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Leisure (1976)

Leisure poster
Directed by
Bruce Petty
Genre
animation
Country
Australia
Runtime
14 min
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This animated short examines the concept of leisure across different times and cultures. It uses a mix of cartoonish drawings and rapid montages to show how humans work and play.

whimsicalthought-provokingplayfulsardonicfast-pacedvisualamusingsatirical

What happens

Leisure is a 1976 Australian animated short film directed by Bruce Petty. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 49th Academy Awards. It is also one of the few Australian animated films to win such an honor (2003's Harvie Krumpet and 2010's The Lost Thing). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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