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Released
1963 · FILM

Breath Death

A Trageede In Masks

Directed by
Runtime
15 min
Animation

Synopsis

This surrealistic fantasy draws inspiration from 15th-century woodcuts depicting the Dance of the Dead. Presented as a film experiment, it explores the intersection of photorealism and surrealism in life. The film is a collage-animation that combines photographs and newsreel footage, cutting and reassembling them to create a visual mix of unexplainable facts—such as Harpo Marx playing a harp in the middle of a battlefield—with inexplicable events, such as the battlefield itself. It functions as a black comedy and a fantasy that satirizes death, serving as a parabolic parable.

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Principal cast & crew: 2

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Edited by Stan Vanderbeek

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