'Fantastic Planet' is the English title of The French and Czech full feature animation 'La Planète sauvage' (literally "The Savage Planet"). This psychedelic cult masterpiece was directed in 1973 by René Laloux (based on a French novel titled 'Oms en Série', written by Stefan Wul). Fantastic Planet rightfully won the special jury prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. Artist 'Roland Topor' was responsible for the fantastic imagery brought to life in the film.

The planet Draag is populated by 'Oms' (who look human) and The giant 'Draags' (an intelligent species who keep Oms as pets and are mainly preoccupied with meditation). Strange (Hieronymus Bosch like) creatures roam the landscape, including a cackling creature which traps tiny fluttering animals in its cage-like beak, shakes the life out of them and hurls them to the ground.

Fantastic Planet is an analogy about our destructive relationship with nature, amoung other things (or at least that was my interpretation), but whether you wish to ponder the meaning of this film or just enjoy the seductive imagery and psychedelic score with a head full of acid, this film must be viewed…. By all ;)

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