We spent most of today attending filmfest offerings, beginning with an animation showcase this morning. We were impressed with a couple of them, particularly one titled "Food Fight," a six-minute film using foods to depict the history of war from WWII to the present.
Audience members, including us, considered it a comical spoof on war and laughed at the ridiculousness of hamburger tanks chucking pickles at French fry soldiers, etc...until the part where flying food crashed into two tall stacks of hamburgers. Suddenly, the audience became sober and remained that way to the end of the film. This thought-provoking film is currently showing on You Tube and is worth seeing.
In another film, the animator created written language for a variety of birds, with symbols dancing on pages in rhythm to the twittering and chirping of those birds. Crow language was depicted as loud, raucous, white symbols pulsating against a black background.
A few films addressed global warming and other serious issues, while others were simply playful and lighthearted. We enjoyed some of them, weren't crazy about others, and one left us wondering what message the animator meant to impart.
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