Trailer for French Sci-Fi Rotoscoped Film “Renaissance”
All I can say is… wow. I just caught the trailer for an upcoming French movie called Renaissance that was filmed using actual actors but then rotoscoped to create a stunning black and white film noir look. The style is reminiscent of Sin City or Richard Linklater’s Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly, but it has a sci-fi story and some really cool looking imagery. It takes place in Paris in the year 2054, with a young scientist from a powerful corporation getting kidnapped, and a detective leading the search. The movie is directed by Christian Volckman, and stars Daniel Craig, Ian Holm, Jonathan Price, Catherine McCormack, and Romola Garai. I found an early review of this movie that says the story is kind of bland, but right now I’m totally geeking out over the look of this thing. Renaissance has been picked up by Miramax for release in North America; it should hit theatres in October. Check out the official site (linked below) to watch the trailer and see more images from the film.
Comments (3)
Looks interesting. It doesn’t have a rotoscoped look to it but rather CGI with stark black and white shading.
Posted by Nuno on June 30th, 2006OOO. Looks cool. I’ll have to do a little more digging around the site. I’m really excited that this method is picking up speed. I really liked “Waking Life” and “A Scanner Darkly” can’t open quickly enough for me.
Thanks for the heads up!
Posted by themarina on June 30th, 2006Looks kind of interesting for sure, bt a little to much like animation for me. I’m not a big fan of cartoons.
Posted by Henrik on July 1st, 2006Leave a Reply