Self Defense... for Cowards (1962)

Directed by

Gene Deitch

Genre

animation, comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

9 min

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 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

An animated short shows a cowardly character learning humorous and exaggerated self-defense techniques. The film parodies the idea of training to become brave through absurd lessons.

educationalsatiricallightheartedwhimsicaldry humorcartoonishinstructionalironic

What happens

Self Defense… for Cowards ist ein in US-amerikanischer und tschechoslowakischer Co-Produktion entstandener, animierter Kurzfilm von Gene Deitch aus dem Jahr 1962. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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