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Hunger

Hunger

6,2 /10 (35 Votes)
1974 FR 12 min

Overview

In this Oscar-nominated animated short film, director Peter Foldès depicts one man’s descent into greed and gluttony. Rapidly dissolving and ever-evolving images create a contrast between abundance and want. One of the first films to use computer animation, this satire serves as a cautionary tale against self-indulgence in a world still plagued by hunger and poverty.

Release date

01/10/1974

Votes

35

Popularity

0.2

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

La Faim

Language

FR

Runtime

12 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-04-06

⭐ 7

I wasn't sure until the end if this might not have been better called 'Appetite". It's a very early computer generated animation that depicts just how easy it makes it for us, as human beings, to embrace a convenience society in which all sense of proportion is compromised. The imagery here isn't my favourite style of presentation, but as we see the original character morph into the end product, it's about as allegorical as you can get to the expansion of a societal need to take, and to take more and then to keep on taking - at the expense of ourselves and others or both. It becomes a grotesqu…

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