“…Each of Pixar’s blockbusters has come with a short film.
Day & Night, which accompanies Toy Story 3, is the most extraordinary yet, says Guy Adams.
The scene in cinemas where Toy Story 3 opens later this month will be familiar to everyone who has ventured out to watch a Pixar film during the 16 years they’ve been in existence.
First, lights will fall.
Then, trailers will be screened, along with that awful advert telling punters to shut up and switch off their phones.
Finally, after a brief silence and the odd “ssh!” projectors will whirr for the main event.
At which point, in corners of every Toy Story auditorium, you’ll hear a murmur of confusion: …
… the film being shown will very much not be the latest blockbusting adventures of Buzz Lightyear and friends.
Instead, viewers will spend the next six minutes watching a bizarre-looking yarn, part hand-drawn cartoon, part cheery CG animation, set to music.
It is called Day & Night, and it is this year’s Pixar short.
The short – a film lasting roughly five minutes, screened immediately before a feature – is part of a tradition stretching back to the early days of Hollywood (vintage Disney films always had them) … which fell into abeyance some time in the late 1970s …
… but in recent years has experienced a revival at the hands of Pixar: …
… the studio has made them for every movie it has ever released, with the exception of 1994′s Toy Story…”
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