I saw this animation some time back on Ligotti Online, where it was posted as an example of something 'Ligottian'. I came across it again just now on YouTube while browsing idly:
There was a whole list of banned cartoons and commercials in the related videos list. I watched a few of these, too. I was particularly struck by the Calvin Klein advert. In the comments, someone observes that it looks like the start of a snuff film. I would add that the unseen voice behind the camera addressing the urchins in front of it reminds me of that guy in one of the Airplane films who is charged with showing a young boy around the cockpit and begins to ask questions like, "Have you ever seen a grown man naked?" "Do you like watching gladiator films?" and so on.
That’s some bizzare stuff, Quentin. People don’t seem to get that even in the teens, the mind is still malleable & developing. No wonder the kids nowdays are so warped out! 🙁
Hello Ravo.Thanks for dropping by. Sorry for the tardy response. I’ve been a little ill. I’m actually divided on issues of censorship to a certain extent. I don’t have children, so I find it hard to relate to the ‘protecting innocent minds’ kind of thing. Not that I dismiss that entirely, but I think that’s something for parents to think about, and I’m not a parent. I do feel, in the words of Bill Hicks, “I’m an adult – don’t protect me.” At the same time, recently I am more and more bored by and distrustful of casual violence in films. I don’t want it censored, but I think people should be a bit more aware of what they’re doing with this kind of thing. Violence that is obviously fucking horrible in films, well, is horrible, but that’s how violence is, and it exists. It’s the casual, Die-Hard kind of violence I distrust.
sick!that first video was creepy as hell! geez!the second one was bizarre.
Hello Isabel.I hope you’re well. Yes, it’s a strange, creepy world we live in.
roughdoggo writes:Actually, the first video is a take on Mark Twain’s THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER (wherefore the Twain-like figure fore and aft in the film). The last lines lines of the film more or less repeat the same thought as the Twain story’s conclusion.
Aha – I shall have to read it for myself!
roughdoggo writes:A bit of digging about on the ‘net shows that the clip is from a 1985 film, THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN (U.K. title COMET QUEST) by Oscar award-winner Will Vinton.