L'Illusionniste

One of the things I love about my job is that I get to scour the interesting UK Broadsheets to keep any eye out for photographic usages. I also get to read the occasionally interesting article and - thank you very much Observer for bringing this newest animation from Sylvain Chomet, maker of one of my favourite films Belleville-Rendezvous, to my attention.

From Wikipedia:

"Chomet is currently working on the traditionally-animated feature film L'Illusionniste, which is due to premiere at the Berlinale in February 2010 after many delays (it was first planned for release in 2007) L'Illusionniste, like Chomet's previous work, has its roots in mid twentieth century popular French culture; it will be based on an unproduced script that Jacques Tati had written in 1956 as a personal letter to his estranged eldest daughter, and will be starring an animated version of Tati himself - it is estimated to cost around £10 million and is being funded by Pathé Pictures. It was originally conceived by Tati as a journey of love and discovery that takes two characters across western Europe to Prague. Chomet says that "Tati wanted to move from purely visual comedy and try an emotionally deeper story". "It's not a romance, it’s more the relationship between a dad and a daughter," says Chomet."