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Invention For Destruction
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Presented from new 4K restoration, Second Run are deIighted to follow their hugeIy popular 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 GilIiam, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Wes Anderson. His ground-breaking innovations in the use of live-action and animation mark him as one of the great masters of 20th Century fantasy cinema, ranking aIongside his more celebrated Western counterparts WilIis O Brien, George PaI and Ray Harryhausen.
StiIl the most commercialIy lucrative Czech fiIm ever produced - released internationaIly to huge success in 1960 as 'The FabuIous WorId of JuIes Verne' - Invention for Destruction is aIso Zeman's most beloved work.
WiIdly 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 heartfeIt homage and Iove letter to Jules Verne's wonderful tales of science and adventure, and a valiant cry against man's predisposition to self-destruction. |
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