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1、附录Ⅰ英文翻译Animationmagazine:TheNews,Business,Technology&Art1.TheLong,StrangeOdysseyof‘Foodfight!’ThenewsthattheGodotofanimation,Foodfight!wasFINALLYgoingtobereleased(albeitonlyonDVDandonlyinEurope),putsanendtothebizarresagaofthemostill-fatedepicintoontrenchhistory.Created
2、andproducedbydigitaleffectsshopThresholdEntertainment,whichwastechnologicallypartneredwithIBM,Foodfight!isa$50-millionCGfeaturesetinagrocerystoreafterhours.Thenoirishcomedy/adventurefirstblippedindustryradarscreensin2001duetoitscontroversialproductandbrandplacementdeal
3、swithmajorcorporations,toincludesuchtrademarkedcharactersasMr.Clean,CharlietheTunaandMrs.Butterworthincameos.Itwasalsohypedforitsstarryvoicecast,includingChristopherLloyd,CharlieSheen,EdAsnerandEvaLongoria(plusafewotherswhohavesincedroppedtotheC-list).Foodfight!wasprod
4、ucedin-houseatThreshold’sSantaMonicaheadquarters,whichCEOLarryKasanoff,thefilm’sco-producer/director/co-writer,predictedwouldbecomethenextPixar.“Intermsofcomingtohaveanindependentdigitalanimationstudiomakingadigitallyanimatedmovierightnow,Ithinkwe’reprettymuchit,”Kasan
5、offtoldmeinJuneof2002,adding:“We’vegotthemovie,we’vegottheproperty,theplace,theequipment,thetalent,we’rethere.Dowebelieveournextmovie,Foodfight!isgoingtobeahugehit?Ofcoursewedo!Wethinkit’sgreat.We’vegottenanamazingresponsetoit.I’vetoldpeopleaboutallovertheworldandwe’re
6、gettinguniformreactiontoit.We’rebettingatonthatit’sgoingtobeagreatmovie.We’reriskingmoreonthismoviethananyotherventureI’veeverbeeninvolvedininmylife.”Foodfight!ThatriskinvolvedThreshold’sinsistenceonmaintainingcompletecontrolofthefilm.“Everystudiobutoneofferedusadealon
7、themovie,”Kasanoffsaid,“butforusasproducers,notforusastheanimationstudio.We’renevergoingtobethenextPixarbeingfor-hireproducerswithsomeothershop.”AboutsixmonthsafterthisconversationFoodfight!hititsfirsticeberg: computerdrivescontainingallthefilm’sfileswerereportedlystol
8、eninwhatKasanoffcalledanactof“industrialespionage.”Despitethisthe-dog-ate-my-homeworksetback,ambitionsremainedhigh.Th
