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The Fabulous World Of Jules Verne

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Karel Zeman is trully a cinematic magician. This film is an enchanting display of beautiful special effects and other visual treats brought to life with stop-motion. Made to look like an engraving, it was shot in black and white and is very much in the traditions of Georges Melies, except it is superior in storytelling and visual trickery. Zeman never had much of a budget for his films so they often fall down when compared with more recent effect-filled movies. However, unlike most of the production line films of today it has an endearing and unique charm that cannot fail to amaze children and adults alike.

What could have been an incredibly beautiful movie has been sabotaged by an inexecusably bad transfer (from an original that probably wasn't all that great to begin with). An imaginative combination of live action, vintage engravings and animation, but the print is so bad it's practically unwatchable. So actually, 5 stars for the movie itself, 1 star for the quality.

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne.
First of all, I would recommend that you take a look at this film on YouTube, where
you can see it saved in 8 parts. This would both save me much explanation and wet your appetite.
Even there, the quality has suffered greatly, but you can get an idea
of what the film was shooting for. It was filmed in Mystimation which tried to capture the feel of
the earliest photographic equipment and the feel of wonder around the turn of the century. I saw a
very good print of this movie about twenty years ago, and it is well worth the experience. There are
as yet, very few films that fit into the relatively new genre of 'Steam-punk' but this film should be
enshrined as it's great grandfather and is a must have for affectianados of that genre, Sci-fi and
Classic film. I urge you to add your voice to a call for a remastered version to be released on dvd.

UPDATE; I bought the copy offered here, and the DVD quality is actually pretty good and I am glad
I bought it. You probably wont find better in the near future.

saw this in the theaters when it came out in the 60's? have been hunting for a reissue and was enthusiastic to purchase a copy. was disappointed because the dvd was obviously made from a low def vhs which negated the entire concept of a victorian era appearance of detailed ink line animation. i hope someone can locate an original canister of the film and release this movie as it was originally meant to be seen (which was very cool, even now)

It's not nearly as good as Zeman's "Baron Munchausen", but until that one becomes available in the United States we'll just have to settle for this one. The dubbing isn't bad and the story is OK, but it is the incredibly innovative special effects and use of special effects that make this adventure a fun watch.

This is a charming film perfect for young people and for people of all ages who like fantacy and inventive film making. Filmed on a budget a fraction of today's movies this film uses models, illustrations, and photo composition to create the effect of animation that looks like the wonderful engraved illustrations in the classic publications of Jules Verne's novels. My family loved it's "steam punk" quality and innocent capture of the age of early sicience and engineering. Don't expect slick, but expect charm and delight.

La película está grabada en un DVD-R a partir de una cinta VHS, o al menos esa es la pinta que tiene ya que la calidad es lamentable. Demasiado caro para un apaño semejante.