
A Short Vision
- Studio
- Foldes.
- Distributor
- British Film Institute Experimental Fund, Intercontinental.
Synopsis
A mother plays with her baby. A man watches television. Another goes home from work. The trains run. A bar is open for drinks. Unbeknownst to them, under the cover of darkness, a stealth-like object flying under the radar approaches. Silently, the object comes. It is an H-bomb. It explodes over the city. In an instant, people's skeletons are visible as in an X-ray; their eyes fall from their sockets while their skin melts off. Everyone and everything is destroyed. Gone. There is nothing left, save for one small flame and a moth. The moth, the only life left anywhere, flies into the flame.
Characters
Thing, Moth
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Joan Foldes, Peter Foldes
Producing
- Producer
- Peter Foldes, Joan Foldes
Writing
- Writer
- Peter Foldes, Joan Foldes
Animation
- Animator
- Joan Foldes, Peter Foldes
Voices
- Voice
- James McKechnie
Music
- Music
- Matyas Seiber
Production notes
The first British cartoon to be X-rated (adults only) in Great Britain under the British Board of Film Censors classification system (the first cartoon of any kind to be so rated was "The Tell-Tale Heart").
Reviews
A Short Vision
I was 12 years old when I first saw this and also saw it two weeks later. Back then, we did the drills for nuclear attack by getting under our little desks. I remember this clearly.
When the film started ( it was black and white which makes it much colder , dismal and frightening. I was very upset and was luckless until today and finally figured out where to find the whole story.
I want to find a black and white video of the animation. does anyone know???
