Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus Review: Adventurous Animated Noir From Croatia
Multi-hyphenate filmmaker Dalibor Barić combines numerous bold techniques while reminding viewers of how much animation can do.
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Director: Dalibor Barić
With: Ana Vilenica, Rakan Rushaidat, Frano Mašković, Nikša Marinović, Mario Kovać, Željka Veverec, Boris Bakal, Pavlica Bajsić Brazzoduro.
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Dalibor Barić’s audacious “Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus” is a welcome reminder that “animated” carries more than one meaning. While it’s true that the Croatian filmmaker’s experimental lulu employs such methods as rotoscoping and collage, it’s also vibrant and alive in a way that few films falling under the wide umbrella of animation even attempt to be. And though the audience for elliptical fare of this nature tends to be self-selecting, anyone willing to get o