Na kometě, 1970 - ★★★
REVIEWED
A woman escapes a pirate ship and while swimming back to shore she chance meets a lonely soldier whose jumped from a cliff, at this point they notice that a second sun as appeared. It causes a drastic switch in global events, and everything starts to take a turn for the worse. Can the couple keep their freedom while waring factions including dinosaurs start to battle with each other.
Karel Zeman's "Na Komete" is based loosely on Jules Verne celestial journey On the Comet. Visually due to the over use of matte painted landscapes and tinted footage it does look somewhat similar to Terry Gillims animation. But the Czechoslovakian films not nearly as surreal has I'd been made to believe, in fact it plays pretty much like a children's fairy tale or old style Sunday morning matinée serial style ripping yarn. Its hard to know exactly who would love this movie, the stop motion/rubber creature feature fans will be bored senseless, its not artistic enough for the art snobs. Thats not to say its bad or anything, theres loads going on and Magda Vasaryova was mesmerizing as Angelika. Worth checking out for curiousity value.
[PRFR: Personal Reasons For Remembering]
Rubber monsters, matte overkill, tinted skylines & Magda Vasaryova.
Originally taken from Letterboxd
REVIEWED
"Its not a second sun, I think its a second Earth, but where is our continent ?"Angelika (Magda Vasaryova)
Karel Zeman's "Na Komete" is based loosely on Jules Verne celestial journey On the Comet. Visually due to the over use of matte painted landscapes and tinted footage it does look somewhat similar to Terry Gillims animation. But the Czechoslovakian films not nearly as surreal has I'd been made to believe, in fact it plays pretty much like a children's fairy tale or old style Sunday morning matinée serial style ripping yarn. Its hard to know exactly who would love this movie, the stop motion/rubber creature feature fans will be bored senseless, its not artistic enough for the art snobs. Thats not to say its bad or anything, theres loads going on and Magda Vasaryova was mesmerizing as Angelika. Worth checking out for curiousity value.
[PRFR: Personal Reasons For Remembering]
Rubber monsters, matte overkill, tinted skylines & Magda Vasaryova.
Originally taken from Letterboxd
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