Our third episode this season is about the semi-obscure but recently-Criterioned 1973 French animated film FANTASTIC PLANET, or La Planète Sauvage (literally, “wild planet”), from the minds of René Laloux and Roland Topor, with music by Alain Goraguer, based on a novel by Stefan Wul. It’s a psychedelic audiovisual trip, and tells the story of an advanced alien society of blue people who like to meditate almost as much as they like to toy with the fates of the comparatively-tiny humanoids who roam their planet. It’s a film about interplanetary race relations, or maybe it’s unfamiliar environmentalism, or telling the difference between pest control and genocide. Also discussed in this episode: what other animated works would you like to see get a Criterion release?
Fantastic Planet on Wikipedia
Fantastic Planet on Filmstruck
New York Times review from 1973
AWN obituary for René LaLoux
Senses of Cinema review in 2005
LA Weekly evaluation in 2011
Weird Fiction Review in 2013
Criterion essay on Fantastic Planet
Criterion essay on Roland Topor
Slant review upon 2016 Criterion release
PopMatters review upon Criterion release
AV Club review upon Criterion release
Nerdist review upon Criterion release
Fantastic Planet trailer on YouTube
Alain Goraguer score on Spotify
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