Planet of the Sad Sacks

摘要

When the movie 9 opens on September 9, theaters nationwide will be invaded by a swarm of goo-goo-eyed rag dolls wandering a postapocalyptic hellscape bereft of sunlight and dominated by clanky, cranky monster bots. (But enough about the concession stand-hey-o!) The 8-inch computer-generated burlap heroes, voiced by Elijah Wood and Jennifer Connelly, among others, embody a scrappy aesthetic described by filmmaker Shane Acker as "stitchpunk." "There's a real beauty in turn-of-the-century mechanics, and we wanted to celebrate that," Acker says.