Bingo (1998)

Directed by

Chris Landreth

Genre

animation, horror

Country

Canada

Runtime

5 min

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An ordinary man is surrounded by characters who insist he is a clown named Bingo. Their relentless pressure eventually makes him start to believe them.

surrealunsettlingabsurddreamlikeslow-burnatmosphericdarkly comiccerebral

What happens

Bingo is a 1998 animated short film directed by Chris Landreth. The short is based on the stage play Disregard This Play by the theater troupe The Neo Futurists. It uses surrealistic imagery and dialogue to tell the story of an ordinary man who is surrounded by characters who insist that he is someone named "Bingo the Clown" even though he is not. Eventually, the man is worn down by their unwavering insistence and comes to believe that he is Bingo the Clown. At the time of Bingo's creation, Landreth was employed as an animator at Alias|Wavefront, and the film was used to demonstrate the capabilities of the company's new Maya animation software. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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