The moon comes down to Earth and asks animals help to light up the sky. A fox pursues her purpose in this tale of folklore.The moon comes down to Earth and asks animals help to light up the sky. A fox pursues her purpose in this tale of folklore.The moon comes down to Earth and asks animals help to light up the sky. A fox pursues her purpose in this tale of folklore.
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- TriviaThe director stated that this film is inspired by the nordish folklore tale of aurora borealis.
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The Moon: [after seeing the disappointed fox that can't turn into a star] What's wrong, little fox?
The Fox: [sad] I tried so hard, but I can't become a star like everyone else. I just want to help light up the sky.
The Moon: Well... whoever said you could only become a star?
[a light flares up infront of the fox, leading him to a distant corner of the "star-lake", the fox touches the lightsource and its tail turns into what turns out to be the trademark curves of the polarlights]
What the viewer is dealing with here, is a pure beauty of a short film: the animation is incredibly detailed, and in itself fantastic to look at - strike that: to gaze upon! The story is marvellous and it was a genius move to have the characters speak in a made up language and not in english. The score is no bit less great than the movie itself, and therefore accompanies it brilliantly and beautifully. The cutest of all animals, of course, is the title giving fox (BTW: I added the trivia items, explaining the title itself) in his quest to become a star, and its final outcome as one of natures most beautiful (there is that word again!) views to behold; if not the most beautiful.
All in all I'll wish to say that this gem is viewable on youtube and it is sheer unbelievable that it has got only a few votes. It rightly deserves the 10 stars I gave it, which is something I do extremely rarely. Is it, therefore, any wonder I've gazed upon this beauty a dozen times now, ever since I first looked at it?
Too cut it short: Give it a look, when you see it - you will, no, you cannot regret it! There are some Beauties that do not have to bend to some cliched standard, but that hold true on a universal level and will always stand the test of time: Fox Fires is one of them!
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- Jun 16, 2023
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