I've never been big on feature length animated films, but when I had the opportunity to see all five contenders for this year's Best Animated Shorts Oscar, I thought why not. Quite honestly, this one didn't really appeal to me, primarily for its artistic style. Supposedly based on the real life story of a sailor thrown clear a distance of two kilometers when his ship was blown up, it suggests images that one would see in the moments before death, the proverbial 'life flashing by in front of your eyes'. Given the subject matter, I would have preferred a short form documentary about the actual event which might have shed some light on how and why something like this could have occurred.
This picture is a contender for a 2023 Oscar in the category of Best Animated Film Shorts. I was lucky enough to catch it along with the other four contenders for this year's Academy Award at the Paramount Theater in Middletown, New York. If not for this limited showing, I don't know how else I would have been able to see it. So, Congratulations to the Paramount for making it available to enthusiastic cinema fans like me.
This picture is a contender for a 2023 Oscar in the category of Best Animated Film Shorts. I was lucky enough to catch it along with the other four contenders for this year's Academy Award at the Paramount Theater in Middletown, New York. If not for this limited showing, I don't know how else I would have been able to see it. So, Congratulations to the Paramount for making it available to enthusiastic cinema fans like me.