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Breathdeath

Breathdeath (1963)

December. 28,1963
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6.5
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NR
| Animation

A surrealistic fantasy based on the 15th century woodcuts of the dance of the dead. A film experiment that deals with the photoreality and the surrealism of life. A collage-animation that cuts up photos and newsreel film and reassembles them, producing an image that is a mixture of unexplainable fact (Why is Harpo Marx playing a harp in the middle of a battlefield?) with inexplicable act (Why is there a battlefield?). It is a black comedy, a fantasy that mocks death ... a parabolic parable.

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Curapedi
1963/12/28

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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Humaira Grant
1963/12/29

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

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Maleeha Vincent
1963/12/30

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

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Billy Ollie
1963/12/31

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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