Tango (1980)
- Directed by
- Zbigniew Rybczyński
- Genre
- animation
- Country
- Poland
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 109 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
An empty room slowly fills with people of all ages moving in looping paths. Their actions overlap and repeat as the camera stays fixed, creating a busy and choreographed slice of life.
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What happens
Tango is a 1981 Polish animated short film written and directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 55th Academy Awards. It required several hundred thousand exposures on an optical printer and sixteen hours a day over seven months to make the short. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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