How an Industry Was Created for a Single Film, The Glassworker (2024)
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Free Software fundamentally misses the point. It fails on a practical, ideological, economic, and political level. Let’s examine precisely how (in a slightly different order for the purposes of presentation).
Suppose you live in a war torn country, where there are military checkpoints in every major road and city block. The economy is in shambles and there's a smell of gunpowder in the air. The people go to watch low budget films and themselves most valued in the global market for the cheap labor. ↩ Reply
Suppose you're a young, 22 year old musician, who made a breakthrough and is studying in with a full tuition in a prestigious private music school in the USA. The oppressive country is behind you, yet, deep within your heart, there is a rousing sense of longing. A sense of missing out on duty. ↩ Reply
What does it mean to accomplish so much individually but not share the piece of that pie with anyone else! So it dawns upon you, I'm going to make a hand drawn animated film IN PAKISTAN. ↩ Reply
Except... Pakistan animation industry is only existent in advertisements. And that's predominately 3D. Finding 2D artists willing to animate a film in a country ~220 millions sounds plausible. Certainly from the millions out there, at least a few dozen ought to be willing to work for you. Still, this is not just any 2D project, but hand drawn animation. ↩ Reply
Yet one issue is inescapable — money. Getting investors to be patrons of an independent feature is hard enough for low budget movies, this is why most of such films have dozens of production companies involved. You are a person who has no team, no history working in films as a professional, in a country with absolutely no decent animation film industry, requesting for several hundred thousand Dollar investment. ↩ Reply
Seeking a solution, your eyes naturally turn to the event that brought you success, to where you're now, the Ted talk. This is where you made your break as a musician. So you go to the same place that accepted you not that long ago, asking organizers and anyone who's in the animation industry to get you in contact with the industry leads. But none accept it, who's in their right mind would invest into someone so delirious as to make a traditionally animated film in such a third world country as Pakistan. ↩ Reply
Yet luck shined on you and there's a chance to go to Japan, to speak about your idea. It may not work out, but you give it a chance. ↩ Reply
There, seeing no other better path go out and present a TedTalk, pitching the idea. Using the music skills you've acquired, the people are hypnotized by your pleasant sounds and then have the idea implanted through their ears. ↩ Reply
Can this be done? Well, it already has been. The history behind the film called The Glassworker is just this story. ↩ Reply
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I've struggled to write this review, it has been a back-burner for a year now. And this is not from my negligence. I am just stunned by the success of Usman Riaz. The fact this man was able to get the attention of Studio Ghibli from his story, from his sketches, from the passion, was just too much for me. ↩ Reply
How can I possibly do service to a man who independently created a one of a kind piece of art, in a country actively hostile to artistic expression. ↩ Reply
For all the praises I have for the man behind the film, not knowing what there is in the picture, lends it hard to believe his success being so credible. So what if the story behind the film is worthy a movie of its own, if its unwatchable, then why praise the man for his genius caliber? c:0 ↩ Reply
As astounding as this is, a gathering of various artists, be they actual painters or dentist students, paints a less flattering image. It is hard to expect a movie created by a ragtag group of amateurs create something splendid and monumental. ↩ Reply
I feel this infallible love for the man, because he showed how much pain and suffering he went through to make his vision come true. I adore his work, because he was able to present himself the way James Cameron does. On top of the movie itself being a joy to watch, to a point I do not want to rewatch it, because I know that I'll cry, just makes it all the more considerable. ↩ Reply
The movie succeeds even without knowing the director's strife, which is due to being insanely human. And here I do not refer to the just awe-inspiring art. Every single frame was meticulously planned and drawn by hand. The real artistic prowess came from connecting them in sequence, such that they would elicit a potent emotional charge, whether it be bliss or galvanizing pain. ↩ Reply
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Do I have to write a comment on the beauty of it all? ↩ Reply
The story echoes the authors own issues and problems as an artist in an indifferent world, a mundus. The peace and sanctity of a glasswork shop, in a town far removed from the buzz of a big city, is disturbed by war. ↩ Reply
The relationship that bonds between two artists, one musician, the other artisan of glass, is shaken up by the external conflict. From this disturbance sprawls the drama and the deep seated emotion. ↩ Reply
The composition of the director Usman Riaz and Carmine Diflorio envelop the experience to such a unique emotional state. ↩ Reply
To a point, where I can look through the times monotonous and lacking vivid character depth voice acting by Mooroo, a Pakistani YouTuber. This is not to discredit their performance, there was emotion. Even when the father of the protagonist Vincent Oliver was being haled by his lonesome father Tomas Oliver (Khaled Anam), with a slow moving monotonous voice, I did not pay too much heed. ↩ Reply
If anything, the story behind the creation of the film made me convinced that this is a masterpiece. But it is not, there are flaws even I can see. But the background is so strong, the anguish is so strong, the man so ambitious, that I cannot stand in astoundment. ↩ Reply
Which really says, if anything, that the James Cameron method of selling his movies is like a cheat-sheet. You just need to show the world how much effort you put into it. In the case of the director Usman Riaz, every step he took, was a step closer to The Glassworker. And he made sure to show that. ↩ Reply
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I've struggled to write this review, it has been a back-burner for a year now. And this is not from my negligence. I am just stunned by the success of Usman Riaz. The fact this man was able to get the attention of Studio Ghibli from his story, from his sketches, from the passion, was just too much for me. ↩ Reply
How can I possibly do service to a man who independently created a one of a kind piece of art, in a country actively hostile to artistic expression. ↩ Reply
For all the praises I have for the man behind the film, not knowing what there is in the picture, lends it hard to believe his success being so credible. So what if the story behind the film is worthy a movie of its own, if its unwatchable, then why praise the man for his genius caliber? c:0 ↩ Reply
As astounding as this is, a gathering of various artists, be they actual painters or dentist students, paints a less flattering image. It is hard to expect a movie created by a ragtag group of amateurs create something splendid and monumental. ↩ Reply
I feel this infallible love for the man, because he showed how much pain and suffering he went through to make his vision come true. I adore his work, because he was able to present himself the way James Cameron does. On top of the movie itself being a joy to watch, to a point I do not want to rewatch it, because I know that I'll cry, just makes it all the more considerable. ↩ Reply
The movie succeeds even without knowing the director's strife, which is due to being insanely human. And here I do not refer to the just awe-inspiring art. Every single frame was meticulously planned and drawn by hand. The real artistic prowess came from connecting them in sequence, such that they would elicit a potent emotional charge, whether it be bliss or galvanizing pain. ↩ Reply
Do I have to write a comment on the beauty of it all? ↩ Reply
The story echoes the authors own issues and problems as an artist in an indifferent world, a mundus. The peace and sanctity of a glasswork shop, in a town far removed from the buzz of a big city, is disturbed by war. ↩ Reply
The relationship that bonds between two artists, one musician, the other artisan of glass, is shaken up by the external conflict. From this disturbance sprawls the drama and the deep seated emotion. ↩ Reply
The composition of the director Usman Riaz and Carmine Diflorio envelop the experience to such a unique emotional state. ↩ Reply
To a point, where I can look through the times monotonous and lacking vivid character depth voice acting by Mooroo, a Pakistani YouTuber. This is not to discredit their performance, there was emotion. Even when the father of the protagonist Vincent Oliver was being haled by his lonesome father Tomas Oliver (Khaled Anam), with a slow moving monotonous voice, I did not pay too much heed. ↩ Reply
If anything, the story behind the creation of the film made me convinced that this is a masterpiece. But it is not, there are flaws even I can see. But the background is so strong, the anguish is so strong, the man so ambitious, that I cannot stand in astoundment. ↩ Reply
Which really says, if anything, that the James Cameron method of selling his movies is like a cheat-sheet. You just need to show the world how much effort you put into it. In the case of the director Usman Riaz, every step he took, was a step closer to The Glassworker. And he made sure to show that. ↩ Reply
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Blender Dumbass
c:0 July 29, 2026 if its unwatchable, then why praise the man for his genius caliber
⤴ ViewLunatics?
Blender Dumbass
c:1 July 29, 2026 The astounding this is, a gathering of various artists, be they actual arts or dentist students, paints a less flattering image. It is hard to expect a movie created by a ragtag group of amateurs create something splendid an monumental.
There is a movie that had this same problem. 2005 Hoodwinked!
Blender Dumbass
c:2 July 29, 2026 to a point I do not want to rewatch it, because I know that I'll cry
When I get such a reaction I tend to want to watch the film again right away. To have it again.
When I saw 2001 AI in 2012 and cried from a movie for the first time. I repeated the experience 3 or 4 times. And then watched all other Spielberg films just to maybe re-experience it again. And boy, Steve knows how to squeeze.
Troler
c:3 July 29, 2026... c:2
Blender Dumbass c:2 July 29, 2026 to a point I do not want to rewatch it, because I know that I'll cry
When I get such a reaction I tend to want to watch the film again right away. To have it again.
When I saw 2001 AI in 2012 and cried from a movie for the first time. I repeated the experience 3 or 4 times. And then watched all other Spielberg films just to maybe re-experience it again. And boy, Steve knows how to squeeze.
@blenderdumbass Squeeze what?
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