"It's no fun wearing my Tintin shirt now that the masses know who he is." The drawing over that caption is superfluous. Still, the cartoon in this week's New Yorker nicely sums up the shift in Tintin's status in the Us since the release of Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin — his face has migrated from imported T-shirts to dog food ads.
As with another 3D spectacle currently in theaters, Pina, we've already had two roundups on Spielberg's Tintin, the first in October, an entry that kicked off with initial reactions to the film's premiere and eventually segued into more considered reviews in the British and European press, and the second in November, an entry gathering takes from the Tintinologists and reviews from AFI Fest. So I'll try to keep it brief in this third go-round, focusing more on Hergé than Spielberg, beginning with Charles McGrath's introduction in the video embedded above.
As with another 3D spectacle currently in theaters, Pina, we've already had two roundups on Spielberg's Tintin, the first in October, an entry that kicked off with initial reactions to the film's premiere and eventually segued into more considered reviews in the British and European press, and the second in November, an entry gathering takes from the Tintinologists and reviews from AFI Fest. So I'll try to keep it brief in this third go-round, focusing more on Hergé than Spielberg, beginning with Charles McGrath's introduction in the video embedded above.
- 12/29/2011
- MUBI
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961)
With October’s cinema release of the Speilberg/Jackson production of The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011), Herge’s immortal boy reporter is certainly going to receive a huge boost in popularity. To cash in on this potential phenomenon, the various film and TV versions of the character will probably get re-packaged and re-released to a new generation of fans. Among the movies due for a new lease of life is this rarely-seen live-action French production originally known as Tintin et le mystere de la Toison d’Or.
Directed by Jean-Jacques Vierne, and with the approval of Herge, this is a very brave stab at bringing Tintin into a live setting. Rather than adapt one of the albums, the filmmakers have wisely opted for a brand-new story featuring all the familiar characters. The end result is very much...
With October’s cinema release of the Speilberg/Jackson production of The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011), Herge’s immortal boy reporter is certainly going to receive a huge boost in popularity. To cash in on this potential phenomenon, the various film and TV versions of the character will probably get re-packaged and re-released to a new generation of fans. Among the movies due for a new lease of life is this rarely-seen live-action French production originally known as Tintin et le mystere de la Toison d’Or.
Directed by Jean-Jacques Vierne, and with the approval of Herge, this is a very brave stab at bringing Tintin into a live setting. Rather than adapt one of the albums, the filmmakers have wisely opted for a brand-new story featuring all the familiar characters. The end result is very much...
- 9/23/2011
- Shadowlocked
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