sorry janey...i was just being lazy..but i will do my best to remember what was said...it wasn't a very long q & a and i'm sure you could get way more info from other online interviews of Linklater
>I was actually more interested in >what Linklater himself might have >said about why he chose >to do the film as >digital animation -- what it >was about the script or >the project as a whole >that he thought was particularly >suited to the medium, or >why it was that this >medium attracted him enough to >find an appropriate project for >it.
he said that he'd had the idea for this film in his head for about 20 years and that he felt the animated format would better represent what he wanted to get across in the film...that it could convey a dream state better than trying to use special effects with live actors...and it also just makes it more believeable
he also didn't like the idea of simply creating it as an animation...he wanted the actors and their body language and their expressions to use as a jumping off point...