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This film’s sound designer ran around Niagara Falls holding a canvas bag to record strong winds for a storm sequence. This film’s production designer took inspiration from sea lions’ skin and the architectural designs of Santiago Calatrava for the environment of a sequence in which its protagonist rides a monorail. Roger Deakins suggested practical rope lighting for a romantic scene in this film in which the protagonist’s eyes reflect a love interest’s (*) lighter. A visual gag in this film depicts a keyboard composed of the numbers 0 and 1. A Peter Gabriel song featuring the Soweto Gospel Choir plays over this film’s end credits montage, which transitions in style from cave art to pointillism. “Put On Your Sunday Clothes” from Hello Dolly (10[1])plays (10[1])over this film’s opening. An artist and this film inspired the portmanteau name of a series of OpenAI text-to-image models. (10[1])For 10 points, what first Pixar film in the Criterion Collection centers on a robot? ■END■

ANSWER: WALL·E [or WALL-E; prompt on DALL-E] (The Spanish artist is Salvador Dalí.)
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