{"id":3040,"date":"2010-06-21T18:35:22","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T18:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/art-of-author-talks-toy-story-3"},"modified":"2010-06-21T18:35:22","modified_gmt":"2010-06-21T18:35:22","slug":"art-of-author-talks-toy-story-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/art-of-author-talks-toy-story-3\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Art of&#8230;&#039; Author Talks Toy Story 3!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/929.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"98\" align=\"right\" style=\"width: 130px; height: 98px\" src=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/images\/928.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Animation historian and The Art of Toy Story 3 author, Charles Solomon, discusses the success of Pixar&#8217;s latest in <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/jacketcopy\/2010\/06\/pixar-success-toy-story-3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an interview with&nbsp;LA Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I still cried when I saw the finished film&quot; commented Solomon who had already been exposed to the content&nbsp;during production. That&#8217;s a testament to how effective Toy Story 3 has been&nbsp;on everyone.<\/p>\n<p>As with most successful films, the highly anticipated sequel owes its&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/box-office-buzz-ts3-breaks-pixar-record-with-109m-estimate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">immense box-office take<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/toy-story-3-certified-fresh-on-rotten-tomatoes-toy-story-tidbits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">excellent critical reception<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;years of hard work by a&nbsp;dedicated team of visionaries. It also helps that Lee Unkrich&nbsp;embraced the nostalgia factor, making&nbsp;Toy Story 3 &quot;the way John Lasseter would have made the first one look if he&#8217;d had the tools.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>If you&nbsp;haven&#8217;t already, I highly recommend picking up a copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chroniclebooks.com\/index\/main,book-info\/store,books\/products_id,8763\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Art of Toy Story 3<\/a>. My review of&nbsp;this phenomenal coffee table book <a href=\"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/upcoming-pixar-reviews-the-art-of-toy-story-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For now, check out Charles Solomon&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/jacketcopy\/2010\/06\/pixar-success-toy-story-3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full LA Times interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Your thoughts?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>Animation historian and The Art of Toy Story 3 author, Charles Solomon, discusses the success of Pixar&#8217;s latest in an interview with&nbsp;LA Times. &quot;I still cried when I saw the finished film&quot; commented Solomon who had already been exposed to the content&nbsp;during production. That&#8217;s a testament to how effective Toy Story 3 has been&nbsp;on everyone. &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Art of...&#039; Author Talks Toy Story 3! - Upcoming Pixar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/art-of-author-talks-toy-story-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Art of...&#039; Author Talks Toy Story 3! - Upcoming Pixar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Animation historian and The Art of Toy Story 3 author, Charles Solomon, discusses the success of Pixar&#8217;s latest in an interview with&nbsp;LA Times. &quot;I still cried when I saw the finished film&quot; commented Solomon who had already been exposed to the content&nbsp;during production. 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