What on Earth! (1966)
- Directed by
- Les Drew, Kaj Pindal
- Genre
- comedy film, science fiction film, mockumentary, science fiction comedy
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 12 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
Martians study Earth and conclude that cars are the dominant species. They see humans as parasites living on the cars.
humoroussatiricalplayfuldeadpanquirkylightheartedobservationalwhimsical
What happens
What on Earth! (French: La Terre est habitée!) is a 1966 National Film Board of Canada animated short co-directed by Les Drew and Kaj Pindal. The film is a mockumentary, introduced in its opening credits as produced by the "National Film Board of Mars" that takes a humorous look at car culture from the point of view of fictional Martians, who mistake automobiles for Earth's true inhabitants and people as their parasites. It attempts to examine the sociology of the automobile as the dominant species on earth, and makes wild guesses about the lifestyle, feeding habits, mating habits and funeral rites of this "species." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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