"Neighbours" - a short film

In this Oscar®-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.

source I wanted to add that the quality of the video on the sourced link is much better than the embedded one from youtube



I really enjoyed that, I hope it is posted in the right forum, I thought the message of the film is ultimately a commentary of the social behavior of man. One comment though, for those who watch it what is your take on the faces (later in the film), is that native or animalistic- if native, the implication is not something I agree with.

I'm lucky enough to have a friend in animation that knew this director.
It's neither animalistic nor tribal, but 'devilish'.
It's a good little film, I recall this film from when I was a kid, I believe on PBS as a space filler.

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cool thanks for clarifying that its a devil face. My girlfriend was ranting that it was a slight againt natives, a reflection of the fact they were openly called savages for so long. Shes a political major though so its expected haha.

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It might be that some tribes used a fierce, 'devilish' motif in tattoos and body painting, to be more terrifying to enemies, thus the similarity. To me, it looks like Kabuki masks.