Via Zeitgeist Films, Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar’s stop-motion animated feature A Town Called Panic will open in New York City on Dec. 16 (at Film Forum) and in Los Angeles (at the Nuart in West La) on Jan. 29. Other Us markets will follow. (The film will have a Los Angeles Oscar qualifying run in Dec., but the “official” opening date is Jan. 29, 2010.) Based on the Belgian animated cult TV series Panique au village, released by Wallace & Gromit’s Aardman Studios, the French-language (with English subtitles) A Town Called Panic features three plastic toys — Cowboy (voice by Stéphane Aubier), Indian (voice by Bruce Ellison) and Horse (voice by Vincent Patar) — who [...]...
- 12/1/2009
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Year: 2009
Directors: Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar
Writers: Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Hal MacDermot
Rating: 9 out of 10
A Town called Panic is an anarchic, absurdist stop-motion animation surrealistic gem, and it’s Belgian. I laughed my head off. It’s Aubier and Patar’s first feature length movie and is a development of their cult TV animation from 2001. The original French title is "Panique au Village," which actually means "panic in the village,” and makes more sense than the English translation. Panique au Village made the Cannes official selection this year- the first stop-motion animation ever to do so.
Panic is a good antidote to all those boring saw-your-head-off corporate emotion Toy Story-type animations. It is full of unpredictability and subversion, in contrast to the work of Pixar animation, which definitely has the ability to entertain quite a few people (many Quiet Earth fans...
Directors: Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar
Writers: Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Hal MacDermot
Rating: 9 out of 10
A Town called Panic is an anarchic, absurdist stop-motion animation surrealistic gem, and it’s Belgian. I laughed my head off. It’s Aubier and Patar’s first feature length movie and is a development of their cult TV animation from 2001. The original French title is "Panique au Village," which actually means "panic in the village,” and makes more sense than the English translation. Panique au Village made the Cannes official selection this year- the first stop-motion animation ever to do so.
Panic is a good antidote to all those boring saw-your-head-off corporate emotion Toy Story-type animations. It is full of unpredictability and subversion, in contrast to the work of Pixar animation, which definitely has the ability to entertain quite a few people (many Quiet Earth fans...
- 11/8/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Check out the trailer as well as images from the lovely-looking Zeitgeist Films release "A Town Called Panic" (a.k.a. "Panique au village"). Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar direct and write. The film is showing at the AFI Film Festival at the Laemmle Monica 4-Plex on November 7th. It opens on December 16th in New York followed by a January 29, 2010 release in Los Angeles. Hilarious and frequently surreal, the stop-motion extravaganza A Town Called Panic has endless charms and raucous laughs for children from eight to eighty. Based on the Belgian animated cult TV series (which was released by Wallace & Gromit’s Aardman Studios), Panic stars three plastic toys named Cowboy, Indian and Horse who share a rambling house in a rural town that never fails to attract the weirdest events...
- 11/5/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Not only is A Town Called Panic (Panique au village) the weirdest movie I've seen at Fantastic Fest this year, it is threatening to knock the top contenders off my All-Time Strangest Movies Ever, including Forbidden Zone. I spent half the movie with my jaw dropped and my mouth open, just staring in disbelief. Fortunately, I spent the other half of the movie laughing -- this Belgian animated film is as entertaining as it is bizarre.
The movie is animated, and I can't quite tell how it was shot. It looks like stop-motion animation. In fact, it looks like someone opened a child's toybox, pulled out a bunch of toys at random, and cast them as characters in this film without much concern about which toy would play which part. Thus we have horse, cowboy and Indian toys living together in one house as though they were characters from an American sitcom.
The movie is animated, and I can't quite tell how it was shot. It looks like stop-motion animation. In fact, it looks like someone opened a child's toybox, pulled out a bunch of toys at random, and cast them as characters in this film without much concern about which toy would play which part. Thus we have horse, cowboy and Indian toys living together in one house as though they were characters from an American sitcom.
- 9/29/2009
- by Jette Kernion
- Cinematical
The 30th anniversary of Fangoria magazine will be honored at a special panel to be held at the 42nd edition of Spain’s prestigious Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, to be held October 1-12. Longtime Fango editor Tony Timpone will be attending, joined by British correspondents Alan Jones, Calum Waddell and Axelle Carolyn, as well as Italian correspondent Roberto D’Onofrio. The Fango salute will take place on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 5 p.m. in the Tramuntana Room at the Meliá Hotel.
“For the last 30 years, Fangoria has been the cornerstone of the Sitges program’s diet,” says festival director Angel Sala, “the number-one source of information to feed the bowels of the beast. Fango has been the written witness of the horror scene around the world for over three decades. Sitges can only bow and pay due respect with a celebration for the fans.”
“The panel will be...
“For the last 30 years, Fangoria has been the cornerstone of the Sitges program’s diet,” says festival director Angel Sala, “the number-one source of information to feed the bowels of the beast. Fango has been the written witness of the horror scene around the world for over three decades. Sitges can only bow and pay due respect with a celebration for the fans.”
“The panel will be...
- 9/25/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Fangoria.com)
- Fangoria
The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia announces its complete program. There are still a few surprises to be confirmed, like the closing gala, but they have already put together the final list of films that will be screened at Sitges 09. Below you’ll find the titles of each film and their sections as well as links for the films that we have already reviewed here on Sound On Sight. Opening Film [Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009. Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009. Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009. The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008. [1] Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009. The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009. Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009. Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009. Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009. Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009. Grace. Paul Solet. 2009. [2] Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009. Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009. La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher. 2009. Ingrid. Eduard Cortés. 2009. Kinatay. Brillante Mendoza. 2009. Metropia. Tarik Saleh. 2009. Moon.
- 9/19/2009
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The full lineup has been announced, and among the load of genre fare that's been running the fest circuit are the world premiers of:
Vincenzo Natali's latest, Splice, which we're all excited about.
Simon Fellows twisted adaptation Malice in Wonderland (trailer)
Along some of our personal favorites:
Black Dynamite (friggin awesome)
Swiss scifi flick Cargo (trailer)
Pater Sparrow's incredible Stanislaw Lem adaptation 1 (review)
The Mo Brothers Indonesian slasher Macabre (review)
Atm (get it?) horror-comedy The Human Centipede (review)
Full list after the break.
Opening Film
[Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009.
Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section
Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009.
Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009.
The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008.
Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009.
The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009.
Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009.
Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009.
Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009.
Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009.
Grace. Paul Solet. 2009.
Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009.
Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009.
La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher.
Vincenzo Natali's latest, Splice, which we're all excited about.
Simon Fellows twisted adaptation Malice in Wonderland (trailer)
Along some of our personal favorites:
Black Dynamite (friggin awesome)
Swiss scifi flick Cargo (trailer)
Pater Sparrow's incredible Stanislaw Lem adaptation 1 (review)
The Mo Brothers Indonesian slasher Macabre (review)
Atm (get it?) horror-comedy The Human Centipede (review)
Full list after the break.
Opening Film
[Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009.
Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section
Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009.
Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009.
The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008.
Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009.
The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009.
Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009.
Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009.
Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009.
Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009.
Grace. Paul Solet. 2009.
Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009.
Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009.
La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher.
- 9/12/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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