The Dot and the Line

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Movie
Original title The Dot and the Line
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1965
length 10 mins
Rod
Director Chuck Jones
script Norton Juster
production Chuck Jones,
Les Goldman
for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
music Eugene Poddany

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics is a 1965 American animated short film directed by Chuck Jones .

action

A male straight is madly in love with a female point . However, she finds it too stiff and boring and prefers to amuse herself with a flourish doodle that lives anarchistically and is not willing to take on any form. The straight begins to work on itself to win the point for itself. The straight line forms small angles, corners and edges, finally simple geometric figures and soon complex, multi-dimensional shapes and curves.

He presents his new self to the point and takes on the most diverse forms for it. She is enthusiastic, especially as the squiggle scribble cannot take any real form and lives completely randomly. And so point and straight have lived happily together ever since.

production

The Dot and the Line was released in theaters on December 31, 1965. The film is based on the book of the same name by Norton Juster , who also wrote the script for the film. The story is told by Robert Morley .

Awards

The Dot and the Line won in 1966 the Oscar in the category " Best Animated Short Film ". It was the last MGM animated short film to win an Oscar.

At the Cannes Film Festival the film was shown in the competition for the Palme d'Or for best short film, but could not prevail against skaterdaters .

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