Just finished reading this.... Awesome.
The book chronicles the rise of Pixar from the wild dream of using computers to animate by a handful of brilliant people to the multi-billion Mega corporation that is now the Disney / Pixar franchise that we know and love.
For us geeks it provides tantilising details about the technical animation of the first few movies, you also get many lessons on how to create a culture in a company to nurture truely talented people who love what they do.
Mostly though when I watched back the movies I grew up with as a kid, like Toy Story, while reading the book, I came at them with a fresh pair of eyes. Pixar never did anything less than their best. Each movie pushed the boundaries past what the industry thought was even possible.
An inspirational story.
