Detroit
(France/2011—directed by Michel Ocelot)
Tales of the Night is renowned animation
auteur Michel Ocelot (Azur & Asmar)'s first foray into 3D
animation. A hit at the Berlin Film Festival, the film extends the earlier
shadow puppet style of Ocelot’s Princes and Princesses, with black
silhouetted characters set off against exquisitely detailed Day-Glo backgrounds
bursting with color and kaleidoscopic patterns – the subtle use of 3D creating a
diorama-like effect. A sophisticated modern tribute to Lotte Reiniger’s
pioneering visual style as showcased in her 1926 classic The Adventures of
Prince Achmed, the film weaves together six exotic fables each unfolding in
a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, an Aztec kingdom, the African
plains, and even the Land of the Dead. In Ocelot’s storytelling, history blends
with fairytale as viewers are whisked off to enchanted lands full of dragons,
werewolves, captive princesses, sorcerers, and enormous talking bees - and each
fable ends with its own ironic twist. In French with English subtitles. (84
min.)
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