Magic Moments

Aug 20, 2010 18:51

To Edinburgh again this afternoon, but this time a silver-screen version.

Adapted from a Jacques Tati story, Sylvain Chomet's animated movie, The Illusionist,  is set in the Scottish capital and features a magician and a demented rabbit.

The movie sensitively portrays the slow death of variety. The Illusionist of the title is an ageing conjurer ( Read more... )

edinburgh, cinema, france

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joebehrsandiego August 20 2010, 18:00:23 UTC
Craig - This looks amazing. Thank you.

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arktos62 August 20 2010, 18:42:20 UTC
Really enjoyable, Joe. Hope you get a chance to see it.

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tilia_tomentosa August 20 2010, 23:45:16 UTC
Thank you! :)

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arktos62 August 21 2010, 12:57:04 UTC
You're very welcome. I'd say you'd enjoy it.

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mafuta67 August 21 2010, 01:31:06 UTC
How lovely! I thoroughly enjoyed Chomet's "The Triplets of Belleville", I'm so glad he's still producing beautiful animation.

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arktos62 August 21 2010, 12:56:32 UTC
It really is quite special.

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tkn1114 August 21 2010, 04:27:46 UTC
Great pick. Thanks.

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arktos62 August 21 2010, 12:56:44 UTC
More than welcome!

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cuboz August 23 2010, 12:07:22 UTC
Just from the first frame, before I even played it, I thought how much like the animation of ""The Triplets of Belleville" it looked like... so this will be a Must-See! :-)

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