Les escargots 1966 - The Snails is about a farmer who has a difficult time growing lettuce and gets attacked by giant snails. Parents need to know that mature themes racial and cultural intolerance are the central issues of Fantastic Planet. On the old release some sequences have warmer grading -- with obvious traces of generic pink nuances that frequently appear on older masters -- that has been reversed here. The literacy they gain allows them to read a Draag announcement that the park will be purged of Oms, and, when the purge comes, some are slaughtered by Draag technology while others escape, joining forces with another tribe. Sensing that the Oms might be planning a revolt, the Draags dispatch big flying machines and gas them, and most of the Oms immediately die. In the United States, La planete sauvage was distributed by Roger Corman's company, New World, under the alternative title Fantastic Planet.
The Wild Planet is a 1973 directed by and written by Laloux and. Even by today's standards, Roland Topor's surrealist graphics look very impressive. Eureka, a London-based company, has produced the edition only as a release. Brightness levels are better managed. The ones that manage to evade the flying machines hide in an industrial wasteland far away from the Draag cities. Mature themes and frequently disturbing imagery make Fantastic Planet appropriate only for older viewers. One domesticated om Terr is able to escape his masters with a headset that puts information directly into the brain.
The music is very '70s-clichéd and will appeal to fans of French and Italian '70s soundtrack stylings. In French, with optional English subtitles. Wild Oms however are a problem and are exterminated by the dozen. Grain is better exposed and resolved, but this should not be surprising considering the fact that a new 2K master was produced. Archived from on 22 August 2011.
There are no pops, audio dropouts, or digital distortions to report in our review. The story, about humans living on a strange planet dominated by giant humanoid aliens who consider them animals, is based on the 1957 novel by French writer. The release also arrives with an illustrated leaflet featuring an essay by critic Michael Brooke. Will they destroy each other or learn to live in peace? Set around the lifespan of Terr, a minute human shaped Om slave, and pet, of the giant blue alien Draags. In the film's strangest moment, we see how the Tragg race mates.
Living under the thumb of the Traggs is the race of Oms, human-like creatures who live either as domesticated pets of the Traggs, or as savage groups in the wild. The Oms destroy some of the statues, threatening the Draags' existence; the genocide is halted on Ygam, and, facing a crisis, the Draags sue for peace. When an Om mother is teased to death by three Draag children, her orphaned infant is found by Master Sinh, a key Draag leader, and his daughter Tiwa, who keeps the boy as a pet and names him Terr. The status quo of the planet becomes threatened when a rebellious Om named Terr escapes from his masters and steals one of their learning headsets. Optional English subtitles are provided for the main feature.
Tiwa loves Terr and is careful not to hurt him, but, in accordance with her parents' instructions, keeps him under control, giving him a collar with which she can pull him in any direction. In 2006, Eureka Entertainment released the film on in the United States as 34 in their line. In August 2010, Eureka released a restored high-definition transfer of the film on , with special features including a collection of Laloux's short films and a 27-minute documentary called Laloux sauvage. In 2000, released the soundtrack on , and the soundtrack was later released on. You can also get an instant mobile notification with our iPhone- or Android app. René Laloux's Fantastic Planet is rightfully regarded as one of the greatest animated films ever made.
He escapes into the wilderness, stealing Tiwa's headphones. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1973, Laloux's La planete sauvage is a French-Czechoslovakian co-production that was five years in the making at Prague's Jiri Trnka Studios. Criterion's upcoming Blu-ray release is sourced from a very good new 2K restoration of the film which was completed by Argos Films in France. Characters appear in various degrees of nudity. The dialog is stable and clean.
The film was awarded the at the , and in 2016, it was ranked the 36th greatest animated movie ever by. For years they have exploited the Oms, human-like uneducated creatures, and controlled the way they populate. And the story deals with such weighty issues as racism, genocide, and sexual reproduction. You will get a notification at the top of the site as soon as the current price equals or falls below your price. The Snails 1966 about a farmer who has a difficult time growing lettuce and gets attacked by giant snails. Hooking up with a group of savage Oms, he quickly takes over the tribe and begins to educate them with the knowledge of the Traggs. Color stability is much better the light color pulsations from the previous release are eliminated.
General image stability is excellent. At one point, the planet's dominant race of Traggs adopts a policy of genocide against the subservient race of human-like Oms. As hostilities increase, the future of both races is threatened. The movie's focus on ideas and images, rather than on characterization, gives the story a cold, emotionless feel. Escaping into the wilderness and with a device used for intellectual advancement of the Draags, Terr finds refuge and support from fellow Oms and using the learning tool, he finds that knowledge is power and then sets to use the new found knowledge to revolt against the Draag masters. Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.
Like most of Laloux's other films, La planete sauvage is beautifully animated. Storyline: Fantastic Planet 1973 Slaves and masters dominate the narrative of the faraway world of Ygam. They live there for years, joined by many other Oms, and, due to the knowledge acquired from Terr's headphones, manage to replicate Draag technology, including two rockets; they hope to leave Ygam for its moon, the Fantastic Planet, and live there safe from Draags. This leads to an era of peaceful coexistence between the two species, who now benefit from each other's way of thinking. Blending terrific rhythms and sounds, the score is an integral part of La planete sauvage, and at times even a lot more effective than the trippy visuals. Terr shows them how to use the headphones to acquire Draag knowledge and literacy, winning the right to do so in a duel.