Fantastic Planet |
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22.11.2006
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A strangely atmospheric animation from the seventies, notable for its surreal Hieronymus Bosch like imagery and psychedelic soundtrack by Alain Gouraguer, (which eneded up being sampled by Madlib for his Quasimoto album 'The Unseen'). French animator René LaLoux's first feature film, 'La Planete Sauvage' is based on Stefan Wul's novel 'Oms En Serie' (Oms By the Dozen) and was produced in Prague's Jiri Trnka Studios. The story is widely regarded as a metaphor for the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. The political overtones that bubble near its surface made finishing the film a struggle in communist Czechoslovaskia, so it had to be completed with French financing. |
Recently released on DVD. Also on YouTube. |
