How Death Came to Earth (1971)

Directed by

Ishu Patel

Genre

animation, fantasy

Country

Canada

Runtime

14 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 3 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.

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How it feels

This short animated film tells an Indian creation myth about how death arrived in the world. It uses a distinctive cutout animation style with a trippy visual approach.

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What happens

How Death Came to Earth is a 14-minute cutout animation film by Ishu Patel produced in 1971 by the National Film Board of Canada. The film deals with an Indian myth of creation, and is notable for its trippy visual style. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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