amidst the problems w/ dad (update to follow), lois and i went to see the Triplets of Belleville on saturday. WOW! there's a keeper...i'm gonna order a copy when it comes out on may 4th!
from Amazon.com's Editorial Review:
Words cannot capture the delights of The Triplets of Belleville, an astonishing animated movie from the mind of French director Sylvain Chomet. In fact, there are only a few spoken sentences in the entire film; most of the soundtrack is a mix of squeaks, barks, and the jazzy music of Benoit Charest. A bicyclist is kidnapped from the Tour de France by mysterious gangsters; his grandmother travels to the city of Belleville (which has a sardonic version of the Statue of Liberty in its harbor), where she tracks him down with the help of a musical trio gone to seed, the Belleville Triplets. This hand-drawn movie is unlike anything you'll see from Disney; every scene mixes the silent comedy of Jacques Tati and Buster Keaton--in which the world of objects subtly fights with living beings for mastery--and the bouncy hop of Betty Boop. Unique and mesmerizing.
i've always been a fan of animated film. haven't we all been utterly mesmerized by the humor and simple beauty of something like Looney Tunes or Tom & Jerry? and the stuff that Disney and Pixar are putting out? pure genius. the Triplets of Belleville is on a different level though. sometimes you don't want perfection and accurate rendering (i want that when i'm reproducing pottery sherds or reconstructing vessels in lab). no, if you watch the Triplets, the magic is in the story and the rendering of the characters and their human (canine in one case) imperfections; the grandmother has one leg that's about 5" shorter than the other...the dog is corpulent...the triplets (who are very much a french version of the Andrews Sisters) are washed up has beens who live in their world of reminiscence. THAT'S what makes the animation so cool... i think you'd all enjoy it immensely! if you can't see it (this may be its last week at the Mayan, unless it moves to the Chez Artiste or Esquire), definitely rent it!!!
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