Fantastic planet by peter elson, science fiction illustrator. Allucination illimination close your eyes you might have gone to fall inconsolation will do just fine too late my head i piss upon a style and im calling. The film is set on a distant planet called ygam, where enslaved humans oms are the playthings of giant blue native inhabitants draags. Fantastic planet turns dreamy alien exotica into a. But comic book new arrivals are back to something like normal, now that the holidays are over. I cant comment on every picture, but this book is worth the price for only three of the images. High quality fantastic planet gifts and merchandise. Fantastic planet is the third studio album by the american alternative rock band failure. Its visual ideas are so outre that few have been borrowed or referenced by subsequent films, and laloux himself made only two other features most notably 1988s gandahar, which was released in the u. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Cas 8th of september 20 i have the book, had it for years, with all the wonderful illustrations superb. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. The fantastic planet is an account, reconstructed from the diary of commander lenain, of the crews forced landing and the momentous events which swept them up in the shaping of its destiny.
The allegorical story, about humans living on a strange planet dominated by giant humanoid aliens who consider them animals, is based on the 1957 novel oms. Kids, adults, fiction, nonfiction, teachers, vintage, decorative, textbooks weve got it all. Fantastic planet 1973 this is not the recipe for a blockbuster. Based on stefen wuls novel ems en serie, fantastic planet was the. Rene lalouxs mesmerizing scifi classic, based on the book om en serie by stefan wul, is a landmark of european animation. Note that the list is pretty big so featuring a fakefictional book in a tv show or a movie is nothing unusual. Those who live in slavery are treated as simple pets and used to entertain draag children. With barry bostwick, jennifer drake, eric baugin, jean topart. The wild planet is a 1973 adult animated science fiction film directed by rene laloux and written by laloux and roland topor. The film was an international coproduction between companies from france and czechoslovakia. A coloring book of amazing places real and imagined coloring book for everyone, planet coloring book paperback march 7, 2017.
Steve mcdonald illustrator visit amazons steve mcdonald page. Its just that until that day arrives, we are only left with albums that hint at a talent hiding behind another. Fantastic planet was inspired by the 1957 book oms en serie, by the. The recipe for these delicious, fudgyrich treats has been passed down for generations.
After being kept as a pet since infancy, our narrator terr escapes from his gigantic child captor and begins to organise a revolt along with fellow oms. Most of his books reflect that, showing a deep knowledge of scientific data. Realms of the fantastic worlds beyond planet earth. Then you will be able to choose the festival you wish to submit to and click on the corresponding submission platform logo below, to begin your entry through either filmfreeway or withoutabox. In fantastic planet, the faraway planet of ygam is dominated by a blueskinned race of giants call traggs, intellectual beings who spend most of their time in meditation. Drog youth navigate to this rutting field of the demigods in glass spheres that float like spore bubbles and attach themselves to the shoulders of a statue of the appropriate gender. Take terry gilliams richly illustrated papercutout animation from monty pythons flying circus, remove the absurd humor, and replace it with a metaphor for the soviet domination of czechoslovakia after the 1968 warsaw pact occupation. Wul went on the record to clear up the rumor as the book had been written a many years prior to the invasion saying that fantastic planet was. Fantastic planet looks as strange today as it must have 40. Bestselling author steve mcdonald uses his unique photobased illus.
Fantasticplanet fantastic planet free listening on. She was a small and pretty traag girl, with big red eyes, a narrow nasal slit, a mobile mouth and, on either side of her smooth skull, two eardrums so fine they appeared translucent. Animated scifi cult favorite fantastic planet returns. The fantastic planet by rene laloux mark gruner, nora heflin. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. On the planet ygam, the draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny oms, human beings descendants of terras inhabitants, as ignorant animals. On a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machinelike leaders. A world of magic and mystery hardcover december 12, 1988 by steven caldwell author. The story of the movie is based on the novel oms en serie. A coloring book of amazing places real and imagined coloring book for everyone, planet coloring book as want to read. Records the album was produced by failure themselves in a process that took longer than their previous two albums, with one song being recorded and produced soon after being written, and repeating this. Fantastic planet is the third studio album by american alternative rock band failure, released on august, 1996.
Adapted from the french sf writer stefan wulss book oms en serie 1957, this. An album like fantastic planet, on the other hand, shows how a different band can attempt to create the same pained dish, yet continue to burn themselves with almost every styleoversubstance track. A planet in the middle of nowhere book 1 by drk nook. A scene from rene lalouxs fluid, colorful fantastic planet. The oms are enslaved humanlike creatures who live on planet ygam. The savage planet is a animated allegorical science fiction film that was directed by rene laloux. Ceskoslovensky filmexportkratky film prahales films armorial prod. The lp is a journey through eclectic sonic terrain, blending rich waves of synth with soaring cinematic guitar lines, guiding the listener through novellers most diverse and compelling release. Back for a 25thanniver sary revival, fantastic planet was the gran prix winner at cannes in 1973. Fantastic planet has been a staple event in the hampton roads area for the past 7 years. The sites critical consensus reads fantastic planet is an animated epic that is by turns surreal and lovely, fantastic and graceful.
And while i thought the film was fine for what it was. A coloring book of amazing places real and imagined by steve mcdonald. An artificial intelligence, which occasionally produces sound patterns, and transmits them to humans. Nothing else has ever looked or felt like director rene lalouxs animated marvel fantastic planet, a politically minded and visually inventive work of science fiction. However, although argos had previously dabbled in animation in the. The last surviving humans are taken from earth to the wild planet ygam by the traags, a race of blueskinned, redeyed giants. Writers daniel rothman, dominic ashley ronald major, hannah reid. Worlds beyond planet earth dark reign of thanatos chapters gr30k chapters monsters, creatures and ghosts chapters. This is a scenario familiar from any number of pet narratives, but we are in the world of rene lalouxs cult classic fantastic planet 1973.
Besides these delightful easy readers about room 75, katharine has written the d. Fantastic planet by stefan wul, 9781902197319, available at book. Although the animation is uneven, a number of sequences are extremely impressive, and the pannonia studios in budapest made most of these. Aesthetics and antics aside, we have hosted acts such as misun, chad hugo, lunice, kittens, hoodboi, falcons, l.
Based on a novel by the czech fantasy writer stefan wul, the story has a planet of the apes scenario with some novel twists. This is the fantastic planet, a conjunction for drogs everywhere in their galaxy, a place for mating and reproduction. A planet in the middle of nowhere book the leaders of earth are forced to look the other way rather than admitting they know what misdeeds the governor of the world of. The book is featured on list of fictional books from nonprint media under miscellaneous from television so i would say that there is no realworld analogue to it. Katharine kenahs family favorite is her grandmothers grandmothers brownies. Fantastic planet is the soaring, evocative new album from noveller, the solo instrumental venture of austinbased composer and filmmaker sarah lipstate. It was the last album released on slash records as distributed by warner bros. Pairault retired from dental surgery in 1989, but remained active in the french. Fantastic planet 1973 fantastic planet wikia fandom. Fantastic planet is a comic book store operating in plattsburgh, ny, where we have been serving local comic. Topor also completed the films production design and it was animated at jiri trnka studio in prague.
Living under the thumb of the traggs is the race of oms, humanlike creatures who live either as domesticated pets of the traggs, or as savage groups in the wild. Festivals, events, and free concerts are all put on by mesa arts center, near phoenix, arizona. The traags arent necessarily evil, though theyre the antagonists. Fantastic planet is a science fiction film about a world inhabited by traags large blue alien species and oms human creatures that are regarded as pests and pets by the colossal traags, along with other interesting and bizarre creatures like something out of dr. Stream tracks and playlists from fantastic planet on your desktop or mobile device. Fantastic planet is a 1973 animated science fiction film based on the book oms en. The savage planet is not hyperrealist in the sense of most animated features at. See more ideas about science fiction, space tv shows and space tv. Rene laloux, roland topor, from stefan wuls novel phot. Originally released in 1973, rene lalouxs animated scifi parable fantastic planet still looks strikingly alien, over four decades later. Something appears to have been lost in the english translation of this.
The last surviving humans are taken from earth to the wild planet ygam by the traags, a race of blueskinned, red. Fantastic planet by stefan wul meet your next favorite book. Welcome to the fantastic planet band page we are a local portsmouth band that play rock covers from our favourite bands. Dec 11, 2009 this weeks ketchup includes a remake of fantastic planet, a crazy spiderman 4 rumor, new roles for natalie portman, adam sandler and jennifer aniston and yet more movies riding the coattails of the twilight saga. This 1973 animated movie by rene laloux is a piece of art to be treasured and a wonderful 71 minutes to experience. Fantastic planet is a short novel about two opposing groups, the ruling traags and the. It highlights many of the key dimensions of the problem, often provides interesting analyses, and sometimes provides examples of areas where our broken educational system has left. This version, one of several available, is titled, fantastic planet subtitled and is a criterion release from 2016. Rent, buy or watch fantastic planet movie now family video. Fantastic planetla planete sauvage 1973 france 72 mins source.
391 1448 982 187 308 439 1394 10 1205 1165 467 1410 731 1109 907 1432 1168 480 924 783 300 519 194 524 673 1504 1324 1440 699 113 1343 1217 1303 386 1187 244 950 23 1430 1021 208 1397 1037 727 196 199 790 840 25 148 181