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"I wanted one thing – to show the fantastic world created by nature over millions of years. Film offered me that chance."
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Karel Zeman
Karel Zeman was a Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator. He is best known for directing fantasy films combining live-action footage with animation, including Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) and Invention for Destruction (1958). Because of his creative use of special effects and animation in his films, he has often been called the "Czech Méliès".
"I wanted one thing – to show the fantastic world created by nature over millions of years. Film offered me that chance."
"Im on a journey to discover the beauty of the fairy tale and I want to stay on that path, trying to find better ways to capture it on film. And I have only one wish — to delight the eyes and heart of every child."
"Why do I make movies? Im looking for terra incognita, a land on which no filmmaker has yet set foot, a planet where no director has planted his flag of conquest, a world that exists only in fairy tales."