Belleville Rendezvous
I am so excited by my newest purchase of this classically animated gem. I first saw it on BBC2 last Christmas (so I believe) and it totally captured my imagination. It is a dark tale of kidnap and misadventure, and reminiscent of the old Pink Panther cartoons, except with better animation. It is a delightful story, with very little dialogue, and a rather endearing little grandma and her dog. See it if you can... here's a taster of what it looks like: Rendezvous.
posted by Soaring @ 10:03 am
2 Comments:
At 10:29 am,
Teresa Bowman said…
Yes, a very good, very odd, very well-made film. I like the bit at the beginning with the old footage of the triplets singing in the club, and the Josephine Baker-style dancer. If you've ever seen any of the really early Popeye cartoons, you can tell that's what the Belleville animators were paying homage to.
At 4:42 pm,
The Num Num said…
I shall endeavour to catch it.
I am rather fond of Finding Nemo right now. I really like the lady fish, she's so funny, especially when she speaks whale. The sharks are hilarious.
I imagine Finding Nemo is not quite the same as Belleville, but hey, they're both cartoons right?
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