Fantasmatic is a strange movie that, if I understood it correctly, follows the three classical stages of Man's life: childhood, adulthood, old age. It starts with a baby opening a tunnel, in a clear allusion to the uterus. Once he gets out imagery related to motherhood and maternity abounds, but always with a sinister twist. The baby sucks on a teat but soon starts devouring it. A stork picks it up and drops it on a pair of breast-like mountains that close upon it. Then he flies over a breast-filled valley. It's a strange movie indeed.
As with The Ravens, a lot of the movie's charm comes from the sand animation technique used by the Ansorges, which creates a creepy, ghost-like world populated by half-finished sketches. It's quite different from anything I've seen in animation, and it's quite worth a look.
As with The Ravens, a lot of the movie's charm comes from the sand animation technique used by the Ansorges, which creates a creepy, ghost-like world populated by half-finished sketches. It's quite different from anything I've seen in animation, and it's quite worth a look.