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"Nothing else has ever looked or felt like director René Laloux's animated marvel FANTASTIC PLANET, a politically minded and visually inventive work of science fiction. The film is set on a distant planet called Ygam, where enslaved humans (Oms) are the playthings of giant blue native inha...

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Other Authors:	Laloux, René, 1929-2004 (Screenwriter), Topor, Roland, 1938-1997 (Screenwriter, Animator), Kábrt, J. (Josef), 1920-1989 (Animator), Váňa, Josef (Animator) (Animator), Goraguer, Alain (composer (expression)), Baugin, Eric (Actor), Topart, Jean (Actor), Drake, Jennifer (Actor) (Actor), Lenoir, Sylvie (Actor), Valmont, Jean, 1936-2014 (Actor), Wul, Stefan
Format:	Video
Language:	English French
Language Notes:	In French with optional closed captioned subtitles in English or French.
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] :$bKanopy Streaming,$c[2024] ©1973
Subjects:	Human-alien encounters > Drama. Giants (Folklore) > Drama. Androids > Drama. Enslaved persons > Drama. Life on other planets > Drama. Extraterrestrial beings > Drama. Science fiction films. Animated films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	"Nothing else has ever looked or felt like director René Laloux's animated marvel FANTASTIC PLANET, a politically minded and visually inventive work of science fiction. The film is set on a distant planet called Ygam, where enslaved humans (Oms) are the playthings of giant blue native inhabitants (Draags). After Terr, kept as a pet since infancy, escapes from his gigantic child captor, he is swept up by a band of radical fellow Oms who are resisting the Draags' oppression and violence. With its eerie, coolly surreal cutout animation by Roland Topor; brilliant psychedelic jazz score by Alain Goraguer; and wondrous creatures and landscapes, this Cannes-awarded 1973 counterculture classic is a perennially compelling statement against conformity and violence."--Kanopy
Item Description:	Based on the book Oms en série / Stefan Wul. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1973; restored in 2016 from the original negative.
Physical Description:	1 streaming video file (72 minutes) : sound, color
Production Credits:	Original drawings, Roland Topor ; character animation, Josef Kábrt ; scene animation, Josef Ván̆a ; music, Alain Goraguer ; director of photography, Lubomir Rejthar, Boris Baromykin.