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The word “utopia” reminds me…(3)

<La Planete Sauvage> 1973


The story can be understood as taking place in the era after the destruction of human civilization. The descendants of human beings are called Ormus, and they live on the planet of the alien blue giant Daigos. The Daigos civilization has super technology and meditation, and Reproduction also depends on meditation across the planet. Ormuss are pets kept by the Daiggs, half the size of their fingers. The protagonist of the story is a pet Ormus named Tyre. Because he was favored by the hostess, he inadvertently learned the knowledge of the Daigs about the world, and escaped into the wild Ormus community, leading the community through learning and harmony. Technological progress finally broke the enslavement of the Daigos and reached a civilized relationship of peaceful symbiosis with them. In this naive "fairy tale" story, fantasy is no longer restrained by the strict gravity of science, but becomes a utopian imaginative carnival, such as strange-shaped alien creatures, obviously borrowing a lot from the prototype of the earth's marine life, wriggling and drifting. , Wings, spines, sticky tongues, crystals, flowers, eyes and other elements are randomly mixed together almost uncontrollably, making people feel that the mysterious planet of Daigos is a drained seabed of the earth. The setting of meditation and transfiguration is also a mix of supernatural power and scientific principles, which can be described as cranky and eclectic.


Arthur Clarke's famous saying "Any sufficiently advanced technology is no different from magic" has left enough room for visionaries to survive. Those seemingly unrealistic fantasies cannot be falsified. The universe is so big With so many possibilities, how can you be sure that this one of mine is wrong? Therefore, it is meaningless to judge the right and wrong of Anne LaRue's madness.

Perhaps Anne Laroux's experience working in a mental institution (for five years he worked there, where he taught painting, puppets, and shadow play) was an important reason for his lifelong passion for fantasy (almost all of his works were fantasy or science fiction), and his painting resume must be the direct reason for his fascination with animated films. "Pristine Planet" is a collaboration between Lalu and Polish surrealist illustrator Roland Top, so the whole film is full of strong and charming surreal style.


Yes, surreal, I like this word very much, not because I like its expression in painting, but I like to imagine the point beyond reality. No matter how rich reality is, it will always be a huge cage in which the possibilities can be exhausted, framing life and making people disappointed. If you can't break through it in your imagination, then the world will be very boring. This is also the reason why I like science fiction rather than speculative novels: no matter how bizarre the stories of the latter are, they will eventually return to a logical and regular rationality, that is, to life and reality, while the former does not Is escape, has its own third cosmic speed, means that the unknown is endless, and we have embarked on a journey of exploration.


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