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Automania 2000

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6.8/10 • 11

1964-06-120h 9m

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An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower satisfying the public's ever-increasing demands for novelty and status consciousness, with predictable environmental consequences.

Directors
John Halas
Writters
John Halas, Joy Batchelor
Editors
Jack King

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  1. Ed Bishop

    Ed Bishop

    Narrator

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CinemaSerf

Feb 19, 2024

7/10

Electro-hydromagnetics has provided mankind with an inexhaustible supply of energy ergo an unending supply of disposable goods and some startling amounts of waste. All produced amidst a marketing hysteria designed to maximise the space left - a 40 foot long car in which folks could actually live. Indeed there was a car for just about every purpose known to man - even remote controlled prams! Needless to say, these things flew out of the factories so soon we live on a planet of roads, and more roads, nobody goes anywhere and we have nowhere left to cultivate our food! On the upside, though, this log-jamming did mean that any form of war was logistically impossible. Early drone distribution, well helicopters, ensured that tobacco is drip fed into it's addicts mouths, as is food and medicine. Finally, the ultimate in stupidity - a car that could give birth! Why even bother with people at all? It's a bit over the top this, but it's light-heartedness does deliver an enjoyably apocalyptic scenario that might well have looked plausible in 1963...

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    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    English
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    Keywords
    dystopiasatireshort film