"If someone remains in contact with the boy, he'll make it." Janus Films has revealed an official trailer for a 4K restoration of an animated sci-fi classic called The Time Masters, also known as just Time Masters or Les Maîtres du Temps originally in French. "The Time Masters is a trippy, visually fantastic foray into existentialist space adventure." This stunning animation creation is one of the few cinema works from the legendary Moebius, aka Jean Giraud. Directed by René Laloux as his follow-up to 1973's Fantastic Planet, this one first opened in France in 1982, and in the US in 1984. Now 40 years later it's getting a proper 4K restoration and re-release, with a theatrical run planned later this summer in US art house theaters. Don't miss it! In The Time Masters, Piel, a young boy, is stranded alone on the dangerous desert planet Perdide, the only survivor of an attack by giant hornets.
- 7/16/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In the realm of “adult animation” there are few peers for René Laloux, whose reputation could rest almost entirely on Fantastic Planet. Making notable the 4K restoration of The Time Masters, his superbly entertaining 1982 sci-fi feature based on the work of Fantastic Planet author Stefan Wul, designed by Mœbius and co-written by France’s supreme crime novelist, Jean-Patrick Manchette. Janus Films will being a roll-out of said restoration at the IFC Center on July 26 (likely ahead of a Criterion disc), and with it comes a trailer.
Here’s the official synopsis: “Directed by visionary sci-fi animator René Laloux (Fantastic Planet) and designed by the legendary Jean Giraud (a.k.a. Mœbius), The Time Masters is a trippy, visually fantastic foray into existentialist space adventure. After his parents are killed on the dangerous planet Perdide, young Piel (voiced by Frédéric Legros) survives by maintaining radio contact with Jaffar (Jean Valmost), a...
Here’s the official synopsis: “Directed by visionary sci-fi animator René Laloux (Fantastic Planet) and designed by the legendary Jean Giraud (a.k.a. Mœbius), The Time Masters is a trippy, visually fantastic foray into existentialist space adventure. After his parents are killed on the dangerous planet Perdide, young Piel (voiced by Frédéric Legros) survives by maintaining radio contact with Jaffar (Jean Valmost), a...
- 7/15/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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