Underplayed Gems

Cracks (1975)

Cracks poster
Directed by
Koen van Sande
Genre
comedy
Country
Belgium
Runtime
10 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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

A young girl notices animals formed by the cracks in her bedroom wall. She interacts with these creatures in a brief animated sequence.

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What happens

Cracks is a 1975 animated short from the children's television program Sesame Street. The short, which is about 100 seconds long, features a young girl who meets animals made from the cracks in her bedroom wall. It gained notoriety online after several internet users initiated a search to find the short, which they remembered as scaring them when they were children. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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