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Vertical

2003 4 min
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To the sound of a ramshackle brass band, a world slides towards ruin, carrying with it houses, birds, idols, balloons and whatever is left of reason. Theodore Ushev's Vertical combines expressionistic graphics with a scathing black humour and sense of the absurd.

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To the sound of a ramshackle brass band, a world slides towards ruin, carrying with it houses, birds, idols, balloons and whatever is left of reason. Theodore Ushev's Vertical combines expressionistic graphics with a scathing black humour and sense of the absurd.

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  • script
    Theodore Ushev
  • direction
    Theodore Ushev
  • animation
    Theodore Ushev
  • producer
    Marc Bertrand

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