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How to Avoid Friendship (1964)

How to Avoid Friendship poster
Directed by
Gene Deitch
Genre
animation
Country
United States
Runtime
7 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An animated short gives advice on how to avoid making friends. It presents a series of steps for keeping people at a distance.

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What happens

How to Avoid Friendship, Langtitel How to Avoid Friendship: A Guide to Friendless Living, ist ein US-amerikanisch-tschechoslowakischer animierter Kurzfilm von Gene Deitch aus dem Jahr 1964. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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