Coraline maybe just be the best 3D film ever made.

It’s the long Family Day weekend in most of Canada (and President’s Day for my American friends). If you’re still looking for something to do with your family I highly recommend going to see Coraline, preferably in 3D if you can. Coraline has been a source of inspiration here a couple of times before (see previous posts here and here) and much has already been written in the blogosphere about how wonderful it is.

Personally, what I really like best about it is that it’s the first movie written by Neil Gaiman that actually feels like a Neil Gaiman movie. I’ve been really fascinated by Coraline’s filmmaking process too. The AV Club has a great interview with Coraline’s brilliant director Henry Selick. There is a also a lot of the intricate, handcrafted work from the film popping up online. Check out the work of miniature knitter Althea Crome, who made Coraline’s ridiculously tiny clothes and sculptor Damon Bard, who has pictures of the maquettes he made for the film on his web site www.bardsculpturestudio.com.

Update: Over at Cartoon Brew Amid was kind enough to put together a playlist of videos shot at Coraline production artists panel at Gallery Nucleus last week in L.A.

23/2/09 Update: Drawn has put up a great post containing links to the work of several more fantastic artists who contributed to Coraline.