While touring concert halls, theaters and pubs, an aging, down-on-his-luck magician encounters a young girl at the start of her life’s journey. The 2D part of animation sent in Paris has been executed at Neomis Animation studio, where the animation department was directed by Antoine Antin and the clean-up department by Grégory Lecocq. BUT (Spoiler Alert), the plot is a major downer: While the magician's luck seems to slide relentlessly downhill, a young woman attaches herself to him. Beautifully drawn animation and touchingly conceived, this is a fabulous movie and it is told almost without dialog. I caught this movie a long time ago on Encore. The Illusionist (French: L'illusionniste) is a 2010 French-British animated film directed by Sylvain Chomet. "[13] Sony's US press kit declares that the "script for The Illusionist was originally written by French comedy genius and cinema legend Jacques Tati as a love letter from a father to his daughter, but never produced".[14].
"[47], In Télérama, Cécile Mury gave the film a rating of four stars out of five. According to Box Office Mojo, the film released in France on 16 June 2010 entered the box office chart at #8, with a revenue of €485,030 ($600,099) in the first weekend. There's a problem loading this menu right now. He tries to get a second job at a garage, but that turns out to be a fiasco. Their destinies will collide, but nothing – not even magic or the power of illusion– can stop the voyage of discovery. [19] In The Scotsman, Chomet cites 300 people and 80 animators. There he meets Alice, who runs away with him. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2018. The Illusionist (186) IMDb 7.5 1h 19min 2010 PG A down-on-his-luck magician meets a young girl who is convinced his magic is reel. Sweet and magical with a real sense of life, Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2013. The result is a cliché-riddled nostalgia trip. She plays at being a woman without realizing the day to stop pretending is fast approaching. [22][23] Django Films were very far from employing the 250 artists that it would have been required for the project, an estimated figure reported by Scotland on Sunday in 2005. [30], Chomet has a different opinion about the film's origins although acknowledging: "I never got to meet Sophie, or even speak to her about the script." Released in 2010, ‘The Illusionist’ was the second animated feature film (after ‘Belleville Rendezvous’ of 2003) from director Sylvain Chomet. [24], Controversy has dogged The Illusionist,[25][26][27] with it being reported that "Tati was inspired to write the story in an attempt to reconcile with his eldest daughter, Helga Marie-Jeanne Schiel, whom he had abandoned when she was a baby. [51], Tati's biographer, David Bellos, reviewing The Illusionist in Senses of Cinema was highly critical of Chomet's adaptation stating "the film is a disaster". I can't fault this film, I loved it. The story he tells is no more than the sketchily sentimental plotline of L'Illusionniste. Its critical consensus states: "An engrossing love letter to fans of adult animation, The Illusionist offers a fine antidote to garish mainstream fare. She was 12 when I started the project and you can feel things changing. [38][39] The film opened the 2010 Edinburgh International Film Festival on 16 June. With McDonald being quoted saying "My grandmother and all his stage acquaintances during the 1930s/40s always maintained that [Tati] was a great colleague as a friend and artist; he unfortunately just made a massive mistake that because of the time and circumstances he was never able to correctly address. I first saw this when visiting friends in Edinburgh so resonated very nicely. Now, however, the family of Tati's illegitimate and estranged eldest child, Helga Marie-Jeanne Schiel, who lives in the north-east of England, are calling for the French director to give her credit as the true inspiration for the film. The Illusionistis a 2006 American romanticmystery filmwritten and directed by Neil Burgerand starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, and Jessica Biel. Wonderful evocation of the Islands and Edinburgh in 1959. Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2014. [21] Chomet was then fired from the directorial duties of The Tale of Despereaux by Gary Ross.
There are words in French & Gaelic but the pictures tell you the whole story. According to Box Office Mojo, the film released in France on 16 June 2010 entered the box office chart at #8, with a revenue of €485,030 ($600,099) in the first weekend. The characters rarely speak, but the story is simple, easy to follow and understand. Of the story, Chomet commented that he "fully understood why [Tati] had not brought [The Illusionist] to the screen.
An amazingly beautiful and artistic film. "[33], In a June 2010 interview for The National, Chomet gave his personal reasons for his attraction to the script: "I have two young children, a four-year-old and a two-year-old. He also releases the rabbit on Arthur's Seat, which soon meets other rabbits. This hurts Alice, but later she gets a boyfriend who stands by her. He accepts the invitation of a drunken party patron to visit a remote Scottish island, where he entertains the locals. After the illusionist sees them walking together, he leaves her with money and a note stating, "MAGICIANS DO NOT EXIST". For awhile he indulges in her fancies, buying shoes and clothes for her. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. The film is short at only 80 minutes with no special features (previews, theatrical trailer, ad for soundtrack). "Chomet reduces Tati's vast and bilious comic vision to cloying sentimentality. A Cat in Paris (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo), Long Way North (Bluray/DVD Combo) [Blu-ray], The Complete Jacques Tati (Jour de fête/Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday/Mon oncle/PlayTime/Trafic/Parade) (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray], Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Collector's Edition (DVD + Book) [Blu-ray]. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Unable to add item to List. [40], Pathé Distribution managed distribution for France and the UK via Warner Bros. Entertainment UK, and distribution deals were secured for Lithuania (ACME Film), Japan (Klockworx), Italy (Cinema 11), Greece (Nutopia), the United States (Sony Pictures Classics), Benelux (Paradiso), Russia and the Middle East (Phars Film). Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 11, 2018.
"Why Sylvain Chomet chose Scotland over Hollywood". From the Director of the Oscar®-nominated classic The Triplets of Belleville, The Illusionist is a story about two paths that cross. "[48] Christophe Carrière of L'Express was not fully convinced by Chomet's directing, finding the story clever, but "blunted when Chomet lets himself be submerged by Tati's melancholy, delivering more of a homage to a master than a personal adaption. For a DVD that cost $33.00 it was seriously overpriced. Whoa,this film is unexpectedly poignant and also,you have no idea where the film is going next.You can't take your eyes off the screen for a second,just in case something happens - and it often does too. Well drawn and well observed. Even in the end he plays magic tricks with a little child in a train going somewhere. [53], Roger Ebert in his review wrote, "However much it conceals the real-life events that inspired it, it lives and breathes on its own, and as an extension of the mysterious whimsy of Tati".
This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Alice believes the downtrodden performer possesses genuine magical powers, and follows him to Edinburgh, where he performs at a modest theatre. Alice attracts the affection of a handsome young man. "The great disappointment for me and I think for all viewers is that what Chomet does with the material is… well, nothing. The film is virtually free of dialog, in which little happens and some scenes make little sense. But I also have a daughter who is 17 whom I don't live with because I separated from her mother. Calling it the "magically melancholy final act of Jacques Tati's career", he gave it four stars out of four.[54]. The film won the 2010 European Film Awards[55] and was nominated at the 68th Golden Globe Awards[56] for Best Animated Feature Film. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. There's more to this film than meets the eye. Their relationship is vague to say the least. I think he felt guilty that he spent too long away from his daughter when he was working. They are total strangers who suddenly decide to live together.
Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Based on an unmade script by Jacques Tati, this story of an out-of-work stage magician is rather melancholy and low-key, but surprising and amusing in places; plus 1950s Edinburgh was beautifully rendered by the artists.
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At first i couldnt sit through it, but then i really sat down one rainy afternoon and watched it without distraction and fell in love with it. [44], The film opened in 84 French cinemas. He lavishes her with gifts he can't afford (he takes jobs that are beneath his dignity just to get her things because.............?). It is very French in its outlook and emotions, but it stays surprisingly hopeful despite the plot... or perhaps because of it, as our main character brings magic into the life of one person who really believes. Great story of a small time entertainer who leaves Paris to go to Western Isles to entertain in a pub. [41][42] The first official trailer for the film was Russian and was released on 13 March 2010. A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland, where he meets a young woman. This movie had great potential to be TRULY magical--the artwork is beautiful, with characters drawn very uniquely. This charming cartoon (for want of a better description) is rather sad & covers the rather charged subject of man's relationship with a young girl with the ambivalent baggage that entails.
Based on an unmade script by Jacques Tati, this story of an out-of-work stage magician is rather melancholy and low-key, but surprising and amusing in places; plus 1950s Edinburgh was beautifully rendered by the artists.
They share a room in a run-down guest house favoured by other fading performers. Centered around the cultural shift in the late 50's with TV, rock music, and the final death throes of vaudeville as we knew it, this is a bitter-sweet tale of a magician who is just trying to survive.
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