Paddle to the Sea (1966)
- Directed by
- Bill Mason
- Genre
- children's film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 28 min
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 17 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
A hand-carved toy canoe with a small Indian figure travels from Lake Superior through rivers and lakes toward the sea. The film shows the toy's journey as it passes through different landscapes and encounters various people and obstacles along the way.
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What happens
Paddle to the Sea (French: Vogue-à-la-mer) is a 1966 National Film Board of Canada short live-action film directed, shot and edited by Bill Mason. It is based on the 1941 children's book Paddle-to-the-Sea by American author and illustrator Holling C. Holling, and follows the adventures of a child's hand-carved toy Indian in a canoe as it makes its way from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, through Canada's waterways. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 40th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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North of Superior (1971)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.