62-63 Les Maîtres du temps & Gandahar
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62-63 Les Maîtres du temps & Gandahar
Les Maîtres du temps
René Laloux, the director of Fantastic Planet [La Planète sauvage], created Les Maîtres du temps, his penultimate animated feature film, in 1982. A huge hit in France at the time of its release, it combines Laloux's famous imagination with that of animation designer Jean Giraud (aka Moebius).
On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves Piel, a young boy alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. On board Jaffar's shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton, his fiancée, and Silbad who knows the planet Perdide well. Thus begins an incredible race across space to save Piel.
Les Maîtres du temps is a finely animated metaphysical rescue mission, previously seen in English-speaking countries as a dubbed version entitled Time Masters. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the original French version of Laloux's distinctive vision in this newly restored 25th anniversary edition.
SPECIAL FEATURES
• New high-definition restoration of the original Laloux version in original aspect ratio
• Newly translated optional English subtitles
• Original theatrical trailer
• 36-PAGE BOOKLET including a new essay by Craig Keller and an interview with Moebius about the making of the film.
Gandahar
René Laloux, director of Fantastic Planet [La Planète sauvage], created Gandahar, his final animated feature film, in 1988. Based on an original story by Jean-Pierre Andrevon, and a huge hit in France at the time of its release, it combines Laloux's famous imagination with that of animation designer Philippe Caza. Gandahar is a fascinating, adult animation which examines genetic mutation, the importance of organic farming, and urges a respect for nature that resonates today more than ever.
Life in the idyllic paradise of Gandahar seems peaceful and in joyous order, until the Mirror Birds report that inhabitants of whole villages have been turned to stone. A council of women chooses Sylvain Lanvère to uncover Gandahar's mysterious metallic attackers. In doing so, he finds an underground race of deformed Gandaharians and an oversized motherbrain, both the result of botched genetic experiments.
Previously seen in English-speaking countries as the dubbed hack-job alternatively titled Light Years (presided over by Harvey Weinstein who credited himself as "Director", over Laloux), The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the original French version of Laloux's distinctive vision in this newly restored 20th anniversary edition.
SPECIAL FEATURES
• New high-definition progressive transfer, original aspect ratio
• Newly translated optional English subtitles
• Laloux short film La Prisonnière
• 36-PAGE BOOKLET including a new essay by Craig Keller and an interview with Philippe Caza about the making of the film.
René Laloux, the director of Fantastic Planet [La Planète sauvage], created Les Maîtres du temps, his penultimate animated feature film, in 1982. A huge hit in France at the time of its release, it combines Laloux's famous imagination with that of animation designer Jean Giraud (aka Moebius).
On planet Perdide, an attack of giant hornets leaves Piel, a young boy alone in a wrecked car with his dying father. A mayday message reaches their friend Jaffar, an adventurer travelling through space. On board Jaffar's shuttle are the renegade Prince Matton, his fiancée, and Silbad who knows the planet Perdide well. Thus begins an incredible race across space to save Piel.
Les Maîtres du temps is a finely animated metaphysical rescue mission, previously seen in English-speaking countries as a dubbed version entitled Time Masters. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the original French version of Laloux's distinctive vision in this newly restored 25th anniversary edition.
SPECIAL FEATURES
• New high-definition restoration of the original Laloux version in original aspect ratio
• Newly translated optional English subtitles
• Original theatrical trailer
• 36-PAGE BOOKLET including a new essay by Craig Keller and an interview with Moebius about the making of the film.
Gandahar
René Laloux, director of Fantastic Planet [La Planète sauvage], created Gandahar, his final animated feature film, in 1988. Based on an original story by Jean-Pierre Andrevon, and a huge hit in France at the time of its release, it combines Laloux's famous imagination with that of animation designer Philippe Caza. Gandahar is a fascinating, adult animation which examines genetic mutation, the importance of organic farming, and urges a respect for nature that resonates today more than ever.
Life in the idyllic paradise of Gandahar seems peaceful and in joyous order, until the Mirror Birds report that inhabitants of whole villages have been turned to stone. A council of women chooses Sylvain Lanvère to uncover Gandahar's mysterious metallic attackers. In doing so, he finds an underground race of deformed Gandaharians and an oversized motherbrain, both the result of botched genetic experiments.
Previously seen in English-speaking countries as the dubbed hack-job alternatively titled Light Years (presided over by Harvey Weinstein who credited himself as "Director", over Laloux), The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the original French version of Laloux's distinctive vision in this newly restored 20th anniversary edition.
SPECIAL FEATURES
• New high-definition progressive transfer, original aspect ratio
• Newly translated optional English subtitles
• Laloux short film La Prisonnière
• 36-PAGE BOOKLET including a new essay by Craig Keller and an interview with Philippe Caza about the making of the film.
- Awesome Welles
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I loved Fantastic Planet and I I'll definitely be picking this up.
Releases don't always run in sequence. However I'll be interested to see when Les Maitre du Temps is released as it would be nice to see them together, however I think a gradual strategy might be more efficient. Gandahar is an October release so should fill us in on the missing spines as Nick has mentioned new Catalogues should be out in October.Luke M wrote:They certainly skipped ahead quite a bit.
I've never seen this but if it's anything like Fantastic Planet, count me in.
I just noticed the main Eureka! page says that this is a September release. That's interesting.
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- Matt
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Some of the above posts have been edited
Please, I know it's tempting, but let's try not to fill every thread with speculation about which spine numbers belong to which films. There's a perfectly appropriate place for that.
Please, I know it's tempting, but let's try not to fill every thread with speculation about which spine numbers belong to which films. There's a perfectly appropriate place for that.
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According to Wikipedia:jt wrote:I know nothing at all about this title, anyone care to comment?
Gandahar: "Light Years (Original title: Gandahar) is a 1988 French animated science fiction and fantasy film. The original version was directed by René Laloux, and was based on a story from Jean-Pierre Andrevon. The English version was directed by Harvey Weinstein, and noted science-fiction author Isaac Asimov made the revision of the translation.
The animation was in color and ran for 83 minutes. Voice actors for the original French version included Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Catherine Chevallier, Georges Wilson, Anny Duperey, Jean-Pierre Ducos, and Jean-Pierre Jorris. Among the actors providing the voices for the English-language version were Glenn Close, Jennifer Grey, Terrence Mann, Penn and Teller, John Shea, Bridget Fonda, David Johansen and Christopher Plummer. The film is notable for its strange scenery and exotic flora, fauna, and bizarre inhabitants."
Les Maitre des Temps: "Les Maîtres du temps (Time Masters) is an animated French/Hungarian science fiction film (79 minutes) from 1982. The film centers around a boy, Piel, who is stranded on Perdide, a desert planet devastated by an attack of giant killer hornets, and attempts by the space pilot Jaffar to rescue him - in the face of obstruction by the exiled prince Matton.
The BBC aired an English-language dubbed version in 1987 and 1991 called Time Masters, featuring, amongst others, the voice of Ray Brooks, famous for being the narrator of Mr. Benn.
Directed by René Laloux, the film was produced largely at the Mid-Pannonian studios in Hungary. The visual design was based on the art of Moebius, otherwise known as Jean Giraud.
The motion picture story is based on the novel L'Orphelin de Perdide (1958) by the French writer Stefan Wul."
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Now Les Maitres du Temps appears! I've got to say I think the art work is wild and the biggest risk MoC have taken so far, the artwork has almost non-MoC connotations, like new age kids TV. That said I love it! It is the original poster and I think can only widen Laloux's audience when it hits shelves, along with Gandahar too.
I'm not that familiar with the work of Meobius but Les Maitres du Temps looks totally different to his stuff I have already seen. I really love the animation style of Fantastic Planet, whilst this doesn't scare me off or anything I just wonder about the thematic content of these two films, can anyone comment? I feel like Fantastic Planet had so many layers and could be interpreted in so many different ways, do these films deliver on the same level?
I'm not that familiar with the work of Meobius but Les Maitres du Temps looks totally different to his stuff I have already seen. I really love the animation style of Fantastic Planet, whilst this doesn't scare me off or anything I just wonder about the thematic content of these two films, can anyone comment? I feel like Fantastic Planet had so many layers and could be interpreted in so many different ways, do these films deliver on the same level?
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I never actually considered that Gandahar might be anything more than a cult animated fantasy film (somewhere beneath Bakshi's Wizards in asskickery, and beneath Dark Crystal in technical achievement) until I saw that Laloux in general was seriously considered in some circles...and, unfortunately, I haven't been able to see it since my VHS burned. It always struck me as a sort of light fantasy / sci fi fair that was aiming at a deeper context...but my tape died before I was really old enough to comprehend it that way.jt wrote:I know nothing at all about these titles, anyone care to comment?
Are they as strong as Fantastic Planet?
Keep in mind that I'm not brushing Gandahar off...its just that, to me, the movie is one of those I never seriously considered, and something I had forgotten about until MoC released Fantastic Planet. There's some stuff in the film that would have never made it into a live action feature; stuff that I feel live action or CGI could never really do justice to, while I'm no even sure if the film does it justice. That's one reason why I am so excited about the MoC release of the movie...Nick and/or someone else out there takes the movie seriously enough to put it with some Dreyer and Murnau.
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If you've ever seen the original Metal Hurlant magazine I would say that the film is very similar to that in style and tone. There's a mix of comedic elements, science fiction and some surreal stuff. It isn't nearly as trippy as 'La Planete Sauvage', but it isn't as, I dunno, "base" as the American film version of 'Heavy Metal' either. I don't think it can be read as an allegory in the same way as 'La Planete Sauvage', and it's thematic materials might seem a bit more superficial, but I think it captures something interesting.FSimeoni wrote:I'm not that familiar with the work of Meobius but Les Maitres du Temps looks totally different to his stuff I have already seen. I really love the animation style of Fantastic Planet, whilst this doesn't scare me off or anything I just wonder about the thematic content of these two films, can anyone comment? I feel like Fantastic Planet had so many layers and could be interpreted in so many different ways, do these films deliver on the same level?
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- Awesome Welles
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Gandahar and Les Maîtres du temps at Play.com. Both are priced at £13.99
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Les Maîtres du Temps has much more in common with Fantastic Planet than otherwise, you'll be glad to hear. I don't think it's quite as successful a film - as the dancing kid correctly points out above, it's lighter on the allegorical material (though the whole middle sequence on a planet where people's individuality has literally been sucked out of them provides a fair bit of compensation), and Moebius's ideas aren't quite as flat-out bizarre as Roland Topor's. But it filled 75 minutes very nicely.FSimeoni wrote:I'm not that familiar with the work of Meobius but Les Maitres du Temps looks totally different to his stuff I have already seen. I really love the animation style of Fantastic Planet, whilst this doesn't scare me off or anything I just wonder about the thematic content of these two films, can anyone comment? I feel like Fantastic Planet had so many layers and could be interpreted in so many different ways, do these films deliver on the same level?
Incidentally, the DVD is definitely PAL.
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That's quite common with animation, a lot of cel production is outsourced to Korean companies. They're quite advanced in this field and many of the animated shows you see on TV (even episodes of The Simpsons) are/were made there.Andreas wrote:Asking my question again, I'm really curious; does anyone know why imdb says "France / North Korea" as country for Gandahar?
Edit: Before people point it out, yes I know The Simpsons was made in South Korea, but in the post-Akira "anime boom" North Korea decided to get in on the act and actually produced many Japanese shows in the late 80's/early 90's.
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No. For a host of reasons the production of 'Gandahar' was carried out in Pyongyang with an enormous team of animators. More elaboration on this in the essay and Caza interview in the booklet.Andreas wrote:Asking my question again, I'm really curious; does anyone know why imdb says "France / North Korea" as country for Gandahar?
Is it just some kind of joke?
craig.
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just received Les maîtres du temps today and watched it right away. Despite both Moebius and Laloux not considering the result as something extraordinary I was thrilled all the way through.
One feature I really miss in this edition is the soundtrack as an extra like on the Fantastic Planet disc, the music is really amazing!!!
One feature I really miss in this edition is the soundtrack as an extra like on the Fantastic Planet disc, the music is really amazing!!!
- colinr0380
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DVD Outsider review of Les maîtres du Temps and of Gandahar.
- knives
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Re: 62-63 Les Maîtres du temps and Gandahar
Possible stupid question, if I got these (and Fantastic Planet) would they be able to play with no problem on my US Xbox 360/ PS2?
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Re: 62-63 Les Maîtres du temps and Gandahar
i got these too a few months ago. i tried on my us dvd player and it was a tad funky. but my computer worked just fine playing them. if the xbox or ps2 reads dvds like my imac it should be fine... is my guess