Belleville rendez-vous

[ceptimus]

I just watched this quirky feature-length cartoon on DVD. Done by a Frenchman, mostly in Canada. Anyone else seen it?

[Dingfod]

Do you mean Les Triplettes de Belleville (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286244/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9YmVsbGV2aWxsZXxodG1sPTF8bm09b24_;fc=1;ft=21;fm=1)?

[ceptimus]

The version I have is called Belleville Rendez-vous (http://www.bellevillerendezvous.com/), but it is the same film.

I shall now proceed to derail my own thread: Why do publishers do this with books and films? - change the titles I mean. On at least two occasions, I've been conned into buying a book that I already own, because it has been repackaged under a different name. My theory is that publishers do it to justify their enormous salaries - changing the name seems important, it's easy to do, and they don't even have to read the book, or watch the film before they do it.

Ahem. Err, yes that's the one. I found it strangely interesting. There are parts of it that are a bit unfinished - it looks like the film makers were always short of money. Nevertheless, tens of thousands of (wo)man-hours of work must have gone into it. It's a cartoon, but it's more serious and thought provoking than Finding Nemo or Ice Age. Some parts of it I found very strange - maybe they were making allusions to some classic that I've not read or seen - I wondered if someone might be able to explain it to me.

[Adora]

I wanted to see this in the cinemas when it was here, but it was only on in one (very expensive) cinema on the other side of town, and I was in the middle of exams and strapped for cash.

It looks gorgeous though.

The only big name-change thing I've come across in film is that 'Welcome to the Jungle' thing with The Rock in it. It was called something entirely different in the US (I don't know what though) which seemed a little strange to me. *shrugs*

[Ab_Normal]

Mr. Ab and I took our ten year old daughter to see it -- we wondered if we'd made a bad decision during the opening bistro sequence (titty twirling banana dance! that wasn't in the previews! :eek: ), but were quickly reassured. We all enjoyed this movie very much.

[godfry n. glad]

Mr. Ab and I took our ten year old daughter to see it -- we wondered if we'd made a bad decision during the opening bistro sequence (titty twirling banana dance! that wasn't in the previews! :eek: ), but were quickly reassured. We all enjoyed this movie very much.

Now you just watch.... That girl will want to grow up to be a titty twirling banana dancer.

Ain't it always that way?

godfry

...good to see you 'round, Ab. We haven't had the chance to chat in some time.

[ceptimus]

The opening sequence made reference to (at least) three real performers of the era: Fred Astaire tap dancing, Django Reinhardt (the guitarist with missing fingers) and the titty-twirler was Josephene Baker - who did indeed wear the banana costume to dance.

That ten-second scene earned the film a '12' certificate in the UK.

I'm not sure who the dancing giant is meant to be - the one we see just before the scene changes to the grandmother and grandson - does anyone know?

[Darren]

I just watched this quirky feature-length cartoon on DVD. Done by a Frenchman, mostly in Canada. Anyone else seen it?

I haven't seen it yet, but expect to do so soon. All I have heard about it is good. I got the DvD as a Christmas present for my partner (cynical, conniving way of getting two birds with one stone, I Know, I know :D ). She wants to see it too, though, so that makes it OK, doesn't it? :innocent: