Walking (1968)
4/10
People walking, that's it
30 July 2016
Warning: Spoilers
"En marchant" or "Walking" is a Canadian 5-minute animated short film from 1968, which means 2 more years and then this one will have its 50th anniversary. The writer and director here is Ryan Larkin and this is his most known work today probably still, at least his most successful as it was nominated for an Academy Award back in 1970. It is pretty short and basically all about the styles in which people walk. The colors elevated the material and added some style to it, the nudity on one occasion added nothing really and was probably just included to make it seem more controversial and more grown-up. I know that Larkin is appreciated by many young filmmakers today and I also know that a film about him won an Oscar too, but looking at this one here I cannot see the praise. it also shows that animation in the 1960s was really not great at all if this one is considered a contended for "Best of the Year". I give it a thumbs-down. Not recommended.
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