Legend of Destruction review
Eight years in the making, the innovative film uses painted still images – it’s like being read a graphic novel by a cast including Oscar Isaac, Evangeline Lilly and Elliott Gould
TL;DR
- The film took eight years to make and uses painted still images for its animation style.
- It retells the Jewish resistance in Judea against the Romans in the first century, adhering closely to historical records.
- Oscar Isaac, Evangeline Lilly, and Elliott Gould voice characters in the English language version.
- The narrative focuses on ordinary people and their suffering amidst revolution and destruction.
- The visual style is inspired by graphic novels and the film La Jetée, with minimal animation until the end.
- The film's unique, static visual approach is noted as innovative but possibly not widely replicable.