A (1965 film)

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A
Directed byJan Lenica
Written byJan Lenica
Produced byBoris von Borresholm
CinematographyGeorges Maillet
Renate Ruhr
Edited byRenate Ruhr
Music byGeorges Delerue
Bernard Parmegiani
Production
company
Film Boris von Borrisholm
Distributed byAlpha Film Group
Atlas Film
Release date
  • 1 February 1965 (1965-02-01)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageFrench

A[1] is a 1965 short film animated by Jan Lenica.

Summary[edit]

It involves a writer tormented by a giant letter "A". He frees himself from the "A" only to encounter a "B".[2][3]

Background[edit]

It began production in late 1964 and premiered at the Oberhausen Film Festival in February 1965. The film was considered lost until it was found as a part of a 1973 episode of Screening Room [4][5] and uploaded to YouTube in 2016.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jan Lenica Filmography". Archived from the original on 25 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1965 -". cartoonresearch.com.
  3. ^ MUBI
  4. ^ Screening Room: Jan Lenica (1973)|Documentary Educational Resources
  5. ^ Said episode of Screening Room on IMDb

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