Dear Readers, I’m in tearing haste today as this afternoon we’re off to see Flow – I’m wondering how it’s taken me so long to catch up with it. It’s an animated film, made with open-source software on a very limited budget by Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis – you could make 40 ‘Flows’ for the price of one ‘Inside Out 2’, and I love that this won the Best Animated Film category at the Oscars.
There are no people in the film (hooray!), no words (double hooray!) and from the excerpts I’ve seen it looks extraordinary. Have a look at the trailer below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82WW9dVbglI
What I love so far is the way that the animals, particularly the cat, moves. One thing’s for sure, it ain’t Disney! I shall report back tomorrow.
My son and I saw that last week and loved it! I was a little non-plussed by the ending. It felt like there was no resolution. I’ll be interested to hear what you think. I love wordless movies. And while the animation is rather low-res/planar, the movements of the animals are spot on.
Yes, I loved the way that the animals moved, and I rather liked that the ending wasn’t ‘neat’ – I suppose we’re in the same boat as the animals, with no idea what’s going on. And the way that an event can benefit one animal (the whaley-fishy thing) and then, when the water disappears, be a disadvantage. Hmm. Lots to think about, but I love that.