A Master of Animation Is Back, With a ‘Magnificent’ Story
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The first animated feature in 15 years by the acclaimed French filmmaker Sylvain Chomet, the “Triplets of Belleville” creator, is a biopic of another artist who never lost his ability for wonder and curiosity.
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His recurrent affinity for protagonists who are storytellers or performers is also on display. “I like artists when they are quite pathetic,” Chomet said. “I like the idea of losers as characters. They’re much more interesting than superheroes.” With “The Illusionist,” for example, he made a emotionally delicate and humorous portrait of a magician struggling to get work that was inspired by another real-life entertainer, Jacques Tati.
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