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Godzilla Minus One (2023) shocked the world by winning the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects on a budget of less than $15 million (a fraction of Hollywood’s spending). This success highlighted a cultural shift: humility in filmmaking. Director Takashi Yamazaki hand-keyframed details because "Hollywood CGI looks too real and weightless." Recently, the industry faced a reckoning
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