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Released
1973 · FILM

This Is a Recorded Message

Runtime
10 min
Animation

Synopsis

This experimental animated short examines consumerism in a materialistic society. It features thousands of cut-out advertisements shown in rapidly fragmented sequences. The film's disorienting and fast-paced style aims to question the powerful influence of persuasive advertising in shaping desires, needs, and lives within contemporary capitalism.

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Principal cast & crew: 3

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Scored by Alain Clavier

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