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A surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.A surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.A surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.
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- TriviaAccording to Mark Cousins in his "The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episode #1.12", painter Pablo Picasso called this one "the best film ever made."
- Alternate versionsFor many years, the only copies available were cut by about fifteen seconds - the sequence (about 6:45 to 7:00) with the two neighbours attacking each others' wives and babies was cut out. It was restored in the 1970s from an old print that was not in the best of condition.
- ConnectionsEdited into 50 for 50: Volume 1, Tape 3: Animation: Reflections (1989)
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A true classic
This eight minutes film is the most know work of animation and experimentation wizzard Norman McLaren. It is as fresh as it was en the early fifties, and also as much disturbing. But the message is (sadly) still OK today. The story is about two friendly neighbourgs taking some fresh air near their fence. Suddenly a flower grows. And the two men kill each other for knowing which side of the land belongs the flower. All this without words, but with experimental music that McLaren had draw on the movie tape.
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- MarioB
- Feb 14, 2000
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