Review of The Triplets of Belleville (2003) by David H — 01 Oct 2008
Beautiful, amazing, rejuvinating... Triplets of Belleville is one of the best films ever made (and I'm very proud of the fact that it's a Canadian co-production...seriously, we don't make enough good stuff).
Told almost entirely without dialogue, the movie reminds of the incredible power of a visual medium to tell its tale using ONLY it's own tools... this one's as close to Pure Cinema (in the context of early 20s experimental film theory) as it gets.
That it conveys so much in ways that are deceptively simple says a lot about how, I think, cinema has lost some of its power by being so dependent on written words and speech. The movie re-invigorates the faithful, in other words, those lonely film nuts who love cinema too much to give movies free passes on the quality scale.
The direction is incredible, the animation drop-dead gorgeous, and the themes resonate with the force of a nuclear explosion. And on a more personal note, I'm glad I saw this when I did; it was during a particularly rough period in my life (that's still going on, to be honest), and to see a movie with even the slightest notion that there is a certain kind of love, once established, that will never fade (that of family and close friends), well, it re-awakens the optimist in me, to say the least.
Watch this. It's wonderful.
This review of The Triplets of Belleville (2003) was written by David H on 01 Oct 2008.
The Triplets of Belleville has generally received very positive reviews.
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