|
No. 6 (voiced by Crispen Glover) sketched futuristic visions in the animated feature “9,” a Tim Burton production. |
The dark and daunting animated science fantasy “9” looks a little like H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds,” a little like a scary movie by Tim Burton, and a little like a horror film by Soviet-born director Timur Bekmambetov.
Wells had nothing to do with the making of “9,” but Burton and Bekmambetov did. They produced this movie, directed by a “Lord of the Rings” animator named Shane Acker, expanded from his 11-minute, 2005 Oscar-nominated film short of the same title.
Screenwriter Pamela Pettler beefed up Acker’s original, simple chase-movie story line by adding eight other characters to join the main one called 9, plus a Frankenstein-like (but not-so-mad) scientist. Then, the characters now come to life through a cast of famous actors.
The result is a haunting glimpse of a post-Apocalyptic planet occupied no longer by self-destructive humans, but by a strange little doll creature seemingly constructed of burlap-like material, with two large glowing lenses operating as eyes. (Read more…)