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AnimationComedy

Neighbours

- Love your neighbor, meaning, to treat others as you would have them treat you.

In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.

Release Date : 1952-01-01

Language :No Language

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : ONF | NFB

Production Country : Canada

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Grant Munro

Character Name : Neighbour on the Right

Original Name : Grant Munro

Gender : Male

Jean Paul Ladouceur

Character Name : Neighbour on the Left

Original Name : Jean Paul Ladouceur

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2024-02-05

Two neighbours emerge from their homes to sit on deck-chairs reading the same newspaper - with polar opposite headlines, before they become captivated by a dandelion that appears on their shared lawn. Curious, they investigate then both engage in some energetic and slightly surreal acrobatics around their garden followed by a slight "discussion" as to the ownership of the flower. Their peaceful co-existence is now threatened by a picket-fence! Is it the end of a beautiful friendship? Well only a fence-post duel and some fisticuffs might decide - assuming, of course, the watching plant decides to stick around or even survives for long enough! There's no dialogue but a quirky and lively, synthesised, soundtrack helps this daft, slightly slapstick, caper along entertainingly to a rather brutal and destructive denouement that did raise a smile. The moral? Well, love thy neighbour of course!