Apparently nonchalant cartoon film. From the present post September 11 period, the filmmaker looks back in an old history book that suddenly turns out to be filled with topicality. History is rewritten. Things are renamed. French Fries become Freedom Fries. When might they become French again?
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In Smog and Thunder
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All-American Dinner
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Viva la guerra
Frenzied animation film about making war the American way. With a plastic Harrison Ford and lots of ingenuity.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2004
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2004
- Length
- 4"
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
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