The Illusionist

[lordcookie]

Belleville Rendez-Vous seems so long ago so it is nice to finally see that his follow up is nearing it's release. The Illusionist is an adaptation of original and previously unproduced material by Jacques Tati that Chomet began working on back in 2006.

With a budget of $22m (almost triple that of Belleville Rendez-vous) the film fuses traditional 2-D character techniques and CGI.

It details the story of a dying breed of stage entertainer whose thunder is being stolen by emerging rock stars. Forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theaters, garden parties and bars, he meets a young fan who changes his life forever.

No release date (or trailer ) but hopefully it will get a cinema debut before the year is out.

[Andross]

Holy shit the art looks amazing.

[BigShimmeryWall]

Oh my, that look wonderful!

I love a bit of Tati

[Vin]

Holy smokes.

I loved Belleville, but this looks excellent.

Limited release though, I'd wager.

[Chosty]

Excellent!

[Rayn]

I've yet to see Belleville, I picked up a collectors edition DVD a couple of weeks ago. This looks fantastic.

[PK]

great news, belleville rendez vous is lovely

[Calashnikov]

Wow, that looks amazing. Was it made at his Django studio in Edinburgh?

[lordcookie]

This has been shown at the Berlin Film Festival and is getting good buzz. Despite still not having a trailer we do now at least have some footage.

Unsurprisingly it looks beautiful in motion.

[Quest]

Love the way the singer snakes up to the mic at 2:41.

[mercenarri]

Awesome.

[Hemzoozlefluff*]

I haven't actually seen Belleville... I really need to.

This film looks utterly gorgeous.

[Calashnikov]

Looks amazing. They really nailed the atmosphere of travelling through the highlands, by the looks of things. Also, I never in a million years thought I'd see an animated version of Glasgow Central B)

[Smitty]

That looks wonderful.

[Nespresso]

Holy hell. This looks ridiculously good. What's this Belleville Rendez-Vous you are talking about?

[lordcookie]

You might have heard of its French title, Les triplettes de Belleville.

[Capwn]

It's all about 3:02 (the interview clip)

[mercenarri]

Saw Belleville Rendez-Vous again last night. An animation in it's own league; the whole thing just feels like a beautiful nightmare. Really can't wait for this now.

[Shoes]

Ooh. Looks wonderful. Love the poster, too.

[lordcookie]

First Trailer

The intertitles are in Russian. It gives nothing away but looks beautiful.

[BigShimmeryWall]

Really can't wait! That looks glorious!

[Smitty]

It looks wonderful, absolutely wonderful.

[Sabreman]

Gobsmacking! Lovely stuff.

[lordcookie]

French Trailer and 5 clips

[mindgames]

Guardian review from Edingburgh

[TomFX]

The lack of dialogue is really sweet for the first few minutes, but my god it's annoying after five. Don't think I could sit through this is in one go.

Looks amazing though.

[mercenarri]

I can't wait to see this, any idea when it's available?

[divine visitor]

I don't mind the silence so much as I worry about the pacing. As much as I love certain aspects about Bellville Rendez-Vous, I found the film as a whole really boring to watch - the rhythm of the pacing was just so off.

I like this a lot so far though, in trailer format at least.

[Legs]

I've been looking forward to this for a long time... it looks wonderful

[Alex W.]

General release is in August, really looking forward to it. The stills I've seen are beautiful but I'm saving watching it in motion until I actually go and see it.