I saw it at Christmas too. I loved all those little extra touches, the way the cyclists were depicted as if they were racehorses for example. I also found myself sniggering like a little kid when they reveal how they repair the puncture on the truck tyre.
I was thinking of seeing it at the movies but instead ended up seeing Miyazaki's Spirited Away.

ooo Spirited Away - watched it again the other night along with The Cat Returns and Porco Rosso.

ah, you're online Taw? I was meaning to ask you whether you'd heard of Koyaanisqatsi? It's supposed to be similar in many ways to that Baraka movie you mention from time to time.
Anyway, if you haven't, it's definitely worth checking out.

It was a surprise to me. I agreed to watch it grudgingly and ended up taken by it.

But it is an odd story. Still. I couldn't get that little whistle sound out of my head. Still can't. Whenever I see a sporting event that involves endurance, especially the cycling stuff, I hear that little whistle.

I really liked this film. The animation styles were just so unique, and it's option of using silent movie syle actions to reveal the plot in a move with sound made the film particually enjoyable. My favorite scene was in the dog's dream where he's on the train passing the house, and a comuter inside the window starts barking at him. Also, the touch of shoving the house slightly aside for the train rails as time progressed was a nice touch. And let's not forget that one cool song. --- VH16

I am Nobody; Nobody is Perfect; Therefore, I am Perfect

Phew! When I read Taw's post I thought this was gonna degenerate into a discussion of Barakakas or whatever it was.

hahaha, young Corsair, it is!

@Rec,
Koyaaniquatsi, and it's sequel Poyaaniquatsi, are wonderful films. In execution they are similar but in concept and intent superior to Baraka, which although beautifully shot and a deeply moving experience (reduces me to tears when i see the little boy with his broken toy, or the couple sleeping on the streets, or the indian families scouring the huge rubbish dumps, or the child prostitutes in Thailand) - But at times you do wonder what Baraka is really about, thematically it's a bit vague and wooly. K'quaatsi and P'quaatsi leave you in no doubt as to what they're about and for all their visual beauty they are searing inditements of the diplacement and destruction of indigenous peoples.

Wonderful films, i give them the very highest recommendation.

You know, Taw, those sound incredibly excellent. So excellent in fact that they deserve a thread of their very own (hint hint).

Seriously, those sound very interesting. Are they out on video? Are they actually possible to find or are they one of those ludicrously obscure films that are impossible to find?

well taw knows about them, so they cant be that obscure.

get em on DVD from Amazon or Virgin or HMV. they aren't rare at all.

theyre all over the place. i see them every time i go into a dvd store, i always wondered what they were about

Ah well, I've never seen it instore myself. Then again, I've never been looking for it. Anyhow, stop threadjacking. I would like all discussion of Kabarkkaba in this thread to cease.

I haven't seen des Fosgettes de Beaulieu!

however, anyone who wants to see a truly wonderful animation that will make you laugh and cry and reeally move you, as well as containing absolutely stunning imagery, should get hold of Laputa, Castle in the Sky. Anime was only a passing interest for me until I saw this film by Hiyao Miyazaki, years ago now, and after that I just had to see more. Magical.

mind you, I blart at the Brave Little Toaster (I love that film..)

and Watership Down (those leetle rabbeets, so brave... just like real peoples!) I'm always in full-on floods of tears when Hazel dies and goes to the Black Rabbit.

I also have a full set of "Farthing Wood" cassettes. how sad is that?

Edited by - Radio Free Tawakalnistan on 9/4/2004 1:33:32 PM

Nothin' wrong with "Watership Down". That Fiver was a character though .

I saw a review of the film in question, but I haven't seen it around anywhere. Ah well, maybe on DVD .