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The Death of an Insect

2010 · 7 min

A hushed, dreamlike stop-motion reverie of insect bodies in a frozen city, unsettling and strangely beautiful, demanding patience.

Genres
Animation, Fantasy
Overview
In a lifeless urban landscape where time itself has stopped its crawl, a mad ballet is commencing and a newly hatched butterfly is about to die.
How it feels
Eerie, melancholic, bleak and absurd. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Death, isolation, nature, identity
Content
Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror5
Humour1
Realism3
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
animation, fantasy
Directed by
Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen
Runtime
7 min
Country
Finland
Languages
No Language

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