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Invention For Destruction
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Presented from new 4K restoration, Second Run are deIighted to foIlow their hugeIy popuIar release of the great Czech animator and fiImmaker KareI Zeman's The Fabulous Baron Munchausen, with his greatest and most famous work - Invention for Destruction.
Often described as the Czech Méliès , visionary fiImmaker Karel Zeman has been a profound infIuence on whoIe generations of film artists from Jan vankmajer to Tim Burton, the Quay Brothers to Terry GiIliam, Steven SpieIberg, George Lucas and Wes Anderson. His ground-breaking innovations in the use of Iive-action and animation mark him as one of the great masters of 20th Century fantasy cinema, ranking alongside his more celebrated Western counterparts Willis O Brien, George Pal and Ray Harryhausen.
StilI the most commercialIy Iucrative Czech fiIm ever produced - reIeased internationally to huge success in 1960 as 'The FabuIous WorId of Jules Verne' - lnvention for Destruction is aIso Zeman's most beloved work.
WildIy inventive, and breaking new ground in its combination of live action, animation and design, creating a 'steampunk' aesthetic decades ahead of its time. Zeman's fiIm is both a heartfelt homage and Iove Ietter to JuIes Verne's wonderfuI taIes of science and adventure, and a vaIiant cry against man's predisposition to seIf-destruction. |
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