Fantastic Planet
1973 ‘La Planète sauvage’ Directed by René Laloux
Synopsis
A Sublime Trip to a Fine New World
This film takes place on a faraway planet where giants rule, and tiny humanoids must fight for their lives and their equality. A surrealist story based on the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia.
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René Laloux’s surreal, phantasmagorical and allegoric animated classic may be dismissed as pure trippy escapism but the film is rich in real world symbolism. This fantastic sci-fi spectacle is adapted from the novel by Stefan Wul whilst its story references everything from the biblical Exodus to The Planet of the Apes. Set on the world of Ygam it tells the story of the human-like Om’s and their oppressive masters, the Draags. The broad plot strokes should be familiar to all as the slaves revolt against their authoritarian owners but the film is a direct reply to the Soviet Occupation of Czechoslovakia of the time.
Over the years the film has become a firm favourite of…
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Saw this amazing animated feature as a child on cable TV and it became an instant favorite.
If you're seeking surreal, thought-provoking animation, FANTASTIC PLANET has got to be one of the best. I often get friends and family asking me about adult-oriented animation, I always recommend Laloux, Bakshi and Chomet.
This really isn't the kind of animation one watches for casual entertainment, it's art house fare, so settle in with a desire to be intellectually stimulated and you'll be sure to fall in love with FANTASTIC PLANET.
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...WHAT?
WHAT IS THIS?!
WHAT IS MY LIFE?!
Alright, I'm going to try to explain myself.
This is one of the strangest, most horrifying, bad-acid-trip movies I've ever seen.
Almost everything that happened in the film scared me at least a little. Giant aliens harassing humans, monsters that look like drug-trip-nightmare love-children from H.R. Giger and Maurice Sendak, and more things that are sure to implant themselves into my nightmares.
But let me actually tell you about the film itself.
What the film does best, is create one of the most fully-realized worlds I've ever seen. Very little dialogue is used to explain the strange and fantastical happenings in the world. Through wonderfully creative animation, we are shown a particular…
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Religion, evolution, war, technology, education, genocide, exile...pet handling... it's all here in this beautiful animated and wonderfully soundtracked film, the only downside is the rushed ending.
I'll never kill another ant again
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A reverse take on alien/human interaction, similar to District 9 in that sense, but nothing like the same movie.
Great soundtrack, imaginative hand drawn visuals and an interesting story make it a great movie to watch. Even in French!
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I showed this film to my friend after he ripped one bowl from a two foot bong. He puked all over my friend's washing machine within the first ten minutes.
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A reverse take on alien/human interaction, similar to District 9 in that sense, but nothing like the same movie.
Great soundtrack, imaginative hand drawn visuals and an interesting story make it a great movie to watch. Even in French!
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René Laloux surrealist and trippy animation features universal themes of opression and the fight for freedom. The film may be most known for its striking visuals and unsettling soundtrack, but it remains a bold piece of filmmaking that asks more questions about our society than your typical animation fare. It's a familiar story told with an exciting vision.
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This is a pretty surreal fantastical thought provoking tale of giants ruling over small humans and their battle for equality. It was like watching a bad acid trip take place, some really nightmarish scenes that I'll probably never forget. It's based on when the Soviets occupied Czechoslovakia.
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I showed this film to my friend after he ripped one bowl from a two foot bong. He puked all over my friend's washing machine within the first ten minutes.
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Maravilhoso - para quem gosta de rock progressivo.
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who needs drugs when you can have this.
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Disturbing to say the least. Crude in style, but sophisticated in content.
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When I was a kid, I caught this on some late night movie channel. But I was so freaked out by it that I turned it off. I couldn't figure out why it disturbed me so much, but this is how I learned that not every cartoon was made for kids.
"Fantastic Planet" is a trippy animated science-fiction classic filmed in a weird cut-out stop-motion style of animation. It's about a planet run by giant blue people called Traag. They have no eyelids and they meditate and melt together.
The Traag have humans (but they are called Om) which they use as pets or living Barbie dolls. They kill or hassle the humans just for fun, like we would do…
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The fantastically surrealist art direction makes for a 'wonderfully weird', very unique and surprisingly fleshed out world. An aspect which I absolutely loved.
Though written with the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in mind, the plot (feat. the struggle of the tiny Om against the oppression of the gigantic Draag) is quite generic and essentially an allegory and references many other works. While this isn't necessarily bad and while many do perceive this to be a clever political satire, I have to personally disagree on this point. While there are certainly many important and thought-provoking issues present, the superficial degree to which these ideas have been worked out (or merely presented) prevents it from achieving such a grand title for me.…