I met John Lasseter on September 6, 2006 in Munich, the day before
CARS was released in Germany. Here you find a couple of segments
of my interview with John.
First we talked about
the eyes of the cars.
The eyes in this movie are not the cars' headlights but the
windshields. This was a major decision at Pixar before actually
starting working on the project.
Later I asked John Lasseter about his
handdrawing skills and what he considered the biggest
technical advances in the film.
And a bit off-topic: Did John ever consider making a
3D movie with a more "experimental", maybe Jean-Luc Godard-like approach? John Lasseter answered this European question the American way: "We make the films we like to watch!"
For my 2002 interview with the director of Monsters Inc., Pete Docter, please visit my radio page.
John Lasseter demonstrating Lightning McQueen (Photo: Maximilian Schnherr)
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