Rocks - Animated short film (2001)

As time passes, the two rocks Hew and Kew watch the world around them change rapidly. But there is nothing really that can disturb their calm...
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German title: Das Rad
Directors: Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger, Arvid Uibel
Screenplay: Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger, Arvid Uibel
Producer: Georg Gruber
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Music: Roland Hackl
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The Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, with its Animation Institute and the postgraduate masterclass Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris, is one of the internationally most acclaimed film and media schools. On a unique campus including the neighbouring Academy of Performing Arts, the 500 students receive an interdisciplinary, highly practical education close to the film and media market by the hands of over 300 freelance teachers directly from the industry.
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[@carrotfoot64]

Every time I watch this film I always get a kick out of him throwing the seed and having a tree sprout up immediately to knock Martin over. Such a clever gag.

[@frostygoat8843]

Oh my gosh yes... So clever🤣

[@basketbomberslackingson4417]

Suddenly I’m questioning if that seed just floated through the air for a couple centuries, when taking into account we saw it from the perspective of the Rocks.

[@rezakhodadadi.3D]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4qphpyreNmrjMk

[@adamjones-ps]

How to make the longest movie ever into a short. Great job.

[@guillermoa.d.c.8957]

Because pineapple turns into pine istantly?

[@Claytone-Records]

I have seen this film about 50 times over 15 years, maybe more. I never tire of watching it. Pause on the billboard for extra fun.

[@cyberbugl.d.7936]

I like it too. sometime I was reminded of it by some scenes of common life.

[@Pixel2523]

That’s exactly what I did!

[@emamibhattacharjee1874]

Where's billboard?

[@dusundavarfreohr819]

@@emamibhattacharjee1874 6:24

[@inderjeetsingh7458]

It is very attractive movie.

[@frostygoat8843]

I love the premise of this, and it really rings true to me. Humans are so fast-paced that we don't stop and look around at what will truly last. And those rocks just sit there and watch us collapse and undo everything, before just casually going about their business again like nothing ever happened. Scary and true.

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

Eh, it's kinda fake-deep imo. Like somehow humans are just gonna spontaneously disappear? r/im12andthisisdeep vibes

[@klyanadkmorr]

It's same for humans watching nature every spring summer shoot up grow spread then dies down

[@hummingbirdfeed]

Cant beat TIME

[@Quantumspace23]

For nearly 20 years that my wife and I have been exploring the majority of mountain ranges in the United States, we can't help but see this in all of them. You've left us with an indelible memory, a kind of moss of entertainment always in the back of our heads.

[@willmurrin9344]

6:00 the wheel decomposing in his hands as he is presenting it is brilliant.

[@bapgames1]

Yes, I laso find it brilliant !

[@JohnLuckPickard141]

This IS pretty much how I imagine life would be like for immortals; the simplest of tasks might take them eons, and everything we deem important would simply pass them by.

[@Ken-kj5fg]

This is the longest movie in reality

[@KaosEspada]

underrated comment lol

[@christhe2dprotogen511]

R/Technical the truth

[@hundehuete]

10000 jahre in Zeitraffer...GREAT!!!!!❤️

[@thespicywolf8818]

Wait we aint in reality now

[@sriharshithatheerdala5014]

What do you mean

[@arthurweaver7604]

I have said for sometime now that our life cycle is to the rocks as a May Fly's life cycle is to us. This video is saying the same thing. Good job.

[@Lilmisscostumedrama]

Arthur Weaver 👍

[@mrobviuos74]

Nailed it!

[@arthurweaver7604]

@@MrSarevok187 I had completely forgotten about this video. Thanks for making a comment that put it back in my notifications.

[@XolaniMarioMajola]

I love this clip. I love the irony with the "built to last" signage and the dark humor. It is only dark humor because we humans are not just completely altering the natural landscape, or dominating all life on earth, but accelerating our own downfall as a civilization. The rocks are here to witness our extinction as they have done with the civilizations before us. I must admit, I was reading "Is It Time to Shift Our Environmental Thinking? A Perspective on Barriers and Opportunities to Change" commentary by Daigle and Vasseur (2019) when I saw a reference to this short clip. You can read the commentary, it's a really incredible writing. If you are looking for the most effective solution to the contemporary environmental issues, you need to change your mindset on how you view yourself in relation to the natural world. In other words, transformative change starts with you.

[@zacksrandomprojects9698]

Interesting idea. The rocks live life at a different pace than everything else around them. Cool

[@hundehuete]

Maybe is it true...who knows? 🤔

[@enzoguevara6699]

Because rocks don’t age

[@AkkarisFox]

"theres a system behind that" love the perspective. I would one day like to write a book about a alien species that wakes up to the idea that humans are alive after seeing us as just plants or rocks for a long time.

[@Farzin-Parham]

One of the best short animations ever, in my opinion. I love it all. I believe that the speed of time is going differently for every single thing. And the message of the film is: at the end, the humanity and human developments will get stopped if they still growing against the nature.❤️

[@thefinestsake1660]

I've been telling people about this animation for ages. Love it

[@azcowgal5837]

I've probably watched this vid a dozen times. It never gets old. Well, let's change that to it never gets boring.

[@RadioForYahweh]

This was brilliant. No more needed to be said.

[@franksterfisch]

oh mein gott ist das genial. großes lob an die entwickler und alle die mitgewirkt haben selten so viel wahrheit auf einem fleck gesehen

[@benjamingerbensparreboom5675]

Einstein ;-)

[@BlackBvogel]

Das ist mega!!! Von der Visualisierung bis hin zur Story, großen Respekt, bester Kurzfilm den ich seit langem gesehen habe!!

[@TLK_WEZMA]

Бъдете тихи u наденица

[@molynixon2594]

Tut mir leid für Dich.

[@benjamingerbensparreboom5675]

Já seker Sie sehen 20.000jahre im seculas einstein liebe das ...!!! Sorry about my bad German , Het Is lang geleden dat Ik in Europa was ,... im Filme Um Miliseconde ...

[@maxwurst6379]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHfIgqWLoJtgp5o Was sagt ihr zu diesem Film über mich?!

[@charlesdavis7087]

This was awesome. The speeding up of time... and how it was related to their ability to see. Wonderful. More please.

[@CogentConsult]

The brilliance of mankind is outlasted by nature...forever.

[@charlesphillips1468]

"I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round , I really love to watch them roll." - John Lennon

[@benjamingerbensparreboom5675]

Rock 'n ROLL Of a ROLLING STONE ;-)

[@mghpone]

awesome film. i didn't realize that why the plants and buildings grew so fast, and people traveled so fast, too. only i noticed that when human acted normal, they stopped moving. then i did realize that they moved super slowly.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 i just fall in love this one ❤️

[@gugomes6683]

Shoowww

[@benjamingerbensparreboom5675]

You see a life of a rock, ... PrehistoriC and the future ... ALL times in this movie STONES ROCKS as long as The World ... This Movie Is 100,000 Years ...and counting !!!!;-) :-D

[@hansgruber9827]

I saw this for the first time in visual media studying stop motion back in ‘09

[@metallist9868]

"Ich will ja nichts sagen, ..." aber der Film ist einfach spitze. :D Eine eigentlich traurige Wahrheit wird so schön verpackt und alles. Ich muss wirklich sagen, der Film sollte ausgezeichnet werden. :)

[@zombiminer1708]

I got this randomly recomended in my feed. Love the animation! Love the concept! LOOVE the WHOOLE VIDEO!

[@FriedFreya]

Same 🤘🏻

[@WLFGNGPHNX]

No, I'm here because of the suggestion algorithm. But Im glad I stayed

[@diacriticsrue260]

Like many others in the comments, I'm here from the StarTalk podcast with Neil deGrasse Tyson. I just listened to that episode and loved it! Edit: I also really like this film. To whoever worked on it, I just want to say that you did an excellent job.

[@37thraven]

Did NDT mention it? Share a link? I know this from my Newgrounds/Ebaums/Flash days.. But everyone else seems to be mentioning StarTalk, so I'm guessing he uses it as a reference to cosmic time

[@diacriticsrue260]

@@37thraven Yes, NDT mentioned it on his StarTalk podcast. Here's a link to the exact time he mentioned it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIHcaqiIp65ni7c

[@tahsinozgur8694]

I'm so glad to see this again. This was one film that firmly implanted itself in my memory!

[@centaurusa7365]

Coming from the latest StarTalk episode

[@NJovceski]

yes, i wanted to see, glad i did, i loved it!

[@waleedmumtaz]

Yess!

[@Pixel2523]

Yep! Took me a minute to find it. Hello Cosmic Connection!

[@daddyleon]

Oh...yeah! I'm glad I did!

[@mickmanus4325]

you know it

[@azardes2960]

Sehr tiefgründig mit diesem "das ist ja nochmal gut gegangen".ich saß jetzt wirklich diese acht einhalb minuten wie gefesselt davor und hab das gefühl einen film geschaut zu haben. Wirklich wahnsinnig gut gemacht und regt zum Nachdenken an. Hut ab wirklich Hut ab!

[@smaakjeks]

I just happened to watch this on Canal+ long ago. It remains one of my favourite short films, ever.

[@samirrde8436]

One of the best animated ever I seen

[@6SamChat9]

This is clever so the structure of time is their everyday regular conversation. So in their eyes they say hello in a heartbeat but in our eyes watching them it takes 10 million years.

[@jeridoney7604]

I love everything about this short! The concept, the story, the animation, everything!

[@FriedFreya]

This video found me. The simulation has been glitching a lot for me lately, with extreme bouts of déjà-vu and haunting "coincidences" that just aren't coincidences anymore... aha. I needed a reminder of how short my precious life is.

[@thundermind5572]

Nice little flick about an ancient legend from an interesting point of view. The reference to their experience of time is spot on. Great job.

[@cpt.shmitt7387]

Gives you a new perspective of the world and humans... your whole life and everything around you doesn't matter. In the end it will return to the earth and only the rocks shall remain.

[@robgifford3766]

Loved it. History of mankind through the eyes of rocks. What more cool than that. Time is all relative.

[@Roxie584]

*human kind

[@danielebbeling4056]

YES ! Thank you! Awesome illustration !

[@DreamsWalker]

The pass of time is relative, it says it the science, it says it the life, that's how the things are, a very smart and fascinating film, thumbs up!

[@superinventors]

This is a masterpiece!! WOW Thanks to star-talk and Neil deGrass Tyson for talking about this, this is a gem!

[@BrentBrewington]

I saw this on The Animation Show (by Mike Judge) back in 2002ish…what did Neil have to say about it?

[@MrHamsterfresse]

Der absolute Wahnsinn dieser Film. Chapeau.

[@carlwilliamsaxton2146]

Such an awesome film . If rocks could share whats gone on .. Thank you

[@jenniferbrown7659]

Wow. Great. Should be viewed by all. Thanks

[@tshotflash7293]

Amazing concept. Loved the vid. Thanks! Hey Grasshopper!

[@danielbeaudoinmusic2703]

😇🤡

[@tshotflash7293]

I may have done it.

[@ziggy_425]

I'm here because of a recommendation by Neil degrasse tyson on one of his star talk episodes and I am not disappointed! This was a genius video

[@marcuslee8274]

yes! me too

[@ziggy_425]

@@marcuslee8274 videos trippy right? Lol

[@GalaxVerse]

Whoever made this person has activated his 100% barin

[@manofhisCOUNTRY]

The point of this is to watch it over and over again like a repeating cycle of how a civilization would rise, fall, rise, and fall again and the cycle goes on because the rocks see time go fast. Who else noticed this?

[@kumaragurusubramanian581]

This is called out of the rock! Simply genius..

[@Moonfight]

Dieser Zeitraffer ist echt cool gemacht worden! Lustig das mit den 3 Steinen. In der Zeit des Neandertalers angefangen bis hin zu einer unwirklichen Zeit wo die Stadt nur noch aus Metall besteht und dann plötzlich verschwand und überall ist Gras über die Sachen gewachsen. XD

[@yomama5656]

crazy to think that the circular rock is spinning really fast yet standing perfectly still.

[@joshfoley8862]

I have never seen anything from that perspective before. It was very interesting. I wish there'd be a sequel.

[@vernalc2449]

In the end, Mother Nature will ALWAYS win. We should stay on her good side!

[@atnorthabc]

Great story and outstanding animation the tree sprouting was a nice touch.

[@garychandler4296]

Loved the concept and execution! Well done people!

[@tedunguent156]

Genius! Absolutely brilliant! Bravo!!

[@benjamingerbensparreboom5675]

Rocks rules!!!4ever!!awesome animation!!!!

[@todddavis4274]

Music is great! What a cool idea. Time lapse is genius.Rocks ARE interesting. Great movie!

[@NFSDieHard]

first time seeing rocks animations. That must be hard. It is so cool

[@hundehuete]

Stonehard

[@benjamingerbensparreboom5675]

@@hundehuete ROCKS RULES S....THE TIME

[@jmaraf7741]

Fascinating! From the point of view of the rocks.

[@victorcarjan]

Deuteronomy 32:31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. Psalms 90:4 “For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.”

[@timthrax]

Star Talk didn't disappoint.

[@LOGICZOMBIE]

GREAT WORK

[@roach7017]

what a cool concept. Over millennia, the rocks look on, and every now and then a quick spirt of development happens, then collapses. Like the moss on his head.

[@D37-i7r]

Super gemacht. Eine Spezies die so langsam ist, das sie uns und wir sie nicht wahrnehmen können.

[@Dreamcastle100]

WOW.Just W.O.W!!!!BRAVO!!!!

[@arunprakashganapathy3591]

Is anyone here after star talk???

[@Eric-kc8cr]

yes!!! Back to finish the podcast now haha

[@BOeRNsupremacy]

Yup!!!

[@waleedmumtaz]

Yess!

[@Pixel2523]

Yes! Hello cosmic connection!

[@superinventors]

yeah mee too, lol

[@Yoctopory]

This is the most awesom movie I have seen in a long time.

[@johnnywhite1681]

Excellent concept, with time relationship. Perfect tendering and animation. Really enjoyed watching.

[@dahlbergt]

Excellent idea and animation! 👍

[@Kronosss1983]

was wieder toll zeigt: Die Erde kann ohne uns aber wir nicht ohne sie^^ geil gemacht!

[@fernsehfilmegucker]

Wirklich erstklassik gemacht, ein lob an die Personen die das Video gemacht haben.

[@ByDarker-Y234]

Que dura es la vida hermano...

[@BirgitH4711]

Klasse .. 😁👍

[@КатаринаКлеин]

Отличный фильм! Super Film! Schade die Leute denkt so selten. MUSSEN WIR NATUR KINDER SEIN.

[@sm1ley849]

Ja, фильм заставляет задуматься, dass wir vorsichtig sein müssen.

[@ShreyaBG1063]

It was mind blowing video. 100 out of 200 bro

[@captain_cron4]

For the rocks, it's 9 miniutes. For US its 10000 years

[@gilbertgarcia4042]

Made my day. Slow down and injoy.

[@BenWillBarrows]

Well done! And probably close to the truth!

[@lucasszymanski114]

This movie is brilliant.

[@АрманСоколовский]

The deepest and most unique thing I've watched in a month or more

[@CallesWelt]

So schnelllebig ist die Welt. Cooler Film!

[@eduardogsaezsilva1071]

Buenísimo...que síntesis mas exacta.Gracias

[@ntadundodda]

This is dope asf

[@nautilusproducciones1040]

Thumbs up if you are here beacause of Neil deGrasse Tyson and Star Talk!

[@lowrider81hd]

I love this so much.

[@emilieharms1854]

Unfassbar gut! Eine hervorragende Voraussicht ebenso;)

[@traderlincolnmitchell9786]

absolutely brillant very very good.

[@thiarlatarchini2338]

fantastico:)))))) spero arrivi altro con questo contenuto cosi profondo. grazie

[@dimassmaster9]

Excellent !!!

[@LookAtThisRock]

Interesting rocks.........

[@thioorigami]

Brilliant Idea 🔥🔥

[@TheBluestflamingos]

What a clever way to utilize stop motion!

[@VishalKumar-xi8so]

1:24 He stayed in the air for decades and 2:18 here the seed...

[@alexcisija7424]

Mad air

[@Nikki.H]

This was amazing x) I loved seeing time go by from their perspective.

[@PascalThalmann]

i was looking for that shortfilm for years.

[@reggiebald2830]

Excellent! Good in any language, but glad I could read the billboard ~

[@robertgray9271]

Das ist Fortbewegung! Das ist Transport!

[@Cardiologist89]

One offff the best !!

[@otjunior]

That was incredible

[@vijayjeeva3590]

Good imagination... awesome graphics... like form India