Synopsis:
A short animated film in which an old man struggles to get off a toilet.
- Director:
- Nedeljko Dragić
- Year:
- 1969
- Country:
- Croatia
- Running time:
- 1 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Production type:
- Professional
- Animator:
- Nedeljko Dragić
- Script writer:
- Nedeljko Dragić
- Music composer:
- archive music
- Production:
- Zagreb Film
- Genres:
- Comedy, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Tags:
- Surreal, Humor, Non-violent
- Audience:
- 10+
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This film is based on the so-called comedy of the absurd. The unusual animalism of the figures and their distinctive animation and sound treatment promise that the film will be acceptable to children. Probably even adults will not be indifferent to this variety of fabrications.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Of Holes and Corks
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by Ante Zaninović
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- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Tolerance
1967 16+ 9 min
by Zlatko Grgić, Branko Ranitović
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- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Woof Woof
1964 4+ 9 min
by Boris Kolar
In Vau-Vau, a dog in the forest scares many small creatures like a bird, a snail, and a ball. Then he encounters a cat who tries to scare the dog back. Then they both go at it with smaller versions of themselves.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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The Game
1962 4+ 13 min
by Dušan Vukotić
Boy and girl are fighting as a part of their game. They start slowly by drawing pictures: girl draws flower, boy draws car which run over flower, girl destroys car on a drawing etc… Their fight is increasing until they destroy all the papers and pencils. Nice mixture of animation on real film with very anti-war statement.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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The Day I Stopped Smoking
1982 16+ 10 min
by Nedeljko Dragić
The title of the film is merely a dull excuse to tell a story about loneliness, alienation, fear, and anxiety of the modern man.
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
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Lovers of Flowers
1971 16+ 10 min
by Borivoj Dovniković Bordo
A sensational discovery is made: exploding flowers. The whole world is impressed. Not interested in the ordinary flowers any more, people now rave about the new ones. Exploding flowers becomes a mania and a matter of social prestige.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Make Love Not War
1971 Adults 1 min
by Zlatko Grgić
A couple of lovers in a passionate embrace. Camera panning back, discloses a third person, a policeman, who gets himself involved in the action.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Gallery
1970 16+ 10 min
by Zlatko Pavlinić
A series of cartoon gags on well-known works of art in the field of painting and sculpture. The works of Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso, ancient Greek artists, Goya and others are represented.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Little & Big
1966 16+ 8 min
by Zlatko Grgić
A competitive game of one-upsmanship between two men, one small and one tall.
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Learning to Walk
1978 7+ 8 min
by Borivoj Dovniković Bordo
This is the story of Svojislav who was accustomed to walking the way he was taught by his mother. However his four friends each try to teach him their style of walking convinced that theirs is the best way. Svojislav has a hard time getting away from his “redeemers” but having done so, he continues walking the way he always has.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Tup Tup
1972 Adults 10 min
by Nedeljko Dragić
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- Drama
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract