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Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus

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Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus
Directed byDalibor Barić
Written byDalibor Barić
Produced byIvan Katić
StarringRakan Rushaidat, Ana Vilenica, Frano Mašković, Nikša Marinović, Mario Kovač, Željka Veverec, Boris Bakal, Pavlica Brazzoduro Bajsić
CinematographyDalibor Barić
Music byDalibor Barić
Production
company
Kaos
Release date
  • June 15, 2020 (2020-06-15) (Annecy)[1]
Running time
81 minutes

Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus (Croatian: Slučajna raskoš prozirnog vodenog rebusa) is a 2020 animated film by Croatian director Dalibor Barić,[2][3] shortlisted for the 2021 Satellite Awards in the Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media category[4] and submitted to the 2021 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.[5]

Production and release

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The techniques used in the film include rotoscoping, collage,[6] and found footage.[7] Barić took care of many parts of the films's creation himself, including direction, scripting, animation, composition, soundtrack, and editing. The film had a budget of €20,000.[8]

The film was initially shown in ten Croatian arthouse cinemas and will be shown at the Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Art in 2020. In order to qualify for the Academy Awards, it was also shown at Laemmle in early 2021. The film's general release was Video on Demand on Vimeo.[8]

Reception

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In the Los Angeles Times, Carlos Agulilar described the film as "A surrealist noir film resembling the retro futurism of Alphaville,"[9] and in Variety, reviewer Michael Nordine described the film as "vibrant and alive in a way that few films falling under the wide umbrella of animation even attempt to be."[6] Peter Bradshaw, in a four-star review for The Guardian, referred to it as a "distinctly disturbing and even absorbing" reverie, stating that there is "something impressive in the film’s indifference to narrative meaning or ordinary legibility."[10] On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a score of 80% based on five reviews.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus: Interview with Dalibor Baric". 21 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus". Festival De Sevilla.
  3. ^ "Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus". Croatian Audiovisual Centre.
  4. ^ "2020 IPA Awards". International Press Academy.
  5. ^ Patrick Hipes; Matthew Carey (January 28, 2021). "Oscars: Documentary Feature Entries Shatter Record; Animated Feature, International Films In Running Confirmed". Deadline.
  6. ^ a b Michael Nordine (February 24, 2021). "'Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus' Review: Adventurous Animated Noir From Croatia". Variety.
  7. ^ Fabien Lemercier (June 17, 2020). "Review: Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus". Cineuropa.
  8. ^ a b Vladan Petkovic (February 22, 2021). "How a Croatian experimental feature ended up in the Oscar race". Cineruopa.
  9. ^ Carlos Agulilar (February 11, 2021). "Review: 'Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus' is better experienced than solved". LA Times.
  10. ^ "Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus review – deeply weird animated reverie". TheGuardian.com. 15 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
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