I regret not picking it up now, Angela. "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: asrobin...@mindspring.com Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:32:19 +0000 Subject: Re: out Immortel (ad vitam) RE: [scifinoir2] Interesting Animated/rotoscoped movie "Renaissance" on IFC now I missed it. They should always show movies more than once just for this very reason!! I picked up Immortel on DVD because is was pretty good and -- likewise -- I don't like to rely on being able to catch obscure titles like that on TV again. (Unlike movies such as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Indpendence Day, etc. one of which is running somewhere during any given week.) Angela --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter <truthseeker...@...> wrote: > > > Tracey, "Immortel" has aired on Siffy a few times in the past year, mostly > late at night because of the mature subject matter. I loved it. Almost bought > it for myself when I fell across it back in November, but I passed. Well, my > nearly empty wallet passed. > > "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: tdli...@... > Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 18:15:08 -0800 > Subject: out Immortel (ad vitam) RE: [scifinoir2] Interesting > Animated/rotoscoped movie "Renaissance" on IFC now > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Renaissance is > great eye candy. I would love to see more movies like it. Has anyone checked > out Immortel (ad vitam) ? I love that film two > > > > From Wikipedia > > > > The film combines live action footage with computer animation, > It is notable as being one of the first major films (along with Able Edwards, > Casshern and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) to be shot entirely on a > "digital backlot", blending live actors with computer generated > surroundings. Immortel goes one step further than those films, however, in > also > having live actors interacting with semi photo-realistic CGI "humans" > (as opposed to films such as Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and The > Lord of the Rings film trilogy which featured fantasy creatures). > > > > Plot summary from IMDB > > This movie is set in the year 2095, hence the presence of > mutant humans and extraterrestrials. The main character is known as Jill. She > is not human. When she is discovered by Dr. Elma Turner she is diagnosed as > being the most interesting genetic test subject Turner has ever come across. > Her organs are not in the right place, she has no memory and she appears, > biologically to be only three months old. Turner gives her a break, gives her > an identity card and a place to stay, in exchange for being her guinea-pig to > work on and discover more about. Nicopol is a frozen prisoner who is due to be > released a year after the film is set. There is a problem in the prisoner ward > and several are thrown down to grow (dying in the process), including Nicopol > (but only his leg). There is a lot more to this story but I can't disclose it > in this summary, I don't have the words. > > > > > > > > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson > > Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 1:39 PM > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Interesting Animated/rotoscoped movie > "Renaissance" on IFC now > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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...@...> > > 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...@... > > 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. 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