This Is a Recorded Message

This Is a Recorded Message

| 10 min

This experimental animated short takes a critical look at consumerism in a material world. Thousands of cut-out ads are presented in increasingly fragmented, rapid succession. The film's disorienting and hectic pace seeks to interrogate the extent to which seductive advertising is a shockingly strong force in shaping our desires, needs, and lives in contemporary capitalism.

This film contains scenes of nudity and/or sexuality. Viewer discretion is advised.

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This Is a Recorded Message, Jean-Thomas Bédard, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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Credits
  • director
    Jean-Thomas Bédard
  • producer
    Pierre Moretti
  • camera
    Jacques Avoine
    Cameron Gaul
    Raymond Dumas
    Richard Moras
  • music
    Alain Clavier

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