Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Renaissance (R) 7.0

Renaissance (2006): In 2054, Paris is a labyrinth where all movement is monitored and recorded. Casting a shadow over everything is the city's largest company, Avalon, which insinuates itself into every aspect of contemporary life to sell its primary export -- youth and beauty. (6.7)

Director: Christian Volckman
Stars: Daniel Craig, Catherine McCormack and Jonathan Pryce

This is a black-and-white animated movie, but the animation isn't anything like I'd seen before. It uses a bit of rotoscope, I think, but it flows more like comic-book frames. In technical-sense it is a labor of love; wonderfully accomplished. But the storyline is a bit too convoluted and the dialog is dry. Then again, if you think back to the comic-book pages, the dialog is spot on. Something different, something unusual and if you pay attention, the story isn't half bad either. (I went into watching this w/o knowing that it is an animation; pretty early into the movie, I liked its originality.) My Rating: 7.0