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Le roi et l'oiseau
This month was released a remastered edition of French animation classic "Le roi et l'oiseau" by Paul Grimault (1980, English title "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep") on DVD. This is part of Studio Ghibli's "Ghibli ga ippai" ("Lots of Ghibli") series, as it seems that the film greatly influenced Ghibli's Miyazaki Hayao.
The DVD is offered in "standard" 
and "collector" editions. Even the standard contains a bonus DVD of about 10 short films by the same director, while the collecteur edition contains yet another bonus disk with documentaries and other stuff.
I had watched this film many times when I was very young, and to this day it was still very vivid in my memory. Last year it was shown in theaters here but unfortunately I had missed it, so this time I made sure to get the DVD. I've already watched the film twice since the weekend, and it's as fantastic as I remembered.
Instead of describing the twisted plot about a mean king, a bird, a shepherdess and a chimney sweep, I'll just say that the details and colors are beautiful, the story is deep and touching, dialogs are funny, and the pace is so tight that to me the 80-minute film feels like 30 minutes.
I believe that this film is one that's worth seeing by everyone, so go rent or buy it already. :)
Posted on April 12, 2007 at 23:33 | Tweet
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classique :)
Posted by digiki on April 13, 2007 at 00:14
En effet. :)
Posted by Patrick on April 13, 2007 at 00:16