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2004 7 cartoons

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Cartoons

  1. As The Wheel Turns

    2004 (estimated) National Film Board of Canada

    Using bright Flash animation juxtaposed with black and white photography, As the Wheel Turns draws parallels between modern life and the domestic life of a hamster. It is a caustic commenta…

  2. I Almost Drowned

    2004 (estimated) National Film Board of Canada

    A summer's day goes wrong. Based on personal memoir with a home movie feel to it, I Almost Drowned captures the recollections and experiences of a young boy who nearly drowns. Floating in a…

  3. I Learned To Play The Guitar

    2004 (estimated) National Film Board of Canada

    I Learned to Play the Guitar takes us into the whimsical dream world of a balding, middle-aged man and his love affair with a red guitar. Through drawings infused with childlike charm and c…

  4. I Made Something Of Myself

    2004 (estimated) National Film Board of Canada

    Clay in constant motion alters, moves, undulates, transforms itself. I Made Something of Myself humorously observes a lump of clay's struggle to escape its limitations and create its own id…

  5. In Jenny's Deli

    2004 (estimated) National Film Board of Canada

    Step into the deli, taste its delicious golden cheeses and mouth-watering morsels, feel its hustle and bustle. In a palate of deep colors with the glow of stained glass and a handmade feel,…

  6. Random Acts Of Silence

    2004 (estimated) National Film Board of Canada

    Cold. White. Icy. Hot. Black. Broody. Random Acts of Silence gives a different twist to Trading Places and Survivor. This dark Kafkaesque animation, with its haunting gritty sound design, r…

  7. Things Were A Little Backwards

    2004 (estimated) National Film Board of Canada

    A cacophony of noise and frenzy, splashed with red and beige reminiscent of fast-food interiors, Things Were a Little Backwards puts a backwards spin on a day that just won't get off its na…