The Illusionist - Sylvain Chomet [2010]

[IAmNietzche]

I feel like I've been waiting for this to come out for years.

An aging French magician who is a dead ringer for Jacques Tati uses sleight-of-hand to give a clueless Scottish girl a poetic assist toward adulthood in The Illusionist. Five years in the making, master animator Sylvain Chomet’s follow-up to The Triplets Of Belleville deploys superb hand-drawn imagery to bring to life an unproduced screenplay the late Tati finished in 1959. Told with no dialogue but carried along by deeply evocative sound design, this visually rewarding film’s timeless, near-universal appeal should translate to widespread critical praise and art house play.

Very nice review here:

http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-illusionist/5010672.article

The artwork in this film is absolutely breathtaking.

http://www.filmdocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/061.jpg

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http://www.filmdocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/011.jpg

After Cannes the hype for this film is going to be enormous... deservedly.

[flask]

thanks for posting this. Triplets is my favorite animated movie. I really wanna see this now. :-d

[-Aaron-]

Can not wait any longer.

[cantnokdahustle]

Embarrassingly, I haven't seen Triplets yet. Those stills look very Bakshi-esque, is that sort of Chomet's style?

[IAmNietzche]

Embarrassingly, I haven't seen Triplets yet. Those stills look very Bakshi-esque, is that sort of Chomet's style?
There are definitely similarities. Chomet's style is a bit more cartoony.

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[IAmNietzche]

Can not wait any longer.
Same dude. It feels like it's been forever.

[cantnokdahustle]

There are definitely similarities. Chomet's style is a bit more cartoony.

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Yeah, I don't see much of a similarity in Triplets, but damned if I wouldn't have been certain those last two stills from The Illusionist were Ralph's.

[Thomas Balkcom]

I loved Les triplettes de Belleville so much. Can't wait for this.

[Thomas Balkcom]

some footage here:

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[Thomas Balkcom]

trailer.
(http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/03/22/watch-the-lovely-trailer-for-sylvain-chomets-animated-the-illusionist/)

[IAmNietzche]

Picked up for U.S. theatrical distribution by Sony Picture Classics.

The film is being planned for North American release toward the end of 2010.

Source: indieWIRE (http://www.indiewire.com/article/sony_classics_acquires_chomets_accl aimed_illusionist/)

[IAmNietzche]

Saw it last Thursday in Paris and had a fantastic time. I'm not sure that it's a better film than Triplettes, but I enjoyed it much more. Highly recommended.

[Thomas Balkcom]

jealous.

[distilledw]

This is playing at the Film Festival here in New Zealand next month. Going to have to squeeze in a screening. Animation looks so awesome.

[nartysal]

Good stuff last forvere.

[Shakriel]

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony/theillusionist/

Trailer is up. Looks good.

[irthesteve]

this movie blows

[Thomas Balkcom]

may 10th - http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/the-illusionist6.html