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Neighbours

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7.5/10 • 106

1952-01-010h 9m

AnimationComedy

Love your neighbor, meaning, to treat others as you would have them treat you.

In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.

Directors
Norman McLaren
Writters
Norman McLaren

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Grant Munro

    Grant Munro

    Neighbour on the Right

  2. Jean Paul Ladouceur

    Jean Paul Ladouceur

    Neighbour on the Left

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CinemaSerf

Feb 5, 2024

7/10

Two neighbours emerge from their homes to sit on deck-chairs reading the same newspaper - with polar opposite headlines, before they become captivated by a dandelion that appears on their shared lawn. Curious, they investigate then both engage in some energetic and slightly surreal acrobatics around their garden followed by a slight "discussion" as to the ownership of the flower. Their peaceful co-existence is now threatened by a picket-fence! Is it the end of a beautiful friendship? Well only a fence-post duel and some fisticuffs might decide - assuming, of course, the watching plant decides to stick around or even survives for long enough! There's no dialogue but a quirky and lively, synthesised, soundtrack helps this daft, slightly slapstick, caper along entertainingly to a rather brutal and destructive denouement that did raise a smile. The moral? Well, love thy neighbour of course!

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
newspaperfightpeacesurrealismmurderstop motionneighborfencemoralshort filmanimation