A (1965 film)
| A | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Jan Lenica |
| Written by | Jan Lenica |
| Produced by | Boris von Borresholm |
| Cinematography | Georges Maillet Renate Ruhr |
| Edited by | Renate Ruhr |
| Music by | Georges Delerue Bernard Parmegiani |
Production company | Film Boris von Borrisholm |
| Distributed by | Alpha Film Group Atlas Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 9 minutes 57 seconds |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | French |
A[1] is a 1965 short film animated by Jan Lenica.
Summary
It involves a writer tormented by a giant letter "A". He frees himself from the "A" only to encounter a "B".[2][3]
Background
Production began in late 1964, and the film premiered at the Oberhausen Film Festival in February 1965. It 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. A quotation by Eugène Ionesco is featured at the end of the film.
References
- ^ "Jan Lenica Filmography". Archived from the original on 25 August 2013.
- ^ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1965 -". cartoonresearch.com.
- ^ MUBI
- ^ Screening Room: Jan Lenica (1973)|Documentary Educational Resources
- ^ Said episode of Screening Room on IMDb