BELLE VILLE

An Interview with Evgeni Tomov

Currently, it feels that animation at the movies is a landscape dominated by pure CG. Practically everyone's making CG films these days -- even Disney has disassembled their hand-drawn Animated Features department in Burbank.

Is this the Pixarring of animation? Well, I can see the attraction. Pixar is making beautiful films, well-told stories featuring interesting characters. Yet Pixar's success has spawned so many copycats, and what we now have is sort of a House Style -- stylized reality, cartoons with Renderman realistic materials, and most CG films having, you know, that look.

Enter The Triplets of Belleville. What a breath of fresh air! A cartoon not necessarily for children (in fact some may not have the patience for it, but neither may some adults) and it's hand-drawn in the most beautiful style of animation from a bygone era.

Triplets harkens back to 101 Dalmations and beyond, along the way gathering some nicely eclectic and wonderfully bohemian art styles.

As I write this (November, 2003) Triplets of Belleville is about to make a run in theatres in the US. It's already done well on the international festival circuit, and I wish it luck in the States. I really hope it does well, and strikes a blow for Animation as Film, regardless of whether it is drawn or rendered.

Director Sylvain Chomet is hard at work on his next film (more on that later in the interview), but Triplets' Art Director Evgeni Tomov generously spent a few moments with us to discuss the film.

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