| | Renaissance DVD
| Category | Animation DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Thriller Videos, Science-Fiction/Fantasy, Animated Characters, Animated Worlds, Disney Animated Movies, Paris, France | | Starring | Daniel Craig, Catherine McCormack, Patrick Floersheim, Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm, Romola Garai | | Director | Christian Volckman | | Associate Producer | Jake Eberts, Louise Goodsill, Ralph Kamp | | Co-Producer | Timothy Burrill, Lilian Eche, Arien Payen | | Editor | Pascal Tosi | | Executive Producer | Ilann Girard | | Producer | Roch Lener, Jean-Bernard Marinot, Aton Soumache, Alexis Vonarb | | Screenwriter | Alexandre de la Patelliere, Mathieu Delaport |
Daniel Craig, the new James Bond and star of Casino Royale, voices a determined cop investigating the kidnapping of a young scientist in the labyrinthine underworld of 2054 Paris in the breakthrough sci-fi thriller, Renaissance. Created utilizing sophisticated, state of the art motion capture and 3D animation techniques and rendered in dazzling black and white, Renaissance is a graphic novel come to life and sci-fi thriller for the new millennium. Featuring the voice talents of Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm, and Catherine McCormack. Also included is an exclusive bonus featurette, The Making of Renaissance. In the near future in a Paris, France, made of Plexiglas, aerodynamic steel beams, and rainslicked surfaces, a sinister plot unfolds: it's one honest cop (voiced by Daniel Craig) against an evil corporatocracy, corrupt scientists, and the mob, as he uses his wits and grit to rescue a brilliant, beautiful female geneticist who has been kidnapped. What he learns on his rescue mission challenges his most hard-boiled preconceptions about who's really running things.
Christian Volckman's first feature film is rendered in astonishing black-and-white "motion capture" animation that continually yields inventive and subtle visual surprises--car chases take on cosmic proportions, cigarette smoke engulfs an entire room like a lovely wraith, and the already beautiful Parisian skyline becomes a dizzying, jeweled spectacle. A descendent of classic science-fiction tech-noir like BLADERUNNER, Volckman's film envisions the near future as a cold and heartless place where corporations are supreme and surface beauty is everything; whole scenes are constructed from reflections in nighttime windows, mirrors, and other shiny expanses, and false (but pretty) facades are created to confuse and imprison characters. This constant emphasis on empty, backwards images supports Volckman's seeming disgust with society's preoccupation with youthful beauty (and the multibillion-dollar cosmetic industries that keep us hooked), although his own film is relentlessly gorgeous. Renaissance Reviews: 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] slick visuals of an oily, rain-slashed necropolis."-- Mike Carhart-Harris, Total Film "[I]t depicts a world in deepest black and blinding white with no shades of grey. It's a striking, beautiful look, and director Christian Volckman works hard to sustain it, making meticulous, and appropriate, use of light sources..."
-- Kim Newman, Sight and Sound "[T]he movie's stark visual style is strikingly original....The harsh chiaroscuro accentuates the heavy noir atmosphere..."-- Stephen Holden, New York Times
This is the only Patrick Floersheim video. Renaissance | List Price | $19.99 (You save $8.20) | | Studio | Buena Vista Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2006 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  29352  | | CD Universe Part number | 7431204 | | Catalog number | 05345200 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 24, 2007 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | for some violent images, sexuality, nudity and language. | | Running Time | 105 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Dubbed; Subtitled |
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