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Poster for The Door

The Door

1968 · 6 min

A strange, dreamlike short that drifts from fable to jarring montage, leaving an uneasy, puzzling aftertaste.

Directed by
Ken Mundie
Genres
Animation
Overview
Two Native Americans; one is hunting, another fishing. Together, they shake a tree and a bounty of fruit falls. They gorge on the bounty, growing huge. They are tempted by a lovely woman; she drops the key to a door, which, when opened, reveals a live-action black-and-yellow montage of modern life (airplanes, traffic jams, etc.). A dispute between the two leads to another montage, this time scenes of war.

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Directed by
Ken Mundie
Genres
Animation
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • greed
    • violence
    • technology
    Places
    None
    Era
    timeless
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • animated
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism3
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    animation
    Directed by
    Ken Mundie
    Runtime
    6 min
    Country
    United States of America

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