Fantastic Planet (La Planète sauvage)

Year of release: 1973
Director: René Laloux
Genre: Surrealism
Duration: 72 min
Language: French (this is the English synchronized version)

IMDb

This is my birthday present (which I forgot to upload on the actual day of my birthday but doesn't matter) for you guys who read both blogs where I post. I'm thinking about posting one movie (anime counts too) that I like or have recently seen per week on this blog if people would actually download it. If you'd like this then please comment with feedback or some ideas if you have them.

Fantastic planet is an animated movie that was released back in 1973 in France. Back in the day it was quite popular but its fame faded away a long time ago and the movie is hardly mentioned these days. I think that Fantastic Planet is overlooked by the mainstream cinema mostly because of its surrealism. Almost nothing in landscape and objects resemble this world and the objects in the movie are thought out really well. The animation is something along the lines of those found in Monty Phytons Flying Circus series if not the same. The soundtrack is rather cheesy it practically screams stereotypic psychedelic rock but it fits in very well.

The story of the movie takes you to a planet where humans are kept like pets (Planet of the Apes? Not really like that.) and the world is ruled by blue giants with red eyes. This race of giants isn't warlike nor brutal but they treat humans as we do bugs and small mammals. The main character is a human and he actually tells a story of his life. I won't explain any further because of spoilers and besides there are much more better written reviews elsewhere.

All in all this is an great animation for all surreal and avant-garde fans.

Links:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9

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