Fantastic Planet
by Ren? Laloux
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Director: Ren? LalouxBrand: FACETS VIDEO
Cinematographer: Lubomir Rejthar
Cinematographer: Boris Baromykin
Composer: Alain Goraguer
Editor: Dick Elliott
Editor: Rich Harrison
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language); English (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 72 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: ACCENT CINEMA
Movie Reviews of Fantastic Planet
Movie Review: Sadly continuing to wait
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this film on "Up all Night" on the USA Network seemingly ions ago. I recorded it on VHS. Alas that tape was removed from my possesion by an inconsiderate oaf.
Since then I have hoped for a re-issue of this masterpiece. My joy at having finally found the Film available on DVD has been squashed by the inadequate quality of either issue of this film. I guess I will continue to wait until an acceptable quality transfer of this piece is made. My opinion is that you should wait too.
Summary of Fantastic Planet
Ren? Laloux's mesmerising psychedelic sci-fi animated feature won the Special Jury Prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival and is a landmark of European animation. Based on Stefan Wul's novel Oms en s?rie [Oms by the Dozen], Laloux's breathtaking vision was released in France as La Plan?te sauvage [The Savage Planet]; in the USA as Fantastic Planet; and immediately drew comparisons to Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Planet of the Apes (both the 1968 film and Boule's 1963 novel). Today, the film can be seen to prefigure much of the work of Hayao Miyazaki at Studio Ghibli (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away) due to its palpable political and social concerns, cultivated imagination, and memorable animation techniques.Fantastic Planet tells the story of Oms, a human-like species, kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue giants called Draags. The story takes place on the Draags' planet Ygam, where we follow our narrator, an Om called Terr, from infancy to adulthood. He manages to escape enslavement from a Draag learning device used to educate the savage Oms - and begins to organise an Om revolt. The imagination invested in the surreal creatures, music and sound design, and eerie landscapes, is immense and unforgettable. This release includes the early LaLoux short The Snails.
Special Features: English Language version, Original Subtitled version, photo gallery, trailer, Fantastic Laloux, the new 26 minute documentary on director Rene Laloux, short animated film Les Escargots (The Snails), an animated segment of Sean Lennon's music video for "Would I Be The One", inspired by Fantastic Planet.
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