The Apprentice/L'Apprenti (1991)
- Original title
- The Apprentice
- Directed by
- Richard Condie
- Genre
- animation
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 9 min
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 6 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
A medieval jester and his young apprentice perform a series of short, blackout sketch-like scenes. Their interactions are communicated entirely through computerized gargling noises instead of speech.
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What happens
The Apprentice (French: L'Apprenti) is a 1991 animated short by Richard Condie, produced in Winnipeg by Ches Yetman for the National Film Board of Canada. A more enigmatic work than Condie's popular short The Big Snit, the film is a series of animated blackout sketches, telling the story of a medieval jester and his young apprentice. The "dialogue" is supplied by gargling noises, sampled on a computer. The film received a Blizzard Award for Best Animation at the 1993 Manitoba Motion Picture Industry Association Film & Video Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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