Immortel (Ad Vitam), weirdest movie ever?

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Zak B

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Imagine, if you can, a blend of Blade Runner, Brazil, Final Fantasy and Sky Captain.
A pyramid appears over New York (or is it Paris) in 2095 containg a bunch of Egyptian goRAB. One of them, Horus is looking for a girl who cries blue tears.
A recently defrosted, one legged political activist is also aiding the search.
Aliens are occupying Central Park, the President is trying to save his skin by means of a mutant hit man, a serial killer is exploding people from the inside and Charlotte Rampling, like most of the audience, is trying to make sense of it all.
Directed in 2004 by Enki Bilal, creator of the original comic book series, this was criminally ignored by most of the planet and I only came across it by accident.
Beautifully made, although some of the CGI looks a bit dated, this may just be the oddest movie I've ever seen and definitely the only one in which Bast and Anubis play Monopoly.:cool:
 
That is such a coinsidence!!! ive never heard of this film before today - but i was looking at it at the video shop just a few hours ago!!, www.aliceinvideoland.co.nz , to pick my cheap 3 of the week - and came across this movie. I do want to see it - even though I felt it looked a little "Stargatey" from what i picked up from it - but i still wanna see it. choose Ghost of Mars instead (as i have a John Carpenter thing going on, havent seen Ghost of mars - but KNOW its crap - but still wanna see it, as im in a John Carpenter mood!!) - then a forum has been started on it!! how odd. I'll rent it next week thou! As well as Dumplings (another movie being discussed on this forum today!)
 
I only discovered this astonishing (if a bit bonkers) movie because someone on an IMDb forum was asking about Bilal's books, which I have but can't find, now I want to reread them.

I liked Ghosts of Mars but was mystified by the disappearance of Joanna Cassidy's character. This seems to be a JC trademark, (see also Harry Dean Stanton in Christine and Janet Leigh in The Fog). What happened to her: alien intervention or lazy plotting?

I can see why a gem like Immortel failed to find an audience, given the witlessness of most sf movies lately, but it's worth seeking out.
Sadly, I've been unable to locate a widescreen subtitled version; the English version only seems to be availalble in 4:3.
 
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