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The Critic

The Critic

6,6 /10 (39 Votes)
1963 EN 4 min

Overview

An old man at the movies narrates over an abstract cartoon with vocal displeasure, to the annoyance of his fellow audience members.

Release date

20/05/1963

Votes

39

Popularity

0.6

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

4 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-02-19

⭐ 7

Heaven only knows what Mel Brooks might have made of half of Norman McLaren's animations - indeed this might even have been inspired by them a little, He's paid $2 to go the cinema and so now provides us with a running commentary of the abstract images he sees on screen. He reckons it's a cartoon but is unsure as some of the images look real, others rude, and by the conclusion I think he just feels that the designer - must be over thirty - hadn't a clue what was going on either. Regular viewers of all things surreal might appreciate his candour here - a layman's hatchet job on artistic pomposi…

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