“If someone remains in contact with the boy, he’ll make it.” Janus Films has revealed an official trailer for a 4K restoration of an animated sci-fi classic called The Time Masters, also known as just Time Masters or Les Maîtres du Temps originally in French. “The Time Masters is a trippy, visually fantastic foray into existentialist space adventure.” This stunning animation creation is one of the few cinema works from the legendary Moebius, aka Jean Giraud. Directed by René Laloux as his follow-up to 1973’s Fantastic Planet, this one first opened in France in 1982, and in the US in 1984. Now 40 years later it’s getting a proper 4K restoration and re-release, with a theatrical run planned later this summer in US art house theaters. Don’t miss it! In The Time Masters, Piel, a young boy, is stranded alone on the dangerous desert planet Perdide, the only survivor of an attack by giant hornets. Calling for help, Piel’s father’s friend Jaffar keeps contact with the kid and hurries across space toward Perdide. I’m glad long lost classics like this are being restored, because it has always been hard to find a nice clean copy of this, and now we’ll have a 4K version available. And it looks more spectacular, and psychedelic, than ever. Cannot wait to watch this on the big screen soon. // Continue Reading ›
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