Warm? Funny! I was going to make a run to the store--got a jones for either pizza or a chili dog--but I can't risk the car on our fairly steep driveway. My old car battery died, and I already made two trips to Sears, first to tote back a portable jumpstarter, then to carry the truly dead battery, then tote a new one back. None of the neighbors was around, so I had to hoof it in the cold carry not unsubstantial weights. thank goodness Sears is only half a mile from the house!
Renaissance looks very interesting. I need a second look too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@hotmail.com> To: "SciFiNoir2" <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, January 8, 2010 3:46:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Interesting Animated/rotoscoped movie "Renaissance" on IFC now Allow me to begin by saying how jealous I am that it's that warm where you are. (A toasty 18 here as I type.) And I saw it last month, one of the first things I caught after DirecTV finished their installation. Fun movie. Need to see it again, though, to get the full flavor of it. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 20:43:02 +0000 Subject: [scifinoir2] Interesting Animated/rotoscoped movie "Renaissance" on IFC now I'm working at home today (twenty degrees farenheit here in Atlanta, with snow and ice last night that trapped me inside) and turned on the tube to keep me occupied. After hours of ESPN pontification, I decided to scroll the dial, and came across an odd-looking movie on IFC. It's called "Renaissance". It takes place in 2054 in Paris, and deals with a cop trying to uncover who kidnapped a female scientist. The movie is rotoscoped, in black-and-white, and has a very funky look, kind of like elements of "Sin City", "The Waking Life", and an old Felix the Cat (black and white) cartoon combined with a BladeRunner sensibility. Not sure if I like it yet, but it's very interesting. Daniel Craig is one of the actors. Took six years to make, but only cost bout fifteen million bucks. Looks cool with the sound off. Anyone ever seen it? http://video.movies.go.com/renaissance/ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.
