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Neighbours

1952 · 9 min Comedy Animation
7.6 / 10 · TMDB

Two neighbors exist in perfect harmony, sharing a small garden between their utterly identical homes. Their peaceful coexistence shatters with the emergence of a single flower, sprouting precisely on the property line. Initial curiosity gives way to territorial marking, then mild annoyance erupts into open hostility. Without a single spoken word, using only the plasticity of their bodies transformed into animated objects, the men wage an absurd yet rapidly escalating war for possession of the plant.

📋 Film Details

Year 1952
Country Canada
Genre Comedy, Animation
Director Norman McLaren
Runtime 9 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.6/10 (122 votes)

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Norman McLaren crafts not merely a technical experiment, but a potent and ruthless parable on human nature. Pixilation—animating live actors—is not a gimmick here, but the very language of the film. It speaks volumes, from the comical clumsiness of initial skirmishes to the terrifying mechanization of all-out conflict.

What lingers after the final frame is the chilling efficiency of this allegory. In just seven minutes, a bloom of peace transforms into the machinery of absurd, self-destructive war, leaving a stark, timeless warning. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Norman McLaren

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