...by Wes Anderson (2009) (link Fantastic Mr. Fox).
We appreciated this animated film as it to a great extent re-connect or re-establish the earlier ways of making animated films, those we saw in the 1960's and -70s but whos history dates back much longer than that.
Today most digital animations try to outflank each other in technical skills but this film - though very well animated - does more take into consideration the world of puppies made by tissue of different kind, relating to a more genuine 'handicraft'-tradition.
Mr. Fox lives with his family, wife and a son, trying to leave his former life of 'chicken-hunting fox' behind him, instead becoming a journalist.
Unfortunately his not strong enough to resist one last 'raid' but although it starts of well it doesn't turn out to well in the end, leading to catastrophy not only for him and his family but for their animal friends or -adversaries in the forest.
Together with his wife, son, nephew - an unusual fox, expert in karate and also practicing yoga among other things - and other animals they try to fight the three big farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean, who all try to exterminate them.
It's from these farmers Mr. Fox has stolen chickens, turkeys and cider!
We both thought it was a very charming film with - as above indicated - references to traditional stories about thieves wanting to leave the old life behind but being tempted doing one last coupe, the 'perfect' one.
We saw references to Ocans Eleven but also stories abut the strong borders between different groups in society (the different animals), being each others enemies but united for one good cause.
It could be interpreted as somewhat of a criticizm against the huge agricultural units, industrially managed not wanting anyone or anything to interfer in their business, when trying to make as large a profit as possible.
The film also displays the human, unjust, indignation and anger against animals acting in the only way they know - the fox hunting chickens - but themselves being more violent murderers, not because they have to but only in the name of economical gain.
Of course things turn out well and Mr. Fox learns that he have to listen to others, not always thinking he knows best, though he has been very succesful in different fields.
There were children in the audience at Cinéma Lux but I don't know how they responded to a film like this as its not a straight forward 'action' based, short cuts-film - as for example G-Force - and as the animation-technic - as I wrote above - is more basic.
We appreciated this animated film as it to a great extent re-connect or re-establish the earlier ways of making animated films, those we saw in the 1960's and -70s but whos history dates back much longer than that.
Today most digital animations try to outflank each other in technical skills but this film - though very well animated - does more take into consideration the world of puppies made by tissue of different kind, relating to a more genuine 'handicraft'-tradition.
Mr. Fox lives with his family, wife and a son, trying to leave his former life of 'chicken-hunting fox' behind him, instead becoming a journalist.
Unfortunately his not strong enough to resist one last 'raid' but although it starts of well it doesn't turn out to well in the end, leading to catastrophy not only for him and his family but for their animal friends or -adversaries in the forest.
Together with his wife, son, nephew - an unusual fox, expert in karate and also practicing yoga among other things - and other animals they try to fight the three big farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean, who all try to exterminate them.
It's from these farmers Mr. Fox has stolen chickens, turkeys and cider!
We both thought it was a very charming film with - as above indicated - references to traditional stories about thieves wanting to leave the old life behind but being tempted doing one last coupe, the 'perfect' one.
We saw references to Ocans Eleven but also stories abut the strong borders between different groups in society (the different animals), being each others enemies but united for one good cause.
It could be interpreted as somewhat of a criticizm against the huge agricultural units, industrially managed not wanting anyone or anything to interfer in their business, when trying to make as large a profit as possible.
The film also displays the human, unjust, indignation and anger against animals acting in the only way they know - the fox hunting chickens - but themselves being more violent murderers, not because they have to but only in the name of economical gain.
Of course things turn out well and Mr. Fox learns that he have to listen to others, not always thinking he knows best, though he has been very succesful in different fields.
There were children in the audience at Cinéma Lux but I don't know how they responded to a film like this as its not a straight forward 'action' based, short cuts-film - as for example G-Force - and as the animation-technic - as I wrote above - is more basic.
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