''Computer Dreams'' is a 1988 film created by
Digital Vision Entertainment
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Technology and computing Hardware
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** Digital camera, which captures and stores digital ...
and released by
MPI Home Video
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. Written, produced and directed by Geoffrey de Valois and hosted by
Amanda Pays
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, it consists primarily of clips and behind-the-scenes work of early
computer graphics
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animation. Notably included are ''
Luxo Jr.'' and ''
Red's Dream'', the first two short films from
Pixar
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. The film is an hour long and features an electronic score by
Music Fantastic
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. It was revised and re-released on
DVD
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as ''The History of Computer Animation, Volume 2''. It won the Winner Gold Special Jury Award at the 1989
Houston International Film Festival, and the 1989 Golden Decade Award from the US Film & Video Festival.
Music used includes:
Gail Lennon
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* Jean-Baptiste Gail (1755–1829), French Hellenist scholar
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- Desire,
Gail Lennon - Like A Dream,
Shandi Sinnamon
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- Making It,
References
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1988 direct-to-video films
American animated documentary films
Computer graphics
Documentary films about animation
1988 documentary films
1988 films
Documentary films about computing
1980s American films
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