![]() When the turntable spins, a strobe light comes on, creating the illusion that the sculptures are moving. Pete Docter, the director of "Monsters, Inc.," explained how it works: "Each sculpture depicts a slightly different point in a movement. ![]() The device, which was inspired by a similar installation at the Studio Ghibli Museum in Tokyo, is made up of dozens of sculptures of the characters stationed around a turntable about eight feet in diameter. When the exhibition "Pixar: 20 Years of Animation" opens at the Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday, a giant zoetrope will create the illusion that the "Toy Story" characters are moving in three-dimensional space. ![]() Pixar has had great success using cutting-edge technology to turn ordinary playthings into the stars of movies like "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2." But in an unusual twist, the company is using equally sophisticated technology to turn computer-generated characters into 19th-century toys (or at least making them look like that).
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