{"id":1520,"date":"2017-02-02T09:46:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T09:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dimmerlightstudios.com\/blog\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2017-02-02T10:27:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T10:27:07","slug":"immortal-the-movie-turned-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dimmerlightstudios.com\/blog\/immortal-the-movie-turned-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Immortal the movie &#8211; turned out the director is a concept artist Enki Bilal who inspired the Fifth Element and Blade Runner sets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Often there is something ABOUT things that you can&#8217;t really pinpoint &#8211; is it the story, the colors, the quirks.. the quarks;) ? There is something about \u00a0movie or a story that you know you like against all better judgement.. I am still mining words for this as it is still fresh in my mind. but last night i looked a bit into the guy who directed the movie,\u00a0<a title=\"Enki Bilal\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enki_Bilal\">Enki Bilal<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; a serbian comic artist whose comic books it turned out, in the 80s, inspired Blade Runner and The Fifth Element, as opposed to the other way around. Once I found that bit of information i started to look at the sets with fresh eyes&#8230; because the sets and the architecture did remind me of the Fifth Element and my first reaction was to think that immortals borrowed ideas from it. Quite the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Remember the yellow taxi from the Fifth Element??<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>Corbin? Corbin Dallas?<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<a href=\"http:\/\/art.cafimg.com\/images\/Category_101811\/subcat_155037\/cRZLCnjj_2003140939271.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" src=\"http:\/\/art.cafimg.com\/images\/Category_101811\/subcat_155037\/cRZLCnjj_2003140939271.jpg\" alt=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" width=\"1913\" height=\"1250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"irc_pt\" dir=\"ltr\"><a class=\"_Epb irc_tas i3598\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicartfans.com\/comic-artists\/enki_bilal.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-noload=\"\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.lambiek.net\/artists\/b\/bilal.htm\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwi898OIk_HRAhWGvBoKHcLEDZgQjhwIBQ\">Enki Bilal<\/a>&#8216;s futuristic visions were created for his Nikopol comic book series:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;..\u00a0<em>In 1980 he began his award-winning &#8216;Nikopol-trilogy&#8217;, including the books &#8216;La Foire aux Immortels&#8217;, &#8216;La Femme Pi\u00e8ge&#8217; and &#8216;Froid \u00c9quateur&#8217;. Besides these comics activities, Enki Bilal started working in film, theater and opera. He created sets, costumes and posters for a theater play and worked on two feature films.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>I love every bit of Enki Bilal&#8217;s futuristic visions. Here are some of his concepts:<\/p>\n<p>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lambiek.net\/artists\/image\/b\/bilal\/bilal_flying_cab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lambiek.net\/artists\/image\/b\/bilal\/bilal_flying_cab.jpg\" alt=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" width=\"892\" height=\"574\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/originals\/9a\/68\/6f\/9a686fcfcfb1179a2281bb723c5612f4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" src=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/originals\/9a\/68\/6f\/9a686fcfcfb1179a2281bb723c5612f4.jpg\" alt=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" width=\"1280\" height=\"902\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/f.hypotheses.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1357\/files\/2014\/03\/Oslobodenje_Sarajevo_Bilal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" src=\"https:\/\/f.hypotheses.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1357\/files\/2014\/03\/Oslobodenje_Sarajevo_Bilal.png\" alt=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" width=\"945\" height=\"709\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/originals\/fe\/5a\/14\/fe5a14e4dc405f8ff09db7143cdcbed3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" src=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/originals\/fe\/5a\/14\/fe5a14e4dc405f8ff09db7143cdcbed3.jpg\" alt=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" width=\"1200\" height=\"891\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivid.it\/fotogallery\/imagesearch\/images\/immortal_ad_vitam_linda_hardy_enki_bilal_010_jpg_pjij.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ivid.it\/fotogallery\/imagesearch\/images\/immortal_ad_vitam_linda_hardy_enki_bilal_010_jpg_pjij.jpg\" alt=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" width=\"1733\" height=\"937\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-RelawtoLnS8\/UhacElmThwI\/AAAAAAAAB4M\/ag4qJ9W8lQ0\/s1600\/iv4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\" Enki Bilal's futuristic visions - Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-RelawtoLnS8\/UhacElmThwI\/AAAAAAAAB4M\/ag4qJ9W8lQ0\/s1600\/iv4.png\" alt=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" width=\"1600\" height=\"882\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i.onionstatic.com\/avclub\/5370\/5\/16x9\/1200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" src=\"http:\/\/i.onionstatic.com\/avclub\/5370\/5\/16x9\/1200.jpg\" alt=\"Enki Bilal -  Cool Sci-Fi Concept and Background Art\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Immortal_(2004_film)\">Immortal (2004 film) &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yzHJf-am0QY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>.For Reference &#8211; New York City:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/media2.iwc.com\/site_media\/thumbnails\/c5\/07\/NYC_skyline_972x426.c507004aef3243b276941ae914374947.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"For reference - new york City metropolis\" src=\"http:\/\/media2.iwc.com\/site_media\/thumbnails\/c5\/07\/NYC_skyline_972x426.c507004aef3243b276941ae914374947.jpg\" alt=\"For reference - new york City metropolis\" width=\"972\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Often there is something ABOUT things that you can&#8217;t really pinpoint &#8211; is it the story, the colors, the quirks.. the quarks;) ? There is something about \u00a0movie or a story that you know you like against all better judgement.. I am still mining words for this as it is still fresh in my mind. but last night i looked&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dimmerlightstudios.com\/blog\/immortal-the-movie-turned-out\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,2,135,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-cool-sci-fi-concept-art","category-film","category-great-stories","category-sci-fi","post_format-post-format-video","xfolkentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimmerlightstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimmerlightstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimmerlightstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimmerlightstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimmerlightstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dimmerlightstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dimmerlightstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimmerlightstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dimmerlightstudios.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}