The Eagleman Stag (2010)

Directed by

Michael Please

Genre

animation, drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

9 min

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stop-motion short about a man who becomes obsessed with how time seems to go faster as he gets older. He tries different ways to slow down his perception of time.

darkly comicmelancholicintrospectivewhimsicalanxiousreflectivesuccinctsurreal

What happens

The Eagleman Stag is a 2011 British 9-minute-long stop motion animated film directed by Michael Please. It is a darkly comic take on a man's obsession with the quickening perception of time that faces us as we age and his attempts to counter this effect. It won the BAFTA for the Best Short Animation (2011). The score was composed for a string section by Ben Please and was recorded by Beth Porter, Emma Hooper and Ian Vorley. Ben also played harpsichord on the recordings and produced the sound design for the film. The voice of Peter Eagleman, the main character in the animation, was performed by actor David Cann. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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