"Three minutes and fifty nine seconds of a bunch of things breathing real nice and good."
What a nice plot summary, Imdb.
One of the first shorts by the late animator Jimmy T. Murakami, director of the haunting When the Wind Blows and and the beautiful Christmas short The Snowman.
"Breath" is a minimalistic, but stylish story told without any dialogue, only breathing sounds.
Characters are transformed and recreated through breathing; a man breathes a bird and produces flowers, and so on, but while the short starts in a somewhat whimsical tone, as it progresses, the story shows more cynical undertones, and it ends with everything turning into nothing at the end.
I guess the idea is here is that what you give to life returns to you in some way or another, though there is no real guarantee the result will be good or fair. A bit harsh, but definitely true.
What a nice plot summary, Imdb.
One of the first shorts by the late animator Jimmy T. Murakami, director of the haunting When the Wind Blows and and the beautiful Christmas short The Snowman.
"Breath" is a minimalistic, but stylish story told without any dialogue, only breathing sounds.
Characters are transformed and recreated through breathing; a man breathes a bird and produces flowers, and so on, but while the short starts in a somewhat whimsical tone, as it progresses, the story shows more cynical undertones, and it ends with everything turning into nothing at the end.
I guess the idea is here is that what you give to life returns to you in some way or another, though there is no real guarantee the result will be good or fair. A bit harsh, but definitely true.
