BELLADONNA OF SADNESS (1973) directed by Eiichi Yamamoto
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Aardman’s Conversation Pieces (1982-3) used real life dialogue, which gave the shorts a strange, compelling realness. The only acting comes from the plasticine figures, but it’s so subtle and casual that you’re starting to believe you’re actually watching a documentary in which the players just happen to be puppets.
There’s a parole hearing (images 5 and 6), a sales pitch (3 and 4), a newsroom with journalists (1 and 2), and everyone just potters about, doing the things that make up life. No dreams, heroic quests, story arcs, or inner awakenings.
Bimbo, Betty and Koko ride a giant caterpillar thing (from 1930s Betty Boop’s Movie Cartoon Lessons drawing set)
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