Hey folks, Harry here... I saw the trailer for LES TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE on September 11th of this year, but didn't know if it was a feature, a short... what... What I thought at the time was that it looked like genius. The style, the motion, the animation, the sound... Everything about that oh too brief glimpse of LES TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE screamed genius. And now a French animator that didn't work on it, has seen it, fallen deeply in love and set out in a foriegn language to share their passion for the project with the likes of us. In all likelihood this is the first time you'll have heard of this film. From the look and sound of it, it mose certainly won't be the last. A feature animated film of an adult storytelling nature told with no dialogue and pure animation defying all the standards and rules of traditional modern animation... I CAN'T WAIT!!! Here you go...
I'm french (excuse my terrible English) and I'm studying
animation.
I believe in god now.I do believe.because yesterday I saw
one of my dream becoming true.
I saw "les triplettes de Belleville".an animated feature
directed by Sylvain Chomet who gave us "la vieille dame et
les pigeons".
you know,nowadays,only american and japanese company can
give us high quality animated feature.and only japanes can
give us high quality AND personnal animated feature.I love
the iron giant and Pixar movies but they are made to make
money.
main characters are all healthy and charismatic even in Tim
Burton's nightmare before Christmas.even in Lilo and Stich
(Stich is a nice guy
at the end....)
so...only the japanese are doing great personnal animated
feature...
WRONG
WRONG
WRONG
I couldn't believe it but Sylvain Chomet did what I dreamt
of : a personnal animated feature which kicks ass very hard.
animation at its best.beautiful backgrounds.incredible
designs.and so personnal.
Chomet did the designs. Chomet directed the animation. Chomet
drew the previous backgrounds.
it looks like nothing.the character designs are way far
from japanese or american film.(see the trailer above)
the animation is as good as Disney's(really) but completely
different.I can't describe it. it was my first time seeing
something like that.
and the story...well,it's not a Disney or a Ghibli story!
a young boy lives with his Grandmother in a little village
near Belleville(which looks like old New York)
his Grandmother tries to make him happy but fails most of
the time.and then she discover that her son wants to be a
cyclist.
15 years later,the boy is a cyclist and is riding for "le
tour de france"the most important riding competition in
France.
but on his ride,he's kidnapped with 2 other cyclists.why?
because in Belleville the ambassade of french wine is
making illegal bets
on cyclists....
so,his Grandmother comes to rescue him with three old
singing ladies...
the story is quite simple,but it allows Chomet to put a lot
of funny and weird characters like the stupid dog "bruno"
and the three old ladies.
and Chomet tells the story in his own way. and that
means....(you won't believe it...)
NO DIALOGUES.just animation.and the animation is so good
that you understand everything.it's incredible and it
works!!!a guy just told me that
he realized there were no dialogues after 45 minutes of
film!
NO YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL CHARACTERS.they are all ugly,old,fat
or too thin.the dog is stupid and the grandmother has a leg
longer than the other one.
but they are all funny.
NO MORAL ENDING,NO LOVE STORY.
NO VIOLENCE,NO SEX.sometimes it's useless...
but
HUMOR.the movie is really funny.there's a lot of incredible
details that made me laugh.
like the old lady who goes fishing for frogs with a 1914
grenade...
FRENCH TASTE.just like Jean Pierre Jeunet's Amelie.but even
more frenchy.it's not about Paris.it's about France.
little people in little villages.
VERY HIGH QUALITY.the cgi are perfect,the animation is one
of the best work I have ever seen....
A 10 miles/h CHASE with citroen 2cv.absolutely crazy.
everybody in the cinema loved it.there were guys from
Disney and Pixar and Dreamworks.they were all amazed.
My whole body was shaking.
and I realized one thing yesterday...I learned what was the
meaning of a word that I use too many times.
this word is "masterpiece".and I only saw three in my life.
Blade runner
princess mononoke
and now "les triplettes de Belleville."
you will see what I mean when you'll see it at the Cannes
film festival.
I believe in god because of this film.trust me.
call me PORCO ROSSO.
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