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Due to the film's significant amount of visual effects, an extensive year of pre-production was necessary. In pre-production, Schuiten made some sketches of the sets and, in post-production, he oversaw the visual coherence of the whole film while acting as art direction consultant. Since the film was
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in 2003), with the intent of adapting them into a science fiction feature film. While
Villeneuve was to write the script, Lepage was attached to the project as producer and as an actor. A year later, Lepage shut down Films Ex æquo. Nevertheless, he strongly encouraged Villeneuve to produce and direct
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called it a "thoroughly funky French-Canadian sci-fi!", and wrote: "All of this put together is a small, colorful delight – the funny bits come and go quickly enough to get their chuckles and not wear out their welcome, the whole thing is pretty, and the story that eventually gets told has some heft
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is certainly one of a kind. (…) Sans rousing battle or action sequences, the film is that rare sci-fi spectacle that foregrounds elements other than
Manichean ideas of good and evil — in this case romance, music and philosophizing about the universe. (…) Shot on a tight budget and with abundant use
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only had a few days available for filming, Villeneuve turned his character into a hologram and had another actor wearing a green hood stand in for his scenes during principal photography. An avant-garde 3D capturing technique was used to integrate him virtually into his scenes as a hologram. Six
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In March 2011, exactly two years after principal photography was completed, a re-shoot took place at Lepage's request. The scene in which Jacob and Avril make love was shot in
Languirand's actual bedroom. The final cut of the film was completed during the summer of the same year. Montreal-based
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was also quite enthusiastic, and described the settings as a "stunning futuristic
Montreal, lovingly produced via the special effects, creating an unworldly and dreamy future city that fits perfectly with the graphic novel style." But Adams also noted that "the audience for the film will be
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is a movie that will surprise you. It has to, as every time it seems to go one way, it will twist off in a new direction. It will also give your eyes a good time (…) It looks beautiful and it looks different. This movie took seven years to make and inspired a TED talk about how to make an
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and Benoît
Beaulieu joined Villeneuve as producers. Telefilm Canada and Alliance Vivafilm both accepted to raise their initial investment, and so did Robert Lepage and Lynda Beaulieu though their new Quebec city-based motion picture company, Les Productions du 8e Art. At this point,
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and convinced him to buy them before they were even made. When
Laliberté saw Villeneuve's TED Talk on 7 June 2013, he offered the filmmaker the "Gravophone" which is seen in the talk. Laliberté has thereby financed the creation of the instruments sculpted by artist Dominique Engel.
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is. A sci-fi steam-punk romance with a terrific score, it is a delight to the senses. Visually stunning, melodramatic in its storytelling, and unafraid to delve into deep philosophical musings." Esther Inglis-Arkell from sci-fi authority
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received generally positive reviews after its release in Quebec. The film also received mostly positive reviews upon its release in the international festival circuit, starting with a world premiere in
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By the end of 2009, the editing of a first cut was assembled. In 2010, Martin
Villeneuve searched for new investments in order to complete the 550 VFX shots involved in the film. In early 2011,
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series. Villeneuve had this image in mind when writing the photo novel. For the shooting of this scene, extras were chosen who looked like the characters from
Schuiten's graphic novel.
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to be shot almost entirely on green screen, in only 25 days and on a very tight budget of C$ 2.3 million, preparation was key to making it work. The 1200 shots were hand-drawn as
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Villeneuve's childhood memories: when he was 4 or 5 years old, his older brothers (including
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composed the original score. The film was financed by
Telefilm Canada, SODEC, Les Productions du 8e Art and the Harold Greenberg Fund, and is distributed in Canada by
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gave it 4.5 stars out of 5 and called it "light-hearted and inspired!" He wrote: "There's a sly wit at work here — that's one of the reasons I so liked
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twice to follow up: in September 2008 and December 2011. Throughout filming and post-production, the two men touch-based as often as they could through
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and similar graphic novels, but rarely breaks out into the mainstream."
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Sci-Fi London 2013 Review: MARS ET AVRIL Deserves Greater Attention
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From WFF to TED Talks: Martin Villeneuve and his Impossible Film
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Martin Villeneuve talks MARS ET AVRIL + English subbed trailer!
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MARS ET AVRIL - En salles dès le 12 octobre prochain !
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Spend the weekend watching the impossible (and beautiful)
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Best Sound (Pascal Beaudin, Luc Boudrias, Olivier Calvert)
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using a panoramic film camera. The exact location is near
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Martin Villeneuve – Graphic Novels Interviews (2002-2004)
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relatively niche. This type of esoteric sci-fi — such as
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Jean Asselin as Eugène Spaak (body) / Serveur automate
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Robert Lepage : L'homme-orchestre, article from
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CBC C'est La Vie "Quebec filmmaker gives a TED Talk"
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An unforgettable ride through a futuristic Montreal
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Robert Lepage ferme sa boîte de production Ex aequo
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519:Richard Robitaille as Marsonaute #3
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1954:Le pari fou de Martin Villeneuve
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