First of all, I’m sorry if I’ve kept you waiting in what might have seemed endless anticipation. I’ve been a bit lazy lately, well, lazy and I just couldn’t find anything interesting enough to post a blog about. Now I finally have.
Monster Distributes has put the steampunk animated movie (26 min) The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello on their YouTube profile. If you haven’t already seen it, I recommend that you to so (at a time and leisure of your own choosing, of course).
From Monster Distributes’ webpage:
Set in a world of iron dirigibles and steam powered computers, this gothic horror mystery tells the story of Jasper Morello, a disgraced aerial navigator who flees his plague-ridden home on a desperate voyage to redeem himself.
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello is a very beautiful film. Its beauty primarily stems from the intricate systems of clocks and compasses as well as monstrous clunky steam powered blimps, resembling Gothic churches and Swiss clocks as much as airships. Also, I really dig the fact that the characters are all portrayed as silhouettes, maneuvering in a nightmarishly dark environment of infernal devices reaching towards the skies.
It is really well written and mono- as well as dialogues are written in those eloquent pompous gothic Victorian phrases that all us Frankenstein geeks adore so much. Additionally, the voice acting is really great and perfects the whole feel of the movie.
According to Monster Distributes, this is the first of a trilogy. If this is still the case, I wonder where its possible to obtain the last two (it might be here).
(Image from Gravestmor)
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