Again, the problem with shorts...
Of these 8 animated short films, I frankly found two of them tedious and just didn't like two others.
"One Rat Short," a love story between a lab rat and a subway rat was just delightful. Who could guess what a Cheetos bag could inspire? The most touching love story of the festival so far.
"Duct Tame and Cover" puts a new department of Homeland Security spin on the old "duck and cover" films.
Though it is a bit long, "Gold Age" was a kick. In a send up of all of those "whatever happened to" type shows, we discover the trials of former beloved cartoon characters including a movie concessions gum drop, a cartoon mascot and a trio of World War II dictators from war bond cartoons. I laughed and laughed. Thanks to Aaron Augenblick for that.
So I guess I only really liked three of them. This does not take away from the animation work and story telling skills of the other animators, just gives my opinion.
Some of these animation shorts are also available at: http://festival.sundance.org/2007/watch/index.aspx
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