Bit of a big week
Bit of an exciting week for me, I’m trying to be present and enjoy these rather special times. Tomorrow morning at 5:30am they announce the Oscar Nominations – fingers crossed – Then on thursday we are driving down to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. La Luna is screening the night of the premiere in front of Lawrence Kasdan’s new film Darling companion. It’s just fantastic that an animated short would open in front of film like this. It’s an absolute honor to be there in such company with our little film, just like it was at Telluride when we screened in front of Wenders’ Pina. In fact I’d love to see this become a trend and witness more shorts of all types screen at festivals’ premieres.
So there you have it, will I be able to sleep tonight? Hard to tell, but as we’d say in Italy (for break a leg)-”In bocca al Lupo” to us and we would answer-”Crepi!”.
I leave you with a photo of the advance copy of the La Luna storybook I received a few days ago. I’ll tell you more about it soon, but it’ll be available in May, pre-order here.
January 23rd, 2012 at 7:58 pm
bonne chance!
January 24th, 2012 at 7:14 am
Complimenti per la nomination!
January 24th, 2012 at 7:16 am
Congratulazioni!!!!!!!!
January 24th, 2012 at 7:22 am
Congratulazioni per la nomination e “In c… alla Balena”!!!!!
January 24th, 2012 at 8:02 am
It’s a long distance in space and in time, anyway…
congratulations!!!
You’re the subject of a ongoing joke with my nephews: “a friend of mine made this”. I think they don’t believe me.
Can’t wait to see la luna shining over our sea.
In bocca al lupo for the big one!
January 24th, 2012 at 8:43 am
Congratulazioni per la nomination! Terró le dita incrociate.
January 24th, 2012 at 9:43 am
Congratulazioni
siamo orgogliosi, noi di Genova, per i suoi successi.
Un bacio alla piccola
January 24th, 2012 at 1:48 pm
crepi questo lupo!
January 24th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Accipicchia che settimana straordinaria, complimenti, te li strameriti tutti!!
Ricorda che dalle nostre parti esiste anche un’altra forma UFFICIALE di auguri scaramantici: “in culo la balena!” e la risposta è “speriamo che non caghi!!”
January 24th, 2012 at 11:35 pm
Congratulations, Enrico!
January 25th, 2012 at 7:42 am
CREPI!!!!!!! …Mostrillo non so se ti ricordi chi ti chiamava cosi` qualcosa come ahime` 20 anni fa…..ti seguo sempre di nascosto….dalla mia ‘nuova` residenza CIPRO.
un grosso abbraccio
Riccardo
January 25th, 2012 at 9:40 am
In bocca al lupo! Incrocio le dita e faccio il tifo per il tuo splendido lavoro
January 29th, 2012 at 6:48 am
Best of luck at the Oscars:) The film looks great:)!!!!
January 30th, 2012 at 10:41 am
Congratulations for your nomination and best of lucks!
February 1st, 2012 at 9:09 am
Ha! grandiosi complimenti!!! congrats a lot congrats a lot congrats a lot for the nomination!!! I hope to see ‘La luna’ soon. wonderful work for sure.
February 1st, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Hi,
I am the director of a children’s film festival in Barcelona.
We would love to see a full version of your film so as to program it in the next edition. Is there one available online?
Thanks a million and congrats!
February 2nd, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Enrico..
I was extremely pleased to see you “La Luna” on the Oscar’s Nomination list. I wish you and your team all the best for Oscar night.
Cheers
CyberDave
February 10th, 2012 at 9:27 am
che bello! bravo bravo
February 23rd, 2012 at 4:15 am
http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2012/febbraio/22/Genova_Hollywood_mia_favola_film_co_9_120222085.shtml
Wow!!! Many compliments and congratulations from… “Zena”!
In un trailer ho visto una barchetta… sembrava una di quelle oltra la diga foranea…
In bocca al lupo!
All the best!
February 25th, 2012 at 3:25 am
Congratulazioni! Ho appena lettera l’articolo sul tuo film in Io Donna, l’inserto di Repubblica. Avrebbero dovuto ricordare anche l’invenzione del fantastico skechcrawl però!
February 26th, 2012 at 2:36 am
Ieri sera ho visto Hugo Cabret e stamani cercando maggiori notizie su questo belllissimo film mi sono imbattuta in queste righe di stampa. Ci ho pensato un po’ e poi mi sono detta: “Casarosa..è’ quello dello sketchcrawl, che rispondeva a tutti, anche a noi mortali”. Complimenti per il risultato, per il tuo percorso di vita e sopratutto di sogno.
Riporto la stampa
“Accanto a Dante Ferretti e a Francesca Lo Schiavo, rappresenterà il cinema italiano nella Notte delle stelle anche Enrico Casarosa, il disegnatore della Pixar in gara con il corto di animazione La luna. «L’Oscar? Non ci penso, sono già al lavoro su un altro progetto», taglia corto lui. Però tra i ricordi più emozionanti di questa vigilia mette proprio l’incontro con Dante Ferretti: «Per me è un mito, ricevere i suoi complimenti mi ha fatto davvero felice».
Di origini genovesi, dopo un periodo di studio a New York Casarosa ha lavorato ai Blue Sky Studios su L’era glaciale e Robots, e nel 2002 alla Pixar ha collaborato a progetti importanti come Ratatouille e Up. A Genova studiava per diventare ingegnere, poi un corso di disegno a Milano e la decisione di partire per gli Stati Uniti gli hanno cambiato la vita. Dice: «New York è il posto giusto per cominciare, a San Francisco ho scelto di vivere con mia moglie e la nostra bambina». Tre anni fa presentò tre progetti diversi alla Pixar: la spuntò La luna. «È una storia personale che parla delle mie radici e del mare». Ora verrà proiettata in tutto il mondo prima di Brave – Coraggiosa e ribelle, il nuovo film della major: «Per me è già un successo essere arrivato a questo punto».
February 26th, 2012 at 9:28 am
Enrico,
Oscar Night! Wishing you all the best for La Luna! It was so wonderful seeing it at the Pixar Cartoon Art Museum Benefit; a very memorable & treasured experience!
Congratulations,
Mary
February 26th, 2012 at 9:14 pm
Sorry you didn’t take home the Oscar but congratulations on the nomination. I saw the film in Berkeley and loved it.
See you next sketchcrawl.
Paul
February 27th, 2012 at 6:02 am
Enrico la corsa agli oscar di stanotte è stata emozionante. Comunque.
Complimenti, aspetto con trepidazione l’uscita al cinema.
Marco
February 27th, 2012 at 10:10 am
Congratulations on being nominated for an Academy Award! Silicon Valley Sketchcrawlers were sorry that you did not win–but it is wonderful to be recognized I’m sure! Best wishes for the ‘next steps’ in your career.
PS: enjoyed the interview, too.
February 27th, 2012 at 10:32 am
Better next time!!! :O)))
Keep up your good work!
Saluti.
February 27th, 2012 at 11:39 am
Intervista in italiano:
http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-f688fdb5-4264-4103-9d31-728341e58761-tg1.html
February 28th, 2012 at 4:48 am
I particularly adore (vraiment j’adore!) Ratatouille!
To me it’s like a Proust’s Madelaine biscuit… it has reminded me a happy period of my life: everything or almost began eating ratatouille in France when I was a teenager. And Remy is adorable!
Since I suggest to my son to taste the food as Remy does…
Here is an interview about Sketchcrawl (2’15″) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSn0xdoguzo
Just discovered and very intersting site!
Un autre coucou de ma part. :O)
Ciao.
February 28th, 2012 at 8:48 am
This is for… Italy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5dWYi8zJl8
TG1 Italian interview
February 28th, 2012 at 10:37 am
Drink a toast to Enrico Casarosa
http://www.ilsecoloxix.it/p/multimedia/levante/2012/02/27/AP1J1yyB-brindisi_casarosa_enrico.shtml
March 11th, 2012 at 11:35 am
A little curiosity…
“Le petit prince” into genoese and into neapolitan (dialects from Genoa and Naples):
http://www.primocanale.it/video/il-piccolo-principe-in-genovese-e-napoletano-45218.html
May 3rd, 2012 at 6:22 am
significato nome…
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May 7th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
Hello!
Please be informed that it will be a poetry contest about “the moon” (the title is just “La luna”), 10 Km from Genoa downtown next week. :O)
Ciao,
May 12th, 2012 at 7:19 am
Enrico we miss u!!!
May 14th, 2012 at 5:18 am
Ehilà enrico, come va?
May 19th, 2012 at 6:45 am
castelli romani…
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June 17th, 2012 at 11:47 am
Complimenti Enrico ! Adesso soltanto devi lavorare come hai fatto finora e arriberai lontano.
In bocca lupo !
Meri
June 24th, 2012 at 6:46 pm
La Luna was beautiful and so inspirational! Thank you so much for such a magnificent work of art. I can’t wait to see it again!
July 28th, 2012 at 2:06 pm
Complimenti per questo fantastico corto!
Ho notato un riferimento alle Cosmicomiche di Calvino abbastanza esplicito, forse mi sbaglio?
Elisa
July 29th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
Che bello!
August 27th, 2012 at 1:56 pm
When I heard the name Enrico Casarosa called out at the Oscars, I thought “Wait” I know that guy!” LOL
I’m glad you got a nomination and glad to make the connection between the Sketchcrawl world and the film world.