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Triplets of Belleview...& fireworks
Jul. 4th, 2004 10:05 pmRented The Triplets of Belleview tonight and if you haven't seen this charmer, you don't know what you are missing. Possibly the most innovative and fun bit of animation I've seen in ages. Also listen to the song as the credits roll, I was dancing on my couch to it. Shame Belleview Rendezvous didn't win the oscar. A jazzy tune that has you dancing in your seat with a happy face, no matter how blue or depressed you felt going in.
The animation is exaggerated in places - so that each character's characteristics are shown visually. Barely any dialogue. In some ways it reminds me of the 1940s and 1950s Hollywood Warner Brothers Cartoons, where you'd see animated versions of stars such as Clark Gable and Fred Astair, and the art would exaggerate certain features that made these stars distinct from each other. Also unlike much of the popular animation of the last ten years, Triplets goes out of its way to entertain the eye and ear blending music and style, so you are caught up in the visual and auditory metaphors. Music ranges from bluesy jazz riffs to knee slapping numbers to
soft keyboards. Also unlike so many cartoons - this one allows the characters to age and shows the effects of age on them.
Lovely little film - well worth the $3.50 rental fee.
Living in NYC, makes it possible to hear and see fireworks without leaving ones apartment. I sat for about twenty minutes watching them light up the sky through my bedroom window. Nice display, nothing to get excited over. Best displays I've seen I think were in Portland, OR over the water July, 4 2001 and in Brittany, France during Bastille Day in 1983. All the others seem to blend together in the memory.
The animation is exaggerated in places - so that each character's characteristics are shown visually. Barely any dialogue. In some ways it reminds me of the 1940s and 1950s Hollywood Warner Brothers Cartoons, where you'd see animated versions of stars such as Clark Gable and Fred Astair, and the art would exaggerate certain features that made these stars distinct from each other. Also unlike much of the popular animation of the last ten years, Triplets goes out of its way to entertain the eye and ear blending music and style, so you are caught up in the visual and auditory metaphors. Music ranges from bluesy jazz riffs to knee slapping numbers to
soft keyboards. Also unlike so many cartoons - this one allows the characters to age and shows the effects of age on them.
Lovely little film - well worth the $3.50 rental fee.
Living in NYC, makes it possible to hear and see fireworks without leaving ones apartment. I sat for about twenty minutes watching them light up the sky through my bedroom window. Nice display, nothing to get excited over. Best displays I've seen I think were in Portland, OR over the water July, 4 2001 and in Brittany, France during Bastille Day in 1983. All the others seem to blend together in the memory.