Roland Topor

'Roland Topor' (qv) (1938-1997) was a French illustrator, painter, writer and filmmaker. In 1962 he created the Panic Movement (mouvement panique), together with 'Alejandro Jodorowsky' (qv) and 'Fernando Arrabal' (qv). Topor wrote the novel "The Tenant" (1964), which was filmed by 'Roman Polanski' (qv) as _The Tenant (1976)_ (qv) (a remake of the film, _Le nouveau locataire (2013)_ (qv), was released in 2013). The book was re-issued with a new introduction by 'Thomas Ligotti' (qv), a selection of short stories by Topor, a representation of Topor's artwork and an essay on the Polanski film version. Topor published several books of drawings, including "Dessins panique" (1965), "Quatre roses pour Lucienne" (1967) and "Toporland" (1975). With filmmaker 'René Laloux' (qv), Topor made "The Dead Times" (1964), _Les escargots (1966)_ (qv) and their most famous work, the feature _Fantastic Planet (1973)_ (qv).In 1982 he creates with 'Henri Xhonneux' (qv) the popular French TV series _Die Sendung mit der Katze (1982)_ (qv), a parody of news broadcasts featuring puppets of a cat and an ostrich. Topor also worked as an actor, his most famous part being Renfield in 'Werner Herzog' (qv)'s _Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)_ (qv).::yasmine (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)