Karel Zeman on the magic of Jules Verne Novels & how fantasy should be represented on screen:
"The magic of Verne’s novels lies in what we would call the world of the romantically fantastic adventure spirit; a world directly associated with the totally specific which the original illustrators knew how to evoke in the mind of the reader … I came to the conclusion that my Verne film must come not only from the spirit of the literary work, but also from the characteristic style of the original illustrations and must maintain at least the impression of engravings.
The spectator can tell the difference between real and faked surroundings when he wants to. A realistic representation of fantasy is beginning to have a sensational and cheap look. My heroes were not allowed even to sneeze or scratch their heads; they had to adapt themselves completely to their unreal surroundings."
("100 Animated Feature Films", Andrew Osmond, BFI, 2010)
P.S: On this day, 68 years ago, "Invention for Destruction" (1958) was released in Belgium.
@fillefoux I remember I told my longstanding high school girlfriend constantly how much I loved her and how beautiful she was. As we got a bit older I started to think it was….immature or something? And then she was like “NO! I like that!”
It really is as simple as this for the vast majority of voters.
When you say “Nazi tattoo” normal people think swastika. Then people find out it’s this and the Republicans look silly.