The Critic (1963)
- Directed by
- Ernest Pintoff
- Genre
- animation, comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 4 min
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 39 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.
How it feels
An old man sits in a movie theater and loudly comments on an abstract animated film. His confused and curmudgeonly remarks criticize the art form he does not understand.
satiricalwrybitingwhimsicalsharpobservationalabsurd
What happens
The Critic is an American 1963 short animated film by Ernest Pintoff and Mel Brooks. It won the Oscar for Short Subjects (Cartoons) in 1964. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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