{"id":29091,"date":"2026-01-07T16:30:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/?p=29091"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:01:37","slug":"eclipse-and-sunscreen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johncoulthart.com\/feuilleton\/2026\/01\/07\/eclipse-and-sunscreen\/","title":{"rendered":"Eclipse and Sunscreen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gobelins, the French school of film animation, has its own YouTube channel<\/a> where students post a variety of clips showing technical exercises or, as in the case of this pair of films, complete works. Eclipse<\/em><\/a> (directed by Theo Guignard, No\u00e9 Lecombre and Hugo Moreno) and Sunscreen<\/em><\/a> (directed by Xinzhi Ma, Yuan Liu, Yufan Chen and Zixiao Yue) are both science-fiction pieces that are also very short, being more like anecdotes than stories. Of the two I prefer Eclipse<\/em> but both are very accomplished, and a welcome riposte to the ubiquity of the Pixar house style. Stylistic exercises like these are seldom extended to feature-length (or if they are, they get cancelled like Scavengers Reign<\/em>) but it’s good to see younger animators following in the footsteps of Ren\u00e9 Laloux.<\/p>\n

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And speaking of Laloux, the restored Les Ma\u00eetres du temps<\/em> (Time Masters<\/em>) was released on blu-ray in France last year<\/a>. As with many French releases there are no English subtitles but it’s good to know it’s available again. I’m waiting now for a high-definition reissue of Gandahar<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Terra Incognita, a film by Adrian Dexter and Pernille Kjaer<\/a>
\n\u2022 Arzak Rhapsody<\/a>
\n\u2022 Fracture by Paul and Ga\u00ebtan Brizzi<\/a>
\n\u2022 The Captive, a film by Ren\u00e9 Laloux<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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