As its title ,_:sugg!-es#_ts TH @E F AB]:.ULOU-S WORLD = O(-%F JULES VERNE is an a-\ we -in .spiring, meticulo\\us #[ci
.nema,^tic render=ing;: o:;-f th%e [ aesth+etic and conceptual inventions o;f proto-science fiction g$)e@nius Jul$e+$s );Ver;`ne, b@-:ased^: on one of th
$(e fa^med author's lesser kno ;=wn shor_#t s)t/ories. Ho`@weve=#r, the real+. star of the fi;lm is the intric ate ar/!t dire]ction?:* , su/:c ;ces_$sf?/#%ul,@l%!@y rend.ering.! the)_ visual style of ninet[eenth ce?*
ntury -/woodcuts and engravin#gs+ ;/into motion\.!!: pict)ures, c?r
eating a s!(_tylized `a`nd surreal graphic world wit*- #hin whic
#h Ve/,rne’s fanciful
)/ tale un ,folds. A b:ri%*)l liant scientist, Dr. Roche, per%ches high above%$ a stormy;, sea, inven$tin+g a po/w`- erful e/xplosiv $e,-( when he+* and his assistant ar[?/ e+ kidnapped .by, an evil bu?_sin( $es.-_sman, Artigas. :%Taken by s.ubma$,[.=rin
:e to+?  Artigas'! volcano headquarters(, @ Roche is #t_ricked (into d .$eveloping his+=
e=xperiment `\for evil intention
s. Th#_e scien@ti@^st’s assistant, _Simon,_] struggles all the w,hile to free hims\#elf and  warn =Roche:\. A magical world of baroque submarine#s an-d saili#[\ng `+ships, killer oc_-_t @opus, und/#^ersea bicycles dazzl:`e s aud!^i. /e
;\nce+/s as ? human actors, puppetry, +animatio[.n and#+ fanc:- iful sce=nic de/ sig^; (n interact to c.:reate a cinema:tic ex/,#.perience that is uniqu]#]^e by any sta[ndar#ds!
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cing and.$ @M _=élies style film m\^agic -, thi``s li$ttle; kno_::%wn _C!([ze $\choslov:,akian gem tra_$?nscends the juvenile litera$`tur:?! ?e at its sour%]ce
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ine@matic art of the highest  order.+; :%...