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| ACTORS: | Barry Bostwick |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | René Laloux |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 December, 1973 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Science Fiction |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 013131070293 |
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Customer Reviews of Fantastic Planet
Don't get the version by United American Fantastic Planet is by far one of the more unusual animated I have ever seen. Truly unusual and surrealistic scenes, and that funky Pink Floyd meets "Shaft"-style soundtrack by Alain Goraguer gives the movie that truly '70s look and feel. But I warn you to stay away from the earlier VHS edition from United American Video Corps. While the newer dubbed-in-English VHS from Anchor Bay has the problem of forgetting to remove the subtitles, the United American Video Corps. version suffers from poor picture quality, and several missing scenes, not to mention a lot of the animation seems rather choppy. Anchor Bay fixed that problem with better picture quality, and all the scenes intact, and without that choppy animation in certain places. The only advantage United American version has is no subtitles, but since it's not widescreen, you won't be able to see everything. Despite the drawback of subtitles on the Anchor Bay version, if you want the dubbed-in-English version of this European sci-fi masterpiece, go for the Anchor Bay version and avoid the earlier United American edition.
great sci-fi!
The stylistic surrealism of Fantastic Planet was remembered blurrily from an early morning viewing on TV. I've asked around, and this is how most people know this film, although I'm pretty sure I saw it at a drive-in too. This is dark imagery with a telling social satire. The DVD itself is flawed. You may listen in English, but you have to watch the subtitles, which don't match, as well. The three shorts are just plain stupid. The first, The Monkeys Teeth, is probably the worst. I reccamend watching all of them at 2X by the way, it isn't quite as painfull. Anyway, the annoying thing is that he doesn't start with the animation, instead using film of people in what looks like a classroom. The narrator drones about mental patients writing a story together. Then the animation starts and you wonder "Why the stupid intro?"."Maybe they'll have some sort of wrap up or something" you think. But no, it's just a stupid intro. Some guy gets his teeth pulled by a dentist, then wanders around for ten minutes. Then the monkey pulls the dentist's teeth and gives them to the victim. That's worthy of 20 minutes of your life isn't it? NOT! The second film (The Death Times) is not any better, but the visuals are interesting. It's just an excuse for a film really, it's just zooms and pans of drawings. Ignore the narrator, it's just drivel. Some of the pictures are quite striking and inventive. Slides of these would be preferrable, however. The third (The Snails) is almost, ALMOST bearable. Again you must utilize the 2X or you will tear your hair out! A farmer discovers that tears will make his crop grow larger, so he walks through his field with an onion, then reads a depressing book, etc. Anyway, so snails come and eat the crop, grow large and chase people around. It's kind of amusing watching giant snails run around a city and chase people. Keep that 2X on though because they are snails! Overall, just ignore the shorts and enjoy the film, as much as that's possible with the stupid subtitles! Still, it's better than nothing.
Mind Blowing
I didn't expect much from the story. I bought it because I love this style of animation. Some of the scenes were very psychedelic, almost like an acid trip. It turns out that the story was actually the most entertaining part of the movie for me. It definitely gives you a different perspective of human life.
The DVD included four interesting shorts put out by the creator. Most of them included live action as well as animation. The only reason I can't give a full 5 stars is because the subtitles are HORRIBLE. Among the worst i've ever seen. There's little contrast between the background and the text, so about 75% of the words are legible. I really don't understand why the publishers thought this would be acceptable. I took French for several years, but I can imagine how frustrating it would be for someone trying to read that text.