Photo from Jeff Heusser's Flickr page During VFX supervisor Bill Westenhofer's acceptance speech at the Oscars last night for Life of Pi's Best Visual Effects win, the Academy's orchestra not only began to play the winners off the stage, they actually killed his microphone. Ordinarily that wouldn't be a big deal. Nominees are told they have a certain amount of time, and if they go over it, they're ushered off the stage. What made this particular send-off sting, however, was that Westenhofer's microphone was killed right as he was addressing the fact that the visual effects industry is in such a state of imbalance. Rhythm & Hues, the very company that created the award-winning tiger at the heart of Life of Pi, filed for bankruptcy, and that over 400...
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- 2/26/2013
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
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