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Cat's Cradle

1974 10 min
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This short animated fable stars witches, cloaked riders and other Gothic characters, in a tale about the hungry natural world. Here the artist plays cat's cradle with ideas, especially the notion that one thing leads to another and that lives lead from one to another. Without words but featuring a witch's brew of sounds.

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Cat's Cradle

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This short animated fable stars witches, cloaked riders and other Gothic characters, in a tale about the hungry natural world. Here the artist plays cat's cradle with ideas, especially the notion that one thing leads to another and that lives lead from one to another. Without words but featuring a witch's brew of sounds.

  • director
    Paul Driessen
  • animation
    Paul Driessen
  • producer
    Gaston Sarault
  • camera
    Jacques Avoine
    Pierre Provost
  • editing
    Jacques Drouin
  • music
    Normand Roger

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Ages 12 to 17

Arts Education - Visual Arts