Fantastic Planet … has this limited look—if a character moves his arm, you see a different kind of hatching on that arm as it’s moving, because the animation is built out of these few drawings. When I saw that as a kid, I thought, “This is the coolest thing.” …
A scene that immediately comes to mind when I think of this movie is when the characters go into a trance, and images of what they’re picturing appear on their heads. It’s super dreamy and kind of like a slideshow. The director made sure that the transitions from one drawing to the next were beautiful, that he could hover in that in-between space and it would be interesting.
Dash Shaw ⬩ Out of This World: Dash Shaw on Fantastic Planet
added November 09, 2023 ⬩ random excerpt