The Creative Spirit of Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Simon Willison shares a nostalgic breakdown of the pelican-on-a-bicycle scene from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
The post highlights a scene from Robert Zemeckis' 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit in which an animated pelican rides a real bicycle. Cypress Frankenfeld detailed how the film's crew filled the bicycle wheels with water for stability and guided it with a cable. The item is a general-interest movie/animation note with no cybersecurity or AI relevance.
The Creative Spirit of Who Framed Roger Rabbit I love Who Framed Roger Rabbit , the 1988 movie by Robert Zemeckis. I haven't watched it in quite a few years, and Cypress Frankenfeld just pointed out this sequence from early in the movie: It's a pelican riding a bicycle! Look closely and you'll note that the pelican is animated while the bicycle is a real bicycle. Apparently they filled the wheels with water to add stability, then set it running and guided it with a cable. Cypress gathered more details on the scene. What a delight. Via @cypressf.bsky.social Tags: animation , movies , pelican-riding-a-bicycle
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