Planète sauvage, La [Divoká planeta] ◾︎ René Laloux ◾︎ 1973

Arte Vidéo

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Label: Arte Vidéo (France)

Region: 2

RCE protection: No

Copyright protection system: None

Disc type: DVD9 (the data occupy 6.75 GB)

Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:08:47.10

Video: PAL

Aspect ratio: 1.68:1 anamorphic

Bitrate (min / avg / max): 1.92 / 6.69 / 8.51 Mbps

Audio:

French Dolby Digital 2.0 mono* / 384 kbps

Subtitles:

None

Menus available in:

French

René Laloux talks about Fantastic Planet

Special features:

"René Laloux parle de La planète sauvage"
("René Laloux talks about Fantastic Planet," in French)
- "Topor 1" (1:51), "Topor 2" (1:53) & "Topor 3" (2:03,
  R. Laloux talks about the collaboration with Roland Topor)
- "L'animation et la science-fiction" ("Animation and science fiction," 1:46)
- "La Tchécoslovaquie 1" (2:09)
- "La Tchécoslovaquie 2" (2:18)
- "Les techniques d'animation" ("The animation techniques," 5:41)
- "Les paysages imaginaires sonores" ("Sounds of imaginary landscapes," 1:19)
- "Les films avec acteurs ou les films d'animation"
  ("Films with actors or animated films," 2:27)
- "Les enfants" ("Children," 1:05)
Original designs by Roland Topor (72 pages, no audio)
"Les autres films de René Laloux" ("The other films of René Laloux," in French)
- "René Laloux parle des Dents du singe" (3:01)
  - "Les dents du singe" (11:07)
- "René Laloux parle des Temps morts" (2:14)
  - "Les temps morts" (9:46)
- "René Laloux parle des Escargots" (4:45)
  - "Les escargots" (10:47)
- "René Laloux parle des Maîtres du temps" (2:31)
  - "Les maîtres du temps," 3 excerpts (3:17)
- "René Laloux parle de Gandahar" (3:29)
  - "Gandahar," 3 excerpts (5:53)
Gallery of paintings (50 pages)

16-page booklet (in French)

Notes:

Unfortunately, no subs are provided for the film,
nor for any of the extensive special features.

*difference between channels is -65.76 dB (0.05 %)

Eureka!

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Last modified on Thursday 19th March 2020, 11:53:36 PM

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Label: Eureka! (UK)

Region: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8

RCE protection: No

Copyright protection system: CSS / CPPM

Disc type: DVD9 (the data occupy 5.96 GB)

Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:11:47.00

Video: NTSC

Aspect ratio: 1.69:1 anamorphic

Bitrate (min / avg / max): 0.12 / 7.87 / 8.58 Mbps

Audio:

French Dolby Digital 2.0 mono* / 224 kbps
English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono* / 192 kbps

Subtitles:

English

Menus available in:

English

Special features:

Soundtrack (38:03, 25 tracks, in Dolby Digital 2.0 / 224 kbps)
Short films
- "Les escargots" (10:48, music only)
- "Comment Wang-Fo fut sauvé" (14:55, in French
  with forced English subtitles)
Text notes (3 pages, in English)

40-page booklet (in English)

Notes:

In comparison with the French release, the transfer looks washed-out, with quite a lot of white speckles (definitely more than our screenshots reveal). On the other hand, the French print might be oversaturated, as it lacks detail (notice e.g. the cross-hatching lines), but it's hard to be sure, as I've never seen this theatrically.

*difference between channels is -46.62 dB (0.47 %),
resp. -79.04 dB (0.01 %)

Levné knihy KMa

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Label: Levné knihy KMa (Czech Republic)

Region: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8

RCE protection: No

Copyright protection system: None

Disc type: DVD5 (the data occupy 3.38 GB)

Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:08:00.12

Video: PAL

Aspect ratio: 1.47:1 non-anamorphic

Bitrate (min / avg / max): 3.37 / 6.51 / 8.39 Mbps

Audio:

Czech Dolby Digital 2.0 / 224 kbps

Subtitles:

Czech for the hearing impaired

Menus available in:

Czech

Special features:

None

Notes:

I've been trying to get my hands on the Czech version of "La planète sauvage" for quite some time, and, finally, here it is. Unfortunately, the print used exhibits what must be the most complete collection of artefacts I've seen in one place. Ever. You name it, it's got it. In alphabetical order: cue blips, dust speckles, fluctuating brightness, scratches, tramlines and... whatnot. ;-) This is not readily apparent in the gallery below, but check these out (the following are JavaScript animations):