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Coffee House => Coffee House Boards => CH / Entertainment => Topic started by: KennyR on June 10, 2004, 01:44:45 AM
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When I was a kid there were only really two films that ever disturbed me. One was Watership Down, the other was When the Wind Blows.
The second just came into my head there, no idea why. When the Wind Blows was an animation that looked like a happy child's cartoon, about an innocent elderly couple who follow nonsensical government guidelines about how to protect themselves against a nuclear attack, as if they'll just be able to "see it through" like WW2. When a nuclear attack does actually happen, they alone survive because they've followed the guidelines, but slowly die of radiation poisoning in a blackened, ruined world.
Anyone remember this very bleak cartoon? It's been a long, long while since it's been on TV, maybe not in the last fifteen years. I wonder why that is. It's a powerful anti-nuclear film and should be shown again. Along with the TV series Threads (which hasn't been re-shown either, to my knowledge).
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I saw both of those movies. I can almost recall the animator's name....I sorta think it was the same woman who did "Cockaboody" but I could be wrong. By any chance do you remember "Fantastic Planet" or "Wizards"? I just noticed Wizards is out on DVD with commentary from Bakshi. I collect animations. Animations is why I bought my first A2000, and now I own 6! My daughter made a very long animation when she was around 7 using Talking Animator. Now she's 20 and doing CADD and studying Interior Design. Time sure flies.
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A bit of info from imdb on the film in question: When the Wind Blows (IMDB) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090315/)
Sounds very interesting. Definitely very different, and a nice change to the insipid animated movies we see so much.
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I also remember seeing When the Wind blows, I recal it was more of an animated short rather than a movie, but it was very poinient, and quite disturbing in an almost humourous way.