Other similar Recommended films
what film can you think of with a similar feel
i going to suggest
1. The City of Lost Children
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The Time Machine
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Maybe something by Hayao Miyazaki?
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Steamboy, for all its shortcomings, is actually amazing steampunk. Check it out.
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Steamboy has a crummy storyline and weak characters but the steampunk aesthetic is incredible. And Miyazaki has done some steampunk-ish things, notably Laputa, Howl's Moving Castle and Nausicaa.
There is also the (completely dreadful) film adaptation of the League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which has some good steampunk stuff but is a shameless rape of the subject matter (brilliant graphic novels)
I think Jasper Morello stands alone. But some films that show a similar amount of effort and style, if not the same level of beauty or success, would include
Vidocq (very steampunky)
Immortel (Ad Vitam)
Renaissance (2006)
Perfect Creature
hmmmmm how about Blade Runner?
*********** (this is a good match) "1884: Yesterday's Future"
http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200905/1884-yesterdays-future
also, how about The Golden Compass. just a few scenes.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
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Twice Upon A Time, mayhapse?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086489/
When it comes to shadow animation I recommend HumDrum.
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Tim Burton's "Vincent"
shareMy favorite steam punk anime is Last Exile. Even the Japanese pop tune opener is good. My library has a lot of anime but for look and feel of steam punk, the flying machines have it. There is some weakness in the drawn characters but the world of Last Exile cannot be beat in this style.
shareHasn't been much action in this thread for a while but I thought I'd jump in and suggest The Adventures of Prince Achmed just because I was really surprised nobody had mentioned it before, seeing as Jasper Morello was directly influenced by its shadow-puppet style of animation. It's not a steampunk movie or anything--hell, I don't even think the genre existed back then, Achmed is a silent animated (and German!) film from 1926--but the animation, like Morello's, is drop-dead stunningly beautiful, especially for its time. Also like Morello, the color schemes of certain scenes change.
Pictures:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xjihglF_gfE/R83n9bMPWtI/AAAAAAAAAFw/smhA_ysCotA/s400/snapshot20080304190019.jpg
http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/9232/scaled.Prince_Achmed_16Duo.jpg
http://37signals.com/svn/images/600a.jpg
http://www.entertainingthings.com/images/Films/AdventuresofPrinceAchmed/PrinceAchmed01.jpg
http://www.german-films.de/app/filmarchive/images/PRINZ_Achmed.jpg
http://blog.freepeople.com/adventures_of_prince_achmed_03.jpg
Great film and now available on Netflix as well!
shareYou might enjoy this jewel from way back back -
The Adventures of Prince Achmed from 1926. It's gorgeous.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015532/combined
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