Renaissance (1964)

Directed by

Walerian Borowczyk

Genre

animation

Country

France

Runtime

10 min

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A series of everyday objects break apart and scatter in reverse motion. The camera follows their disassembly with a cold, detached precision.

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What happens

Renaissance (also known as Renesans) is a 1963 French reverse stop-motion animation short film directed by Walerian Borowczyk. The opening credits of the short include a dedication to experimental filmmaker Hy Hirsh, who died from a heart attack in 1961. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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