http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2007/belleville-director-in-edinburgh/ The Best In Sci-Fi & Fantasy, News, Reviews, Graphic Novels, comics and more! Wed, 23 May 2012 10:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3990 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2007/belleville-director-in-edinburgh/comment-page-1/#comment-81842 The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » New animation from Sylvian Chomet Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:45:21 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=3624#comment-81842 [...] You may recall me posting a few weeks ago about Belleville Rendezvous director Sylvian Chomet making a brief appearance at the Edinburgh Filmhouse for the screening of Paris, Je t’Aime (the film is a collection of shorts by different creators, including Sylvian and goes on general release next weekend). Well, I am indebted to one of our resident comics geniuses and animation enthusiast Leo Baxendale who spotted an article in today’s Guardian film section where they talk not only about Sylvian creating a short for Paris, Je t’Aime but also mentions his next feature-length animated film, the Illusionist. The Illusionist is based on an unfilmed script by one of France’s finest makers of comedy film, the great Jacques Tati; Sylvian included a scene from Tati’s Jour du Fete in Belleville Rendevouz and managed to persuade Tati’s daughter Sophie Tatischeff to allow him to base his next film on the unseen script. [...] [...] You may recall me posting a few weeks ago about Belleville Rendezvous director Sylvian Chomet making a brief appearance at the Edinburgh Filmhouse for the screening of Paris, Je t’Aime (the film is a collection of shorts by different creators, including Sylvian and goes on general release next weekend). Well, I am indebted to one of our resident comics geniuses and animation enthusiast Leo Baxendale who spotted an article in today’s Guardian film section where they talk not only about Sylvian creating a short for Paris, Je t’Aime but also mentions his next feature-length animated film, the Illusionist. The Illusionist is based on an unfilmed script by one of France’s finest makers of comedy film, the great Jacques Tati; Sylvian included a scene from Tati’s Jour du Fete in Belleville Rendevouz and managed to persuade Tati’s daughter Sophie Tatischeff to allow him to base his next film on the unseen script. [...]

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