The Critic (short film)

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Movie
Original title The Critic
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1963
length 4 minutes
Rod
Director Ernest Pintoff
script Mel Brooks
production Ernest Pintoff
for Pintoff-Crossbow Production

The Critic is an American animated short film directed by Ernest Pintoff in 1963.

action

To harpsichord music , various geometric figures to see that rearrange themselves, merge, form patterns and are replaced by new figures. Some are representational, but some cannot be identified.

An older man comments on what is shown. He complains that he paid two dollars to see this strange movie and tries to match the characters with familiar things. In some objects he suspects lips, in others cockroaches , in still other processes “sex between things”, which cannot be shown openly, as it would end up in prison. Again and again he notes that what is shown is just rubbish - other viewers repeatedly ask him to be quiet - and concludes with the statement that this, even if he understands little about psychoanalysis , is a filthy film (“I. 'd say, this is a dirty picture ").

production

The idea for the film came from Mel Brooks , who also speaks the critic. It was the first feature film that Mel Brooks worked on.

The abstract animation for the film was done by Bob Heath .

Awards

The Critic won in 1964 the Oscar in the category " Best Animated Short Film ".

In 1964, The Critic also received a British Film Academy Award for best animated film.

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