After watching these ten high-scoring animated films, I’m not satisfied with Hollywood anymore.
Special feature of 1905 film network The seven-day holiday of the Spring Festival has come to an end. During this Spring Festival, did you watch other movies besides the big hit movies on the first day of the New Year? On the Spring Festival, the cartoon was released in China on February 1st, and received a lot of praise.
This animation, also from France, can’t help but remind people of 2015. The film restores an ancient Paris and tells an inspirational story with the struggle history of a girl with a dance dream.
Under the director’s control, the film has a smooth and accurate commercial narrative, and at the same time, it does not become a cliche and does not fall into the dog’s blood that scatters chicken soup for the soul. It can be said that outside Hollywood and Japan, this French cartoon once again explains the significance of combining literature and art, style, elegance and classic narrative.
When we turn our attention to animated films from Hollywood and Japan to other countries in Europe, Oceania and Asia, we will find that many "different styles" of animated films flash one by one. Whether it is budding, stained with strong Truffaut characteristics, or with Chinese spirit, ink animation is unique and individual.
Here, Xiao Dianjun will take stock of ten non-Hollywood and Japanese animations with unique temperament and not to be missed.
The Little Prince
Director: mark osborne
Region: France
Release date: 2015
As a stop-motion animation, The Little Prince is actually a work that combines the fairy tale book The Little Prince with the process of Exupery’s creation of The Little Prince. Moderately added some original content, so that the story of the little prince has more realistic care and significance.
In fact, "The Little Prince" is not a young cartoon, but a "serious movie" shot for adult audiences. The propositions about life, life, friendship, the meaning of love, death and existence contained in the story are obviously not for children. It should be said that this edition of "The Little Prince" tells the sadness of a person after adulthood.
Originally, he was a free prince and the owner of a planet, but in a commercialized world, he could only be a cleaner. How sad it is. Here, the director made a sharp criticism of "material desire" and "following the rules" life, which made the film full of speculative colors.
Crazy date, beautiful city
Director: sylvain chomet
Region: France
Release date: 2003
It is an indescribable animation. The minimalist painting style, imaginative and deformed character design, zero lines and the creativity of emphasizing songs all make this animation stand out from the crowd.
Although the story of the film is quite simple and has a certain tendency of Hollywood stylized design, the expression and style of the whole film are extremely unique. As the title character, the "Sisters Trio" only participates in the development of the plot as Su Sha’s helper, and the director’s main purpose is to satirize the so-called "aesthetic perversion".
In fact, the beauty of the "Beautiful City" is not because of the dazzling array of goods and beautiful buildings, not to mention the bloated citizens, but because of the trio of women and Su Sha from afar. What the film really praises is this "beauty of female virtue".
The story of the night
Director: michel ocelot
Region: France
Release date: 2011
Stylistic expression is the greatest feature of michel ocelot’s Tale of the Night. The whole animation is presented in the form of "paper-cutting", with six short stories, which explain the themes such as freedom, work, love, wisdom, life, death and so on.
Although Oslow’s expression of these themes is a little blunt and direct, the bizarre animation method and the artistic personality of silhouette are still unforgettable. Silhouette has a religious grotesque in visual expression. This absurdity fits well with the western classic fairy tales themselves.
More surprisingly, at the end of each story, Oslow arranged a "reverse" ending. From classic fairy tales to modern drama, Oslow’s reversal has become a top priority. Although some people criticized this reversal for being blunt and reluctant, from the perspective of "rewriting classics", Oslow’s ingenuity is unobstructed.
Adventures of jabbering
Director: michel ocelot
Region: France
Release date: 1998
Like all of michel ocelot’s films, The Adventures of Grumbling is a film that adapts and deconstructs traditional fairy tales. It tells the story of human fear and rejection of dissidents, and expresses men’s oppression and illusion of women. Finally, love makes people regain their senses and mature.
Of course, this kind of adult-oriented film is not just a fairy tale, but more like an adult fable, although Oslow did not put on a high profile in the film and educate the audience with a good attitude as a teacher. The plot and the final theme of the story are wrapped in a dramatic little story.
After the film was released, it was well received. Oslow took the opportunity to create two sequels, jabber and the beast and jabber and man and woman, as a supplement and interpretation of Adventure. These two films were praised and loved by their own good descriptions of black Africa and praise for vitality.
The Secret of Kyle Sutra
Director: tomm moore/Nora Twomey
Region: Ireland
Release date: 2009
Although the story frame of the film comes from Irish legends, the specific stories and characters are made up by the director. Book of kells is real and pirate invasion is real, but it is not as shown in the animation. To be exact, the characters, stories and backgrounds in the novel are almost all made up by tomm moore.
The painting of the film is completely around the Irish artistic style in the Middle Ages. Many buildings, music and paintings in the middle world are the materials that the director draws on — — This includes book of kells itself. When the director treats the story from this unique angle, he can naturally find the most unique expression.
Similarly, it is another work by tomm moore. In this animation about natural elves, the director still uses Nordic artistic concepts and materials to create a unique animation.
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