Atlantis Luc Besson LaserDisc PILF-1597 Japan Widescreen Eric Serra Maria Callas

Title

アトランティス / Atlantis

Label / Publisher

Pioneer LDC (パイオニアLDC株式会社) / Gaumont (©Gaumont 1991)

Catalog Number

PILF-1597

Format

LaserDisc (CLV) — 12-inch, single disc, 2 sides

Region / Compatibility

NTSC — Japanese pressing. Manufactured by Pioneer LDC Inc., Japan. Playable on any NTSC-compatible or multi-system LaserDisc player. No region lock on LaserDisc format.

Year

1991 (theatrical) / Japanese LD release 1992

Runtime

Approximately 79 minutes (2 sides)

Audio

Stereo / Digital

Aspect Ratio

Widescreen (Wide Screen / Scope) — explicitly noted on both the obi and back jacket. Back jacket states: "ワイドスクリーン（スコープ）この映画の劇場上映サイズはスコープ・サイズ（横1.85:2.35）です。このディスクも同じ上映サイズで収録されています" — filmed and presented in scope ratio (approximately 2.35:1).

Original Price at Publication

¥4,841 (税別) / ¥4,700 (税抜)

Subtitles

日本語字幕・英語字幕 — Japanese and English subtitles

Staff

Director: Luc Besson / Composer: Eric Serra / Executive Producer: Claude Besson (Les films du Loup) / Director of Photography: Christian Petron / Assistant Operator: François Gentit / Chef Plongeur: Jean-Marc Bour / Régisseur Plongeur: Marc Biehler / Images: Luc Besson / Christian Petron / Marine Mammal Specialist: Mandy Rodriguez / Orques: David Bain / Requins: Yves Lefèvre / Requins blancs: Rodney Fox / Plongée-sous marine: Philippe Cagan / Technical Poison Fish Advisor: André Laperrière / Musical Director: John Altman / Orchestra: The London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Songs:

Chanté par Maria Callas — "La Sonnanbula"

Vanessa Paradis — "Time To Get Your Lovin'"

Eric Serra — "Iguana Dance"

Content

Luc Besson's celebrated 1991 underwater documentary feature — conceived over 10 years and filmed over 38 months — using the world of marine life as a lens to explore the full range of human emotion. Following the international success of Le Grand Bleu (The Big Blue, 1988), Besson returned to the ocean for this wordless, purely visual and musical meditation. The film is structured thematically rather than narratively, with each chapter named for a human quality or experience:

Side 1: Opening / first day~light / mind / rhythm / beat / soul

Side 2: dark / spirit / tenderness / love / hate / last day~birth / ENDING / TRAILER

The film pairs extraordinary underwater cinematography — octopus, manta rays, sharks, orca, dolphins, and countless marine creatures — with Eric Serra's evocative score performed by the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the haunting use of Maria Callas's voice. Vanessa Paradis contributes a song. The result is a purely cinematic, non-narrative sensory experience.

Insert

Original insert present — double-sided, large-format. Features an extended Japanese essay "ベッソンのひとりごと" (Besson's Soliloquy, translated by 高橋 潤哉) — a personal statement by Luc Besson on the making of Atlantis and his relationship with the ocean. Also includes full Japanese production credits and a notable feature: a hand-drawn dolphin sketch with "Hello!" written by Luc Besson himself, described as "リュック・ベッソン監督から日本のファンへのメッセージです" — a personal message from director Luc Besson to Japanese fans.

Obi Strip

Original light blue/white obi present and intact. Prominently marked WIDE SCREEN. Obi notes: 構想10年、撮影38ヶ月、海洋生物の姿を通して人間を描く、愛に満ち溢れた贈り物 — "10 years in conception, 38 months of filming — a gift overflowing with love, depicting humanity through marine life."

Condition

Case/jacket is in good condition. Disc is free of major scratches or flaws.