clips as reference of the kind… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
The way a film is made tells you about its message. The processes are the same as the products. We made the… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
It's a film made in a very radical creative manner. It was possible because we didn't have to pander to capitalism. I… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
On another level this film talks about that. We had tremendous freedom while making this film. We never thought about marketing. It… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
We were in another planet and we were reaching for something closer to a fable. It was something fabulous. I started looking… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
If I have a blank piece of paper and I draw a red figure, immediately this brings sounds and shapes to my… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
At the end of the process we called a market research company to find out whom the film was for or what… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
The world's geography is not realistic. Geography is not real. Borders are only closed to people but they are open to products.… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
Director and producers have to take all the risks they can. We developed this film with the possibility to create departing from… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
Making a film from the point of view of a young boy's eyes opened the door to another universe with lots of… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
Looking through a child's eyes and knowing this was another planet, we decided to design the machines with eyes and bodies like… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
From what type of software could help us make a movie faster to everything else regarding the textures. Some might think, "It's… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
I have the feeling that I didn't make it by myself, but that I was conducted by feelings that were completely different… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
"Airgela" is "Alegria" backwards and "Alegria" means "Joy" or "Happiness." This is a fundamental word in this film. It's very important. Symbolically… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
Each film has its processes. It doesn't mean that all animated films have to be like "Boy and the World," but creators… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
Films are born from screenplays and they are guided by words. They are born very limited and there is no space for… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
The film [Boy and the World]gave me the possibility to create a new language. Animation is a very rich medium but hasn't… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
I built the film [Boy and the World] this way. I gathered all the tools I usually use such as brushes, color… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
During the entire process of making this film I never thought about whom I was making it for. I always thought that… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
A little bit more than 50% of what you see on screen is handcrafted and the other 50% was about emulating these textures on… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
I tried to exploit such freedom to create those drawings like if I was a boy. I tried to draw with that freedom and… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
I feel that joy is the basic emotion of life and of human beings. It's what supports everything. We are here to be happy.… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
I built the film [Boy and the World] this way. I gathered all the tools I usually use such as brushes, color pencils, crayons,… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
Director and producers have to take all the risks they can. We developed this film with the possibility to create departing from a blank… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
On another level this film talks about that. We had tremendous freedom while making this film. We never thought about marketing. It wasn't a… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
Each film has its processes. It doesn't mean that all animated films have to be like "Boy and the World," but creators have to… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
We discovered this halfway through the process. When we started making the film there were some lines of dialogue in Portuguese, but we then… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
The way a film is made tells you about its message. The processes are the same as the products. We made the film starting… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
Is as if the music is another character or as if it was a part of this great opera. I also through about this… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
The film [Boy and the World]gave me the possibility to create a new language. Animation is a very rich medium but hasn't fully been… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
We were in another planet and we were reaching for something closer to a fable. It was something fabulous. I started looking at the… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
If I have a blank piece of paper and I draw a red figure, immediately this brings sounds and shapes to my mind. I… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
We were breaking away from anything that linked us to this world, but by doing that those ideas remained even stronger. Fables represent the… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
I'm being sincere and I'm being human. I'm making mistakes or I'm doing things correctly, but I'm being human regardless. I'm talking about my… — Alex Abreu Copy Share
![“It's a film made in a very radical creative manner. It was possible because we didn't have to pander to capitalism. I think the film is also a humanistic cry for help for animation. It's a film [Boy and the World] with sensitivities completely opposite to what the market wants to sell.” quote by Alex Abreu](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0a5/alex-abreu-19959_animation_it-s-a-film-made-in-a-very-radical-creat_1832739.jpg)
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