Creature comforts (1989)

October 21st, 2007

Written and directed by Nick Park.

Description: This cute claymation piece is a series of interviews with animals in a zoo, who speak about their conditions and surroundings and how some miss their natural habitat. It’s sort of serious and philosophical in a sense, but it’s all made funny by the way the animals are portrayed and their voices and manner of speech, as well as the fact that the animals opinions in the animation were actually real answers from residents of a new housing development. A very nice watch for the little ones and an enjoyable one for the bigger kids as well.

IMDB link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0099317/

Ward 13

October 18th, 2007

Directed by Peter Cornwell, written by Peter Cornwell and Mark Bradridge.

Description: After being involved in a car accident, Ben is taken to a hospital. After waking up, Ben soon realizes that he is not in any ordinary hospital, but in an experimental one, filled with mad doctors and horrifying experimental subjects. The rest of this well put together animation revolves around Ben’s struggle to escape the hospital alive. We won’t tell you how it ends though. Claymation fits this animation perfectly and this is probably one of the reasons it won 10 international awards.

IMDB link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0379000/

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