How to Avoid Friendship
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | How to Avoid Friendship |
| Country of production |
USA Czechoslovakia |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 7 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gene Deitch |
| script |
Eli Bauer (idea) Gene Deitch |
| production |
William L. Snyder for Rembrandt Films |
How to Avoid Friendship , full title How to Avoid Friendship: A Guide to Friendless Living , is an American-Czechoslovakian animated short film directed by Gene Deitch in 1964.
action
The film introduces several strategies for getting rid of pesky friends.
production
How to Avoid Friendship was created as part of the Self-Help series at Rembrandt Films. It was inspired by Alice McGrath's book Self Defense for Cowards , which contained humorous, ironic advice on how cowards could defend themselves against other people. The series included the animated short films Self Defense ... for Cowards , How to Live With a Neurotic Dog , How to Win on the Thruway , How to Avoid Friendship and The Girl-Watchers' Guide . For How to Avoid Friendship , Deitch used an idea from Eli Bauer. Originally, John Ployardt was intended to be the narrator of all self-help films, but was replaced by Arthur Treacher . How to Avoid Friendship was published on November 1, 1964.
Awards
How to Avoid Friendship was in 1965 for an Oscar in the category " animated Best Short Film nomination," but could not free himself from The Pink Phink prevail.
Web links
- How to Avoid Friendship in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- How to Avoid Friendship on bcdb.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Long title according to the video publication ( memento of the original from October 25, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Gene Deitch: How to Succeed in Animation. Chapter 23: Self-Help for Nudnik ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . awn.com.
