Synopsis:
A free association of Poe’s theme. In Poe’s work, all evil comes from and inside of a man. Marks went the opposite way. Here, the cat is the personification of evil, which provokes human aggression with its aggression. This – actually fictitious – animal causes in man hatred and the desire to kill.
- Director:
- Aleksandar Marks, Vladimir Jutriša
- Year:
- 1983
- Country:
- Croatia
- Running time:
- 8 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation, 2D Animation
- Original title:
- Opsesija
- Production type:
- Professional
- Animators:
- Aleksandar Marks, Vladimir Jutriša
- Script writer:
- Aleksandar Marks
- Music composer:
- Anđelko Klobučar
- Editor:
- Tea Brunšmid
- Production:
- Zagreb Film
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Surreal, Poetic, Sad, Transformation
- Audience:
- Adults
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- Drama
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- Drama
- Abstract
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- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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- Drama
- Experimental
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- Drama
- Music Videos
- Abstract
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