With his first attempt Besson knocks it out of the park!
Le Dernier Combat is an odd friendship tale and love story told with no words set in a post apocalyptic world that looks like no other. We are carried through this miserable landscape with unparalleled lightness and ease. It looks attractive enough for us to want to live there, albeit deserted and rundown. Besson inserts it with interesting new stuff for the main character to use - a self made plane, cassette player and a blow up doll. In fact every film in the genre introduces something new to the post apocalyptic world that is used in following movies. However Besson got his artistic touch all over this one. Fast, pacey episodes are followed by slow almost poetic moments of observation. It is breathtaking and visually stunning.
It is really hard to tell the humanity in characters that can't speak and only moo and make gestures. But Besson makes them draw wall paintings and eat on table-cloths using forks and knives. The Doctor and The Man really grow on each other and in the end The Doctor reveals his biggest secret. Buildig up of characters without using dialog is quite challenging and masterfully done.
A genius is born!
Le Dernier Combat is an odd friendship tale and love story told with no words set in a post apocalyptic world that looks like no other. We are carried through this miserable landscape with unparalleled lightness and ease. It looks attractive enough for us to want to live there, albeit deserted and rundown. Besson inserts it with interesting new stuff for the main character to use - a self made plane, cassette player and a blow up doll. In fact every film in the genre introduces something new to the post apocalyptic world that is used in following movies. However Besson got his artistic touch all over this one. Fast, pacey episodes are followed by slow almost poetic moments of observation. It is breathtaking and visually stunning.
It is really hard to tell the humanity in characters that can't speak and only moo and make gestures. But Besson makes them draw wall paintings and eat on table-cloths using forks and knives. The Doctor and The Man really grow on each other and in the end The Doctor reveals his biggest secret. Buildig up of characters without using dialog is quite challenging and masterfully done.
A genius is born!