Renaissance courtesy Miramax
DVD Tuesday The animated Renaissance unfolds in gorgeous black-and-white and if it owes a debt to Blade Runner well borrow from the bestSend your movie questions to FlickChickSee Maitland McDonagh and Ken Fox review this weeks new flicks on the Movie Talk vodcastHear Maitland on the weekly podcast TV Guide TalkI can never get too much of Blade Runner 1982 but until the next absolutely positively definitive DVD edition comes out which would be Dec 18 with a theatrical preview starting Oct 5 Im recommending Renaissance a black-and-white animated science-fiction feature that owes Blade Runner a deep debt without being a rip-off The year is 2054 and Paris is in thrall to a company called Avalon whose animated billboards promise health beauty and longevity rather than old-fashioned liberty equality and fraternity Brilliant Avalon researcher Ilona Tasuiev has been kidnapped and Barthelemy Karas who rose from the streets to become a top cop is as
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