With Criterion releasing
Watership Down last year, the company has announced it will also be releasing another animated work of art,
Fantastic Planet in June. Criterion is known for releasing some of the greatest and most artistic live action films in the best quality available, and with huge respect to the art of film. However an animated film can be just as artistic and brilliant as any live action film and it is good to see Criterion is realizing animation as great art.
Fantastic Planet is a 1973 politically minded and very abstract Sci-fi animated feature film from director René Laloux, and with some brilliant artwork from Roland Topor. This film is an intelligent, and highly artistic film fable based off of Stefan Wul's novel.
I am hoping because of this that more animated works of art will be released by Criterion in the future.
-Michael J. Ruhland
