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Breathdeath

A Trageede In Masks

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  • Animation

Overview

A surrealistic fantasy based on the 15th century woodcuts of the dance of the dead. A film experiment that deals with the photoreality and the surrealism of life. A collage-animation that cuts up photos and newsreel film and reassembles them, producing an image that is a mixture of unexplainable fact (Why is Harpo Marx playing a harp in the middle of a battlefield?) with inexplicable act (Why is there a battlefield?). It is a black comedy, a fantasy that mocks death ... a parabolic parable.

Keywords

  • surrealism
  • satire
  • short film
  • cutout animation
  • video collage

Details

Status
Released
Release date
December 28, 1963
Original language
English
Countries
United States of America
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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