Mark Osborne's MORE

Nominated for an Academy Award and awarded the Best Short Film at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, MORE is a stop-motion mixed-media short film written and directed by Mark Osborne, the co-director of Kung Fu Panda and the upcoming animated feature film based on the iconic book The Little Prince.
MORE tells the story of an old, tired inventor as he struggles through joyless life in a drab and passionless society, leading the same cold and colorless existence accepted by the identical drones around him. At once tortured and inspired by his dreaming of and yearning for his younger carefree days, he struggles to finish the invention he hopes will give his life meaning and worth. His world, and the world of those around him, is transformed when his secret invention is completed. However, his subsequent success does not come without sacrifice. The inventor realizes that the true essence of his inspiration cannot be manufactured...
Available on DVD along with an hour long making of documentary called MAKING MORE at www.happyproduct.com
Also available on iTunes!
CREDITS:
Writer and Director: Mark Osborne
Producer: Steve Kalafer
Co-producers: Debra Callabresi, Kelly Moren
Line Producer: Shannon Lowry
70mm Prod. Supervision: IMAGICA USA Inc., Kelly Moren
Production Designer: Rick Orner
Puppet Construction: David J. Candelaria
Stop-Motion Animators: Mark Osborne, David J. Candelaria, Nick Peterson
Set & Model Builders: David J. Candelaria, Nick Peterson, Joe Schmidt
Cinematography and Camera Department: Keith Lowry
Cel Animation Designer: Lorelei Pepi
Cel Animation Director: Jenny Walsh
Cel Animators: Lea Zagury, Rick Potts, Marcos Magalhães
Post-Prod. Supervisors: Debra Callabresi, Kelly Moren, IMAGICA USA Inc., RPG
Digital Effects Supervisor: Debra Callabresi
Digital Art & Effects: Ben Matsunaga, Kelly Moren
Sound Effects Editor: Jeremy Pitts
Re-Recording Mixer: Peter Carlstedt
Negative Cut: Ron Johnson
Color and Prints: Consolidated Film Industries
Music: New Order, "Elegia." Written and produced by New Order,
Engineered by Michael Johnson, Distributed by Warner
Bros. Records, Inc. © 1985 Qwest Records.
Additional End Credit Music: Ben Decter
Production Services: California Institute of the Arts, Consolidated Film
Production Services Donated by:
California Institute of the Arts, Consolidated Film Industries, Dream Quest Images, KODAK Motion Picture Film, Graphic Films, Image G, IMAGICA USA Inc., Iwerks Entertainment, RPG Productions Inc., Swell Productions
Special Thanks To:
Mario Allen, Tom Attencio, Tom Barron, Bob Beitcher, Chris Blum, Jamie Caliri, Kevin Clark, Maureen Claypool, Jon Corfina, Edwin Escalante, Larry Fagan, Rick Gordon,
Cathy Hair, Wendy Jackson-Hall, Ron Johnson, Tim Knapp, Dick Larson, Alec Lorimore, Alan Markowitz, James Manke, Katherine Mervine, Andrew Millstein, Mike Mitchell,
Paloma Navarette, Ammiel Najar, Paul Novoros, Jeff Osborne, Kent Osborne, Paulette Osborne, Julie OʼNeil, Andrew Oran, Dave Palomaren, Jose Parra, Sarah Peterson, Brian Peterson, Sean Phillips, Christopher Reyna, Tim Sassoon, Scott Shepley, Susan Simpson,
Jonathan Silsby, Ron Wangler, Miriam Yagi

[@simonadams1728]

As I know that Mark Osborne occasionally reads these comments, I'd just like to say how much I love this short film. I rewatch it every couple of years and always seem to take away something different from it. Thanks again for this beautiful piece of art.

[@citisein6016]

Seconded. I come back to this often. It helps to replenish the fire in my soul and realize what's really important in life. It's a wonderful example of what makes great art and creativity so powerful.

[@silasgreaves6134]

In my senior year of high school (class of 2019) my comp. and media (film studies) final was a spontaneous in-class essay on this short film, my teacher didn't tell us much about it except that it had been awarded and widely recognized. To this day, I feel haunted by MORE: the chilling music, the colorless landscape, the alien-like creatures that are closer representations of us than we'd care to admit, it's totally and utterly unsettling. I almost hate how intrigued I am by it, much like how the main character seems riveted by the happiness which seems to come so easily to children. Unable to take his eyes off the one thing he cannot ever seem to achieve or create. I too find myself coming back maybe once a year, to sit and stare, watching on in silence. EDIT: Just now I was struck by the thought that maybe MORE, in some small and subconscious part, had some influence in my decision to be an English major (with an academic interest in film). I just hope that I can also contribute something valuable of my own.

[@ahmedzedan107]

I feel the same way. I first saw it in College when Vimeo was really the destination for art film. The good ol days! And this movie has haunted me and I love watching it. It’s a reminder of the human condition, at our core we long for acceptance and joy of adolescence. Adulthood is the unending pursuit of what’s been lost and being consumed by greed. I take my hat off and bow to you good sir. You’ve stirred our minds and elicited great admiration from us all.

[@RingsideTed]

Same! The first time I saw this, I was a little kid at an Imax movie with my pops. It was a short film, before the film. Back then I looked at it more like it was a cute thing, and would always refer to it as “The Clay People.” Now of course it’s still beautiful, but heartbreaking - plus as someone grinding away in a 9-5, 5 days a week, I can relate pretty well. Anyway, will always be such a work of art. The music is perfect as well.

[@lskmc2091]

That is awesome- thx for sharing. I’ve loved this piece of art since I was in college 20 years ago

[@Jigsaw2533]

The music is what really makes this film powerful imo

[@sonofhibbs4425]

It’s the band New Order. It was written for Ian Curtis who passed away by suicide. Elegia is the name of the song.

[@РашидГаниев15летназад]

Америка говно

[@mykayott6376]

Kenna - Hell bent was originally the song to this video

[@imogenpinelli850]

@@sonofhibbs4425 holy heck, thanks so much!

[@michaelcompeau313]

@@sonofhibbs4425 This song was used in the Movie 'Pretty in Pink" (how 'bout THAT!!??)

[@themollymachine]

Made me cry a bit. I was 18 when I first saw this and it changed my out look on life. It showed me that if you gain it all, become successful but forget what got you there, you'll lose the fire inside ur soul

[@tzokaie9595]

As best as I can tell, and I could be wrong. This is about finding happiness within. The inventor worked a dead end job for the system, all the while dreaming of happiness. He thought if I could capture it and sell it; I could be rich, I could be the boss and I would be happy. So he invested his life and happiness into making the product, he became the boss, and rich by creating the illusions of happiness. At the end he found the price he paid was his happiness. His invention and being rich and powerful did not make him happy. It's about the illusion we as adults buy into that makes us think if we could only be richer, and be the boss, be powerful we will be happy. And once we have achieved it, then we realize that we traded our happiness to get it. But hey that is just my take on it

[@harbhub]

My interpretation is drastically different. I only see the true expression of self in the innocent children on the spinning merry-go-round. The boss, the workers, and the society at large are woefully living as zombies. To escape, one would need to revert back to their child-self by stripping away all of the programming that the poisoned society as implanted in their minds. It's not about happiness. The Happy Goggles are actually part of the problem in many ways. The goggles go from Happy to Bliss, but the goggles provided neither true happiness nor true bliss. The happiness goggles made slave life more bearable, which actually causes the slavery to continue. It is a vicious cycle. Perhaps the saddest part of all is that the children at the very end, riding on the merry-go-round with their color (essence) still intact, are almost assuredly going to get turned into zombies as they get older. They will be turned grey by society.

[@deathgripskaraoke9351]

first explanation: good second explanation: DURR CAPITALISM BAD DURR PHONE ZOMBIES PHONE ZOMBIES HUH HUH I SMART I SMART

[@harbhub]

You clearly don't understand anything I wrote and you're unable to articulate the salient points of my message. Instead, you've resorted to condensing the message down to something it isn't. If you think my message has anything to do with "capitalism", then you should read it over because you're absolutely wrong and I never once mentioned capitalism. If you think my message has anything to do with "phone", then you really have reading comprehension issues because I never once used the word "phone" in my comment. If you think my message was about me being "smart", then I'd argue that I never tried to show off my wits; I simply wrote down my perspective of the video. In fact, the only keyword you mentioned that has any relevance to what I wrote is "zombies", which is strange because the grey people could easily be seen as zombies/slaves. They've lost their inner color that they had when they were just kids playing. They've lost their uniqueness, their sense of wonder, and their imagination because society molded them that way. They work to live and live to work. They are living in a dystopian society with a dominance hierarchy. They are slave laborers being controlled by their master (i.e. the boss). It's obvious that they don't like their working conditions, but they don't know how to escape the oppression. In fact, they've been mentally programmed by society to think that this is all normal. The advertising for Happy googles on the sides of buses in an otherwise grey city. The life is being systematically syphoned out of them. They can't even imagine on their own or be happy (blissful) without the googles. Their lives are so empty, depressing, and fucked up that they'd rather put on the googles than deal with the truth. For these reasons I call them zombies or slaves.

[@harbhub]

Why would anyone assume that a third world country is better or purer by default? Third world countries can come with a litany of problems. I'm confident that a war-torn region is going to sap the life out of people. Regions without potable drinking water, education, nutritious foods, or modern medical facilities are going to suffer because of these sorts of problems. You'd have to look at a specific region in order to determine how well they are doing on the whole. How we measure some region to be better or purer depends on the principles and criteria that we use. I don't want to get into that discussion here, but suffice to say there are many factors to consider.

[@mohammedabdullatif674]

Michael Harbach I really like your logic way of thinking. 👍🏻

[@MohamedAbuGazia]

The best short film I've ever seen. I still feel the same deep depression after watching it for the first time.

[@jhn550]

So true

[@myantro]

Robin William's life comes to mind when I watch this video. He gave out so much of his happiness to others, that in the end there was none left for himself.

[@Sonnythecrazy1990]

He had dementia. He loved life. He didn’t run out of happiness, he couldn’t handle the disease he was suffering with.

[@himaloyshadhin9958]

I don't understand the movie.could you tell me story briefly,just the abstract

[@brandonhaygood5286]

@@Sonnythecrazy1990 People are still running with the "He killed himself because of depression" angle.

[@wickedfeylady]

@@Sonnythecrazy1990 But in the disease there was no peace. I agree it wasn't JUST depression, he didn't want to suffer or deteriorate. But the feeling is much the same....he had nothing inside him to stop the disease.

[@AngryNerdBird]

@@himaloyshadhin9958 A man lives in a colorless world, and spends all his time toiling away at a dehumanizing job. Secretly, he works on an invention that can change how we see the world. He puts everything he has into making it, and he eventually succeeds. His invention makes the world seem beautiful and vibrant, though it's only an illusion and it doesn't last very long. The invention brings him massive wealth and fame, but it costs him the passion that got him there. So now he's rich, but also empty and alone. The final shot of the film shows us the first and only characters in the film that are truly in color; a group of children playing in a playground. The thing that he was chasing all along was not money or fame, but the innocence of youth. And he failed, because that's something no one can ever have back.

[@LadyGreyFox90]

I have been searching for this for 15 years! Thank you so much for uploading it. I remember seeing it on Sci Fi loooong ago as a kid, and fell in love with it.

[@EricJaakkola]

The dilemma of searching for anything on the internet called "More"

[@JordanBartholme]

I thought it was called "happy" and found it by searching for such.

[@flipperIJ]

Me too. The music was stuck in my head since then and it again came to the fore front of my mind. Delighted to find it. Epic short 👍😊

[@AlmaHernandez-iw7ht]

2002 i worked a sports store this video was on the store TV & i never saw again till now by googling 'cgi doll needs its glowing soul ' thanks for posting.

[@DuBstep115]

I saw this first time at 2002-2003. took me 14 years to find. Now i come to see this everyday :)

[@lonerChise]

it has been freakin 20 years and this short still haunts me......

[@brucebanner645]

and it always will haunt us.

[@misspiggy9647]

It is more haunting because the film is becoming reality.

[@raissaalmoedodeassis9446]

It's 2023 and this still matters so much to me. Everytime I need to remind myself about my purpose in life, I come back to watch It.

[@EricWeberFilm]

I always thought the Kenna music video for 'Hellbent' was made for the song because it fit so well. This just blew my mind that it was it's own short film

[@theicebolt4361]

Artist - New Order - Album - Low Life = kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4PRg6iDrbaMnZo

[@cartooncentral263]

same

[@jpeoples]

Thank you! Kenna was the other video I have been looking for for years now. Thanks honestly.

[@EricWeberFilm]

@@jpeoples (me checking this channel 6 years later) Oh, lookie!

[@aldeenyo5276]

Good to know Im not batshit and remembered this being set to a Kenna song. Holy hell Im 15 again.

[@Gambitheart]

One of the greatest short film ever made.

[@MrZashiratori]

Sometimes the biggest price we pay for our dreams of fame and fortune is the same thing we hold dearest. The innocence and happiness we have by staying close to our memories of being the better, joyous, carefree and energetic person when we were younger...

[@misspiggy9647]

It's funny how a film from over 20 years ago predicted the future. With more virtual reality coming into our lives, we are pretty much creating a false reality to live in while the world around us falls apart.

[@MichaelGhost]

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

[@HeroesNStuff]

Such a powerful stop motion. Probably the best one I have ever seen.

[@aizazbokhari6526]

I don’t think any visual in my lifetime has captivated me, indulged me over and over again as much as this film. I want to thank Mark for this art that has given me hope, reality checks, kept me in touch with reality, emotional strength, and mental stability since 2009. I have shown this to everyone I care about and it has made them a better person and/or made them appreciate what they have.

[@andyb811]

Could not find this for the longest time but remembered "Bliss products". There is a moral here.

[@JT-hk9ur]

Maybe Kojima saw this and thought "This is what my career has become." Hence why he decided to use this song in the MGSV E3 2015 trailer.

[@JohnathanJWells]

Also the protagonist becomes the villain at the end. Which may be another reason

[@CiemnyGracz]

+Johnathan Wells dude .. i fucking hate you i hope you get fucking ass cancer or something. I didnt played it yet.

[@JT-hk9ur]

That's literally the entire premise of the marketing campaign. If you are a series veteran you saw this story coming from a mile away, he didn't spoil anything.

[@JohnathanJWells]

ArianTPL Chill out dude it's just a game. Didn't they teach you to not wish other people's death? Also, that's literally the main point of the marketing campaign, if you don't know that it's because of your own fault.

[@CiemnyGracz]

Johnathan Wells Fuck you too. Btw, Han Solo dies in The Force Awakens, in Fallout 4 your son is a villain and you have to kill him.

[@anniegingersnaps4879]

I saw this back when I was young and could never find if again till now. It's Beautiful. Thank you Mark Osborne

[@marcgonzalez681]

Saw this in 8th grade

[@mgabbard]

More is one of my favorite short films of all time. Back in 2000 or so I bought a copy from Mark via an independent film website (I forget which) on VHS. It was one of the first short films I showed my kids when they were little and they were enthralled with it. But what was really cool is that Mark signed it. I still have it squirreled away in my collection. The imagery where he literally pours himself into making his dream come true, and then at end after he's "succeeded" he's completely empty inside. Very powerful stuff...

[@ВадимПоляков-т4ш]

This is the MASTERPIECE!!!!

[@cfarinaaz]

My favorite claymation... perhaps even short film... of all time. Knowing that Mark Osborne went on to direct The Little Prince, another film that affected me incredibly deeply, just makes this piece mean even more.

[@clayrasmussen8199]

I saw this video on tv when I was 9 years old and am now 30. I searched for it yesterday and finally found it. It resonated with me all these years.

[@lowmax4431]

Same here.

[@ShaDHP23]

I first saw this at an age of 11 on Toonami as the music video from Kenna. It was not the first nor the last time I had seen the ugly of this world and the people in it, but it remains to this day one of the rawest displays of how cruel and evil everything and everyone can (and always has the potential to) be

[@ShaDHP23]

Seeing something like this that young really fucks up a person

[@Tungsten96]

Still relevant. I've watched this since I was a child.

[@reneemeansecho]

Yes one of my all time favorites. Mark Osborne made this film in his garage too ! Man is genius director and writer. Why hasnt this gone completely viral is beyond me !

[@neonvoid]

Still one of my ALL time favorite short movie what I ever watched in my entire life.

[@ethanwunder3788]

" something that makes you feel happy can't always have a happy ending"

[@kirbyjoe7484]

It's 20 years later and look just how prophetic this impressive little animated movie has become. Apple's Vision Pro is here and it is the beginning of people truly becoming lost in an augmented reality.

[@Ruairoquai]

We can never regain the carefree joy of youth, okay. Thanks for that depressing reminder.

[@HappyProductCorp]

+Ruairoquai well, I like to think it's all in the way you look at it. You can see it as a cautionary tale, meant to help guide you along your way, or a depressing, inevitable prediction of your future. You choose!

[@spencersharp]

+HappyProductCorp hey man. can you make another short like this? Take a break from kung fu panda. this shit was amazing

[@HappyProductCorp]

+DISPENCERY7 my latest movie is coming out March 18th in theaters, it is called The Little Prince -- go check it out!

[@spencersharp]

+HappyProductCorp Oh for real?! Hell yea! Playing in theaters everywhere? I'm excited

[@IxusMaig]

+HappyProductCorp I first saw this on the Sci-fi Channel (pre-"syfy") many years ago. I loved it then and it has not lost it's impact. Thank you. And Congratulations on the Little Price! I can't wait to see it!

[@mnkykungfu]

All the start-up tech bros are watching this, crying onto their i-phone screens...

[@steveortiz5582]

I saw this 5 years ago. When i watched stranger things it really made me appreciate the show even more when i heard elgia..

[@carlosdeleon7472]

Same

[@galgor]

Today is the first time I've seen this. Talk about impact, talk about still being relevant, talk about art. Fantastic production.

[@projetoelectrosphere]

"I WAS BORN IN A SMALL VILAGE "

[@neontetsuo]

me too.. did they also had a Oil Factory?

[@projetoelectrosphere]

maybe?

[@znubionek]

"LANGUAGE"

[@NR-fx8tk]

It was raided by soldiers...

[@znubionek]

"FOREIGN SOLDIERS"

[@yourlocalcoolguy]

I saw this probably 20 years ago, I vaguely described the video to a friend, he had seen it and was looking for it too. With his help we found it. Thanks internet!

[@phremg535]

I adore that the children are colorful because it makes so much sense

[@MRDOODBEAMS]

congratulations for creating something that i saw when i was a kid, then one day in my twenties it flickered in my brain, and it sent me on a quest to find it again.

[@Behon]

A big thank you to Mark Osborne for directing both my favorite animated short in More and my favorite Dreamworks film in Kung Fu Panda. Your work has given me joy and the drive to work on my own artistic projects. Very interested to see The Little Prince when it gets wide release as well.

[@TheDoversify]

I’ve been searching for this for like 10 years

[@tacojosh4]

When this song played in Stranger Things, I freaked out. I was instantly reminded of this amazing short film

[@HappyProductCorp]

Me too!

[@shanaglazier3629]

I saw this in college for the first time. I remember being stopped. Just stopped dead. I come back to it at least once a year. It gets more and more relevant the older I get for different reasons and my heart is broken. This time was the worst so far…

[@pajamanerd7633]

I saw this once years ago, and I think of it every so often, but I hadn't been able to find it again until today. Saved to my favorites now, so I'll never lose it again. Thanks for the art.♥

[@tycobb9999]

I have a degree in architecture, and spent 33 years in the development profession. I supervised literally hundreds of people. Every boss/manager/director/company owner should watch this and LEARN from it. Mark Osborne, I do not know if you are an artist or a business owner , or both, but you have produced GOLD!

[@JeremyLCrabtree]

This never fails to move me. I first saw it late at night in an empty lab in the engineering building while I was "taking a break" from working on my engineering capstone project. I don't know how many times I've watched it now, but the meaning, for me, continues to change as I grow older.

[@sammicopor]

Thank you, Mark for teaching me to be myself instead of trying to emulate other people. The only way to not let the creative flame go out is to not do what you do for praise.

[@MaxTwoSeven]

Master piece 18 years ago. Masterpiece now.

[@trackerbuckmann1627]

I keep coming back to this. It has stuck with me since i first saw it 20 some odd years ago.

[@misspiggy9647]

Same.

[@gloqboy4447]

R.I.P Jokers Stash 😢🃏

[@ismailtaha7852]

Most influential piece of media I have ever watched. I watched it late one night on my public station by chance when I was 13 and I have never been the same since. I’m grateful that this film exits, it’s timeless and true art

[@taraheck9004]

I feel like this should be required viewing in school. A lot is said in 6 minutes.

[@maciejrekowski2392]

1999... Majstersztyk jakich mało. Wyzwala naprawdę WIELE skrajnych emocji u odbiorcy.

[@arteomgab]

Też odczułem tego

[@peacebwithu97]

I quit my dead end job of 9 years after watching this. It's one of the best videos I've ever seen. Thank you Mark Osborne! :-)

[@johndouglass3691]

I first saw this film as part of the "Midnight Run" special on Adult Swim, Cartoon Network. I found it to be very profound, a six minute film touches very deeply on the subject of enlightenment itself. The film is best shown set to Kenna's "Hellbent" just as it was on Cartoon Network. Together, they touched me very deeply.

[@bealove863]

This has been my favorite from the moment I saw it, maybe a few years after it was made. The message is spot on and I always loved New Order.

[@dankilgorelyme]

20+ years ahead of its time.

[@SniKenna]

I first watched this in college, almost 10 years ago now! and it has stuck with me all this time. Such a masterpiece. ❤

[@MalcolmXtreme]

I remember seeing this when I was either 6 or 7 and when it first started I was about to change the channel because the tone scared me a bit but I sat there and watched it and was deriving meanings from it and when it ended I sat there all night hoping to see it again. I'm 21 now and so glad I found this finally.

[@evilmidget]

+XTREMEHQ Malcolm you watched this on Toonami Midnight Run didn't you?

[@MalcolmXtreme]

+evilmidget Did they show music videos on Midnight run ?

[@evilmidget]

Once and only once. It was a special to showcase the music videos from Daft Punk and The Gorillaz, and was capped off with this animated short set to Hellbent by Kenna

[@MalcolmXtreme]

Thanks for the info. I'm glad I didn't miss this I saw the Daft punk stuff too back then they ended up placing the Daft punk videos online that's as far as I remember.

[@verbenastars]

This movie lives on my heart and I find myself coming back to it all these years later.

[@peterbaugh51]

A powerful short movie about materialism for material sake. Great music, much hard work to put this together. A great commentary on the sad people that think material goods, money, will bring happiness. Very insightful. This movie is not anti-materialistic. It is just an observation - of an aspect of human nature for some. Not all people value material over real happiness.

[@DemoEvolvedGaming]

Has it really been 10 years since I first saw this? The themes are so haunting, and the storytelling so well paced. A masterpiece. Thanks Mark

[@Sturmdude]

I remember seeing this when I was a child. I hated it back then. It was a bit depressing and a little too real in an odd, and at the time, intangible way. I think I have a better appreciation for it now that I've sort of rediscovered it.

[@-keicake9019]

Same here. Tbh I have a strange relationship with this film. It’s stuck with me over the years, and I love it, but I also hate it due to the empty feeling it gives me whenever I rewatch it (which is every couple of years).

[@reendiii]

Верните ему детство, оно не может исчезнуть в душе. Люди храните в душе детство и те воспоминания.

[@andei_]

On June 5th, 2023, April officially released its Vision Pro product. This short film warned us.

[@gyloir]

I love this short film. I first saw it from Kenna's music video for his song, Hell Bent. Then I found out it was a short film and I had to see the full thing, absolutely loved it. I actually (back when it came out on dvd) contacted Mark Osborne through his website for it and he was kind enough to even autograph my copy of the dvd before it was mailed to me.

[@cloud_connected9925]

Thanks!

[@tatertot6212]

Love this video so much, discovered it from my friends college English class in which he had to write an essay on it. I also shared it with my grandfather and it was something we really connected over before he passed ❤️ thank you Mark Osborne

[@jacobsweetser1878]

That was amazing.. I'm speechless. Excellent video.

[@Antisxy]

so many talented people in the credits man, legendary film.

[@akmaralnashkenova8493]

Самое точно описывающее нашу бытность видео, за всю мою жизнь. Спасибо, что выразили все, что я не могла выразить сама. Смотрела впервые лет 10 назад и каждые пару лет пересматриваю и ощущения такие как в первый раз. Это шедевр ❤

[@sarcastico3238]

Все точь-в-точь как у меня 🙌 прям слово в слово, Вау

[@horsehorse9399]

жаль, что мы тут живем...

[@cheetosugar695]

I remember this used to come on MTV2 during morning music blocks back in the early 00s. It took me forever to find it, and I'm glad I did. Haunting stuff.

[@corvus9289]

I saw this in middle school during a trip to the science museum in OKC. Really resonated in my young mind and began the process of who I am today. I've searched for this for 20 long years. Very glad to have finally found it. Thank you for this.

[@Bakumatsu1]

this is a criminally underrated work of art

[@gradywright]

Like many others I first saw this short film maybe 20 years ago on sci-fi. I was moved by it and it always pops back into memory every few years and I try to find it again. I was just watching something about metaverse and it brought this film to mind again. Watching it with new meaning perhaps. Thanks for uploading here where it can be found easily and viewed, still has the same impact on me each time.

[@julieclark7146]

Saw this on toonami midnight run ,been searching for years

[@tannertreadway6226]

I saw this when I was in middle school and have been trying to find it ever since. Thank you for uploading this amazing film.

[@jbussenius]

Heavy melancholic and beautifully made. The colored scenes are far creepier than the stylistic grey ones. A reflection of life, depressing or not it’s a wonderful story!

[@thehipster-9906]

When I was a kid a guy named kenna made a song "hell bent" and someone synced the song to this video I've been looking for it for so long thank you ❤

[@funkwagnalls7294]

I was wondering when this gem would show up in my life again, haven't seen it in over 20 years...

[@Gza36Chambers]

Carousel + childhood= presence, living in the moment, no cultural societal conditioning, no past and present. Now.

[@KatelinTheKat]

The older I grow the deeper this shit resonates with me. I first saw this a good 20+ years ago (33 now)…

[@lucylle3132]

This video takes me back to the early century when they were playing this video on mtv late night. It started me on the path to realize all life is fruitless/a mistake, but later events made me realize after-life is just so. We are pieces in a puzzle we cannot see, working for a cause we don't even care for....Nothing in reality will prepare us for what lies beyond.

[@Taggerung]

I first saw this on a program called "Liquid Television", and it has been my favorite short, ever since!

[@devinlacerte8427]

I’ve been searching for this since I was a kid,

[@fernandoa3490]

Rip joker 😞

[@Anomalous-One]

So moving. This is heartbreaking because it happens. Dont let your little light snuff out.

[@mattwalker7604]

This is the Citizen Kane of music videos.

[@aidandausch7161]

Great short story, I felt the protagonist experienced more joy in the production of his creation rather than after when he had no further reason for his existence and nothing else for him to do. Only at the end does he realise happiness cannot be manufactured, but formed through togetherness and the playing of people.

[@SarahSakura]

20 years later... still gives me goosebumps. Powerful stuff.

[@SarahSakura]

I feel like this film can be likened to how artists pour their “soul” into their work, their genuine love to express themselves, unhindered or untainted by greed. But once the public is exposed to their work, if it really “catches on” and gets popular, then producing genuine output “by demand” becomes tiresome and even impossible at times. This is what drains the soul of all joy, leading the artist to long for the innocence of pure expression of self and joy, reflected by the children’s carefree play in the park at the end.

[@Nutty457]

I tell anyone who will listen about this short film. One of the best.

[@mladyrebecca]

One of the most powerful shorts I've ever seen. Glad I was able to enjoy this once again.

[@Mots_Art]

Чем старше я становлюсь, тем труднее пересматривать этот мультфильм без слез...

[@joshuajuarez3471]

I remember when I first saw this. And I never forgot it. Just recently re discovered it. About a year ago. Still good

[@RockmanBrawler44]

I was born in a small vill-fuck, wrong video, sorry you people I'm outta here.

[@JohnathanJWells]

This is where the song was first used. it's genius

[@RockmanBrawler44]

yeah I'm aware, this animation is quite superb I must say

[@BlueSmokie]

Took me too long to find this song again after hearing it on toonami so many years ago! I honestly thought i made the this all up. So glad i found this again!

[@ChrisLeeW00]

I first saw this when it was used for the Kenna music video Hell Bent. The music is a great fit in both versions.

[@AugustWillDecay]

this is definitely one of my all time favorite short films I show it to everyone !

[@CIROsbk]

finally I remember saw this film a long time ago. Thankfully I glad to founded again. I loved. This film as a younger affect me a lot. This have a place on my heart.

[@EnderAnders]

I first saw this on some short film show, LONG before it was on KZbin, and let me say, thank you for so many reasons and years this film gave me.

[@MrSergecj]

this not the future THIS IS NOW! we need to get our shit together NOW or it will be too late and this we be forever.

[@wildoesthings]

I still think about this constantly. this shaped me

[@crasherboys1]

I cried ;)

[@aahum3324]

I always get shivers at the start and finish.