Walking (1968)

Original title

En marchant

Directed by

Ryan Larkin

Genre

animation

Country

Canada

Runtime

6 min

Rated

PG

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This animated short uses ink wash drawings to show different people walking. It observes the many ways people move through the world from the artist's sketches.

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What happens

Walking is a 1968 Canadian animated short film directed and produced by Ryan Larkin for the National Film Board of Canada, composed of animated vignettes of how different people walk. Following Larkin's work on In the Labyrinth for Expo 67, Larkin submitted a proposal to the NFB for a short film based on sketches of people walking. It took him two years to make the film—twice as long as expected—as he was perfecting new ink wash painting techniques in order to not repeat his earlier films. He was also absorbed in exploring human movements and behavior, even setting up mirrors in his small studio to study his own motions. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 42nd Academy Awards. Excerpts from the film also appear in the Oscar-winning short about Larkin, Ryan. Walking was one of seven NFB animated shorts acquired by the American Broadcasting Company, marking the first time NFB films had been sold to a major American television network. It aired on ABC in the fall of 1971 as part of the children's television show Curiosity Shop, executive produced by Chuck Jones. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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