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Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780764005183 Format: Animated, Color, NTSC ISBN: 0764005189 Label: Starz / Anchor Bay Languages: Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay Release Date: January 12, 1999 Running Time: 74 minutes Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay Theatrical Release Date: December 01, 1973 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Based on French science fiction novelist Stefan Wul's Oms en Serie ("Oms by the Dozen"), René Laloux's La Planète Sauvage (its title changed to Fantastic Planet for the U.S. release) paints an animated tale of humans kept as domesticated pets by an alien race of blue humanoid giants called Traags. The story takes place on the Traags' planet Ygam, where we follow our narrator, an Om called Terr, from infancy to adulthood, when he escapes his subjugation with a Traag learning device with which to educate the savage Oms and incite them to revolt. As a French-Czech coproduction, this story had much resonance for its makers as an allegory of Czechoslovakia's invasion by Russian troops in the late '60s, and had to be completed in Paris due to political pressure. While the story does not distinguish itself in the annals of science fiction, the imagination invested in the surreal backdrops, with its eerie creatures and landscapes, does. The animation technique--moving paper cutouts across backgrounds--contributes to the overall feeling of other-worldliness. Fantastic Planet won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 1973. --Jim Gay Average Rating:
 Rating:  - fantastic imageryThis flick breaks the mold for creativity. It will still be fresh in 2050. Rating: - ExcellentThis movie shows you things from a different perspective and really makes you think. And it's a little creepy too. But if you're into that kinds thing it's great. :-D Rating:  - Has not aged well.Fantastic Planet (Rene Laloux, 1973) When it came out, Fantastic Planet was visionary, cutting-edge, all those superlatives (even if it did seem to derive a great deal from Terry Gilliam's animations on Monty Python's Flying Circus). Nowadays, well, it hasn't aged well. The nostalgia crowd will get a serious kick out of it. If you haven't seen it before, though, you're better off not listening to the raves. It's sometime in the far future. Humanity has been reduced to wild ... Read More Rating: - 5 stars for the film ONLY, not the DVDI saw this movie on cable in the mid-90s and thought it was PHENOMINAL! Yes, the animation was far inferior to mid-90s techniques, but I really enjoyed the retro feel. The film had a dream-like, surreal quality that I have never experienced with a film before. The story was great and the music was fantastic. So, why am I not buying this DVD? I am holding out, with great faith, that it will be given a proper DVD treatment in the future. Anamorphic widescreen, if not 5.1, at least a decent ... Read More Rating: - Don't Panic!If you are dismayed by the revelation that the U.S. Anchor Bay DVD edition of this animated sci-fi classic is now out of print and only available via typically price-gouging independent sellers, I have good news. There is a lovely new UK-issued edition out in summer of 2006 that I was able to pick up at one of my more discriminating local video stores (I see you can also order through Amazon UK). This latest reissue (from the Eureka studio) features an anamorphic transfer of the film. Unfortunately, the ... Read More |
