Life Life Life

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Short / Experimental
Japan, 1953, 6 min

Directed by:

Donald Richie

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Fifteen years before Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Richie anticipated the animation of Terry Gilliam in this early 8mm film. He cut up "Life" magazine and animated the clippings through clever use of strings and editing. These “Four American Fables” offer up a slicing critique of gender and 1950s consumerism. (Ann Arbor Film Festival)