The Village Voice, December 31st, 2003
AVALON Directed by Mamoru Oshii January 3, 5, 6, and 8, Walter Reade TRACKING SHOTS The unknown gem in the Walter Reade's ambitious sci-fi show, Avalon is a "live-action" feature fay anime maestro Mamoru Oshii-acquired by Miramax at the 2001 Cannes but never released in the U.S. The movie, which was shot in Poland, begins with World War ll-era tanks roiiing across a sepia battlefield. The CCI effects are sensationally evocative-explosions freeze and then separate into two-dimensional layers. The action shifts to Warsaw where casualties similarly stop dead, shatter, and atomize. It's only a v...
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