This kid's got style!

April 13, 2015 9:01 PM

Celles et Ceux des Cimes et Cieux A graduation film by Gwenn Germain is a delightful, breath-taking homage to Miyazaki, Mœbius, and Syd Mead.
posted by cleroy (13 comments total)

Nice. As much as I used to love Miyazaki, I haven't enjoyed anything of his in almost two decades. And while this is a pastiche of Miyazaki, it gives me a feeling of "wow, that was cool" that I've missed from the guy himself. The Moebius influence was nice too, giving it a bit of bite. I'm curious about the Syd Mead part, though. What parts were Syd Meady?
posted by Bugbread at 9:28 PM on April 13, 2015

Beautiful and impressive. I hope this kid starts his own studio.
posted by Foci for Analysis at 10:13 PM on April 13, 2015

What parts were Syd Meady?

City in a bubble?
posted by Brocktoon at 11:31 PM on April 13, 2015 [1 favorite]

The tree initially gave me unwanted Avatar flashbacks, but the rest of it - lovely!
posted by Gin and Broadband at 11:39 PM on April 13, 2015 [1 favorite]

Fantastic.
posted by dazed_one at 12:38 AM on April 14, 2015

No unnerstan story.
posted by Joe in Australia at 2:40 AM on April 14, 2015 [1 favorite]

Heaviest on the Miyazaki, which is a good thing.
posted by zardoz at 4:10 AM on April 14, 2015 [1 favorite]

I was thinking of that #2 as I watched ...

Lovely stuff, regardless.
posted by Quasirandom at 11:21 AM on April 14, 2015

No unnerstan story.

Remote, frozen-in-time, peaceful village attacked by unknown evil force. Village boy rescued by people from other attacked village(s). Trio sets out on investigation adventure. Discover world is much bigger than peaceful village. Discover source of evil is a not-inherently evil man trying to bring his daughter/wife/fido back to life using dark/forbidden/inherently evil magicks (insert speculative motivation here).
posted by Brocktoon at 4:29 PM on April 14, 2015 [1 favorite]

Nice! Thanks for linking this.
posted by LobsterMitten at 5:44 PM on April 14, 2015

Loved it.
posted by GrapeApiary at 7:29 PM on April 14, 2015

Yeah, totally Miyazaki-influenced, and even as someone only vaguely familiar with Moebius, I can see that too. I really want to see the movie that this is a test/mocked-up trailer for.

With Miyazaki's retirement, I'm anxious to see what the younger animators influenced by him can do with the tools and tropes he's provided. This looks like a great start.
posted by immlass at 8:51 AM on April 15, 2015

immlass: "With Miyazaki's retirement"

I will believe Miyazaki has retired once he's dead.

No, I take that back. I'll still be suspicious.

(Miyazaki announced he was retiring after Mononokehime came out in 1997. Then he announced he was retiring after Sen to Chihiro came out in 2003. Then he announced he was retiring after Ponyo came out in 2008. And now, again, after Kaze Tachinu in 2013.)
posted by Bugbread at 7:11 PM on April 15, 2015 [1 favorite]