I'll have to admit, throughout most of the movie I was thinking to myself, "Why's the mosquito in 3D when the rest is 2 1/2 D?" And then I got my answer, and I have to admit--good play, sirs.
This beautifully animated Nosferatu-inspired film is pretty much all about visual treats--storybook pop-ups, fantasy worldbuilding, labyrinthine twists of perspective, frames of reference. At first it seems odd to see the story of Nosferatu, one of cinema's favorite icons, from the perspective of a mosquito, but once its finished, it couldn't be better.
It's interesting because stuff like pop-up books are now sort of regarded in academia in terms of "pre-cinematic" expressions of moving imagery or image-building. So this movie is sort of all about that, using the latest in digital animation to tell it. This movie sort of encompasses the history of animation as its so far been written.
It's also fun to listen to the soundtrack. Don't worry about missing subtitles, English speakers--they mix like five different languages together! --PolarisDiB
This beautifully animated Nosferatu-inspired film is pretty much all about visual treats--storybook pop-ups, fantasy worldbuilding, labyrinthine twists of perspective, frames of reference. At first it seems odd to see the story of Nosferatu, one of cinema's favorite icons, from the perspective of a mosquito, but once its finished, it couldn't be better.
It's interesting because stuff like pop-up books are now sort of regarded in academia in terms of "pre-cinematic" expressions of moving imagery or image-building. So this movie is sort of all about that, using the latest in digital animation to tell it. This movie sort of encompasses the history of animation as its so far been written.
It's also fun to listen to the soundtrack. Don't worry about missing subtitles, English speakers--they mix like five different languages together! --PolarisDiB