{"id":1496,"date":"2011-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifestivus.com\/p\/2011\/06\/29\/the-ascent-of-man\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T12:14:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T16:14:04","slug":"the-ascent-of-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ifestivus.com\/p\/the-ascent-of-man\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ascent of Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"video\"><video id=\"embedded-video\" src=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"  controls poster=\"http:\/\/www.ifestivus.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/1496_1309281492_46-1.jpg\"><\/video><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex-container\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p>Bruce McCall&#8217;s May 14, 2007 cover of The New Yorker is about man&#8217;s obsession with progress and technology. The artwork features an ape on a rock who evolves into a cave man, an Egyptian, a soldier etc. and along with these evolutions come the technologies of each new civilization.  McCall&#8217;s original art is animated by Toronto&#8217;s Smiley Guy Studios.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits\">\n<dl>\n<dt>Directed by<\/dt>\n<dd>Denny Silverthorne &#038; Luke Gustafson<\/dd>\n<dt>Written by<\/dt>\n<dd>Jeremy Diamond<\/dd>\n<dt>Produced by<\/dt>\n<dd>Kevin O&#8217;Keefe, Lea Marin, Jonas Diamond<\/dd>\n<dt>Editting by<\/dt>\n<dd>Andrew McIntyre<\/dd>\n<dt>Casting by<\/dt>\n<dd>Animated by: Joel Chahal, Nathan Carey, Rich Duhaney,<br \/>\nPeter Habjan, Kurtis Scott<\/dd>\n<dt>Production Company<\/dt>\n<dd>iThentic<\/dd>\n<\/dl><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"_vpdata0\" style=\"display:none\">eyJpZCI6ImVtYmVkZGVkLXZpZGVvIiwic3JjIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cLzYzYjhjNDk2YWYwOTY0MzJkMmUxLTQzYzE2ZmVmZmM3NTUyM2VhYzFlMDUwMjE4ZDBiODg3LnNzbC5jZjEucmFja2Nkbi5jb21cL0FzY2VudG9mTWFuLm1wNCJ9<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"small\">Bruce McCall&#8217;s May 14, 2007 cover of The New Yorker is about man&#8217;s obsession with progress and technology. 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