francescoiacono

This is a joy to the eyes from start to finish. The screen actually glows, despite the lack of CGI or other similar tricks. It just proves how beautiful and original 2d animation is. Everything looks like a siluhette, but this is the beauty of Ocelot style, and in this modern rendition one can appreciate the the ability of the director to concentrate the attention of the viewer only on what is important. There is a very detailed accuracy in the way the setting is rendered. Is both beatiful and quite accurate in offering a visual snippet of the periods in which each story is set (Pharaonic Egypt, Medieval Europe and the 18th century in the Ottoman world). And the story (actually stories), have a non banal non disneyfied fairy-tale flavour that is just as appealing for the little and the grown ups. Do yourself a favour and just watch it.

As much as I was excited to see Moonage Daydream, the documentary on David Bowie, I could not possibly immagine that the director could get this so utterly wrong. 2.15 hours with Bowie always on the screen, he is the only person talking (sometimes we are not the best at making sense of who/what we are and where we are going). The end result is utterly one-dimensional. Very little background is given on Bowie and how he ended up becoming who he was. Very little mention of what actually happened in his life, the people he met (very little on life in Berlin, not one mention for Lou Reed, Iggy Pop or even Mick Ronson). That little there is on private life is actually almost irritatingly edulcorated (no mention of first wife, of son who is an accomplished director, and nothing on young daughter). Very little new footage (I had seen many bits already). As a documentary is a failure. It does have some nice editing bits, and sound is (as expected) top notch.