World history in exactly three minutes
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | World history in exactly three minutes |
| Original title | History of the World in Three Minutes Flat |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1980 |
| length | 3 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Mills |
| production | Michael Mills for Michael Mills Productions |
World History in Exactly Three Minutes is a Canadian animated short film directed by Michael Mills from 1980.
action
God is somewhat annoyed with the effort to create the earth, but produces a circle and light and movement. Human history is unwinding. Adam and Eve eat an apple in paradise and there is an explosion when Adam tastes the apple. His apology doesn't help either. The Noah's Ark floats over before Moses somewhat disoriented his people through the desert, looking for directions. The Trojan horse rolls through the picture before the three wise men follow the star. Nero sings while Rome burns . In front of his mother, giggling, Leonardo da Vinci transforms into an image of the Vitruvian man and his mother just says angrily “Grow up, Lenny!” (“Grow up, Lenny!”). The New World is discovered, but the ship crashes on the edge of the sea. Numerous wars followed, Napoléon , Queen Victoria , the First World War , the Second World War , with the swastika flag changing into the Japanese flag ( Pearl Harbor ), as well as the atomic bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki .
Arguing men appear and blame each other for all of this. God yawns loudly. One of the men realizes that God is bored and hastily suggests that they dance. The men happily begin tapping and singing a funny song. God turns off the light and decides to make a second attempt at creating the world.
production
World history in exactly three minutes was realized as a cel animation . The film was released in 1980.
Awards
At the Ottawa International Animation Festival , the film received an OIAF Award in the “Best Film Under Three Minutes” category. World history in exactly three minutes won the Golden Berlin Bear in the "Short Film" category at the 1981 Berlinale . At the Berlinale he was also awarded the Interfilm Award / Otto Dibelius Prize.
World history in exactly three minutes was nominated for an Oscar in the category “ Best Animated Short Film ” in 1981, but could not prevail against Die Fliege . He was also nominated for a Genie Award in the category "Best Short Film" in 1981, but lost to The Strongest Man in the World by Halya Kuchmij .
Web links
- World history in just three minutes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- World history in exactly three minutes on bcdb.com
Individual evidence
- ^ German title according to the program of the Berlinale 1981, cf. berlinale.de
- ↑ See berlinale.de