Has anybody seen this film?
I watched it the other night and was very impressed indeed. It's computer animation done in stark black and white, the occasional half-tone used for grey, but mostly plain black and white. Movements were created by actors in motion capture suits giving a very fluid realistic edge to otherwise quite surreal images.
The film is French made and available in both French and English languages, with appropriately animated mouth movements for each version. The English cast includes Daniel Craig in the leading role, with Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm and Sean Pertwee supporting. An awesome cast, although unfortunately they have very flat dialogue to deal with. Regretfully the plot and dialogue are where the film fails. It's a pretty interesting idea, it touches on some really big issues like immortality and the effects on society it might have (a bit like Paycheck, but without Ben Affleck chewing on the scenery or John Woo's inexplicably boring and pointless flashback sequences), but never really attacks them in a constructive way, leaving one with the feeling that the film had vast untapped potential.
Truly though, the film looks absolutely beautiful, so much so that one can forgive all the other shortcomings. Fans of Blade Runner, Dark City, or really any sort of neo-noir or cyberpunk will lap this up for the way it takes elements from both the aforementioned movies yet presents them to us in a new and visually fascinating manner. I highly recommend it.
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I watched it the other night and was very impressed indeed. It's computer animation done in stark black and white, the occasional half-tone used for grey, but mostly plain black and white. Movements were created by actors in motion capture suits giving a very fluid realistic edge to otherwise quite surreal images.
The film is French made and available in both French and English languages, with appropriately animated mouth movements for each version. The English cast includes Daniel Craig in the leading role, with Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm and Sean Pertwee supporting. An awesome cast, although unfortunately they have very flat dialogue to deal with. Regretfully the plot and dialogue are where the film fails. It's a pretty interesting idea, it touches on some really big issues like immortality and the effects on society it might have (a bit like Paycheck, but without Ben Affleck chewing on the scenery or John Woo's inexplicably boring and pointless flashback sequences), but never really attacks them in a constructive way, leaving one with the feeling that the film had vast untapped potential.
Truly though, the film looks absolutely beautiful, so much so that one can forgive all the other shortcomings. Fans of Blade Runner, Dark City, or really any sort of neo-noir or cyberpunk will lap this up for the way it takes elements from both the aforementioned movies yet presents them to us in a new and visually fascinating manner. I highly recommend it.
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. Thanks for the update, anyway. That certainly makes the omission of the French audio all the more regrettable since there really was no cause for it.
