Bizarre animation depicts victory of the people over the ‘ideological vomit’ of kings
Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn has the very cool policy of accepting short film submissions to play in between movies; this beautiful, surreal animation short by Abbey Luck, The Observer, really caught my eye.
A curious citizen triumphs over the reign of a greedy king by spreading the word of a new way of life. After the passive village-folk are poisoned by the king’s ideological vomit, the Observer seeks truth in a mysterious forest.
This unique look of this film was created by cutting acrylic glass sheets into shapes with a laser cutter and layering them on top of a custom-made light box.