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Fantastic Planet (Remastered)
This futuristic story takes place on a faraway planet where blue giants rule, and oppressed humanoids rebel against the machine-like leaders. Will they find a way to coexist? Or will they destroy each other?
17 June 1931, Paris, France
20 January 1933, Valladolid, Spain
13 April 1922, Paris, France
20 November 1939, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées, France
May 11, 1921 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
29 December 1958, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA
January 02, 2011
A jarring examination of racism and intolerance.December 17, 2009
A patchwork of cutouts from Soviet tech and science magazines pinned into druggy tableaux, with a genuine sense of placid terror to give teeth to its planar allegoriesMay 09, 2005
For original, thoughtful, often strong (but tasteful) animation, I recommend Fantastic Planet for family viewing.September 09, 2008
The film's images are phantasmagorical.July 19, 2016
an utterly unique filmJanuary 26, 2006
Roland Topor's graphics create a world reminiscent of two of the greatest artists of the fantastic, Bosch and Odilon Redon.June 20, 2016
There is a strange, dreamlike placidity that hangs - like a silent, terrifying fog - over René Laloux's 1973 animated sci-fi classic.January 01, 2000
It's not every fancifully encoded cautionary tale that can survive the demise of its historical villains, and it's not every stoner midnight movie that can stand a second viewing in the sober light of day.July 05, 2010
Grotesque yet graceful, it's a hallucinatory vision quite unlike everything you've ever seen.September 09, 2008
Surreal and wonderful in a way not often seen from Europe.September 09, 2008
The film has a flat quality that cannot entirely be overcome by the sensational animation and the obvious good intentions of its creators.January 09, 2009
Thirty-five years later, Rene Laloux's surreal animated film remains a singular psychedelic experience.