Crossroads (1931)

Original title

Улица поперёк

Directed by

Lev Atamanov, Vladimir Suteev

Genre

comedy, satire

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

11 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This Soviet animated short mocks a transport official who has a surreal dream about traffic jams and bureaucratic bumbling. It uses cartoonish imagery to push a message about better city planning.

satiricalplayfulwhimsicalfast-paceddidacticexperimentalcampydated

What happens

«Улица поперёк» (оригинальное название — «Вертушка»; также известен, как «Сон транспортного чиновника») — советский агитационный мультфильм 1931 года. Дебют в мультипликации известного режиссёра, детского писателя и иллюстратора Владимира Сутеева. Первый советский оригинальный звуковой мультфильм. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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