Learn All About the Look of “The Mitchells vs the Machines” in New Video

It's only been a few months, but The Mitchells vs the Machines is one of the most acclaimed films of 2021. Produced by Lord and Miller, the animated film hails from the team behind the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Netflix bought the film from Sony, and have a front-runner for next year's Best Animated Feature award.

It's already received millions of viewers and positive notices from critics. Now Netflix has released a behind-the-scenes video for casual fans and animation nerds alike. The six-minute clip features interviews with several animators, who discuss how they used the tools and skills from past works and applied them here. That also led to creating new technology and techniques to bring the film's vision to life.

Check out the video below.

The Mitchells vs the Machines is currently streaming exclusively on Netflix.

About Kip Mooney

Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about. I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague. Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work. In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo. I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.