An allegory of the creation of the world, of man’s enslavement by the machine, motivated by Greed, which is personified as an enormous and menacing spider. It is eventually overthrown by the intervention of Goodness, but not before atomic warfare has resulted. The Foldes made the film at home, drawing all 32,000 pictures, and showed the 16mm result to Sir Alexander Korda, who had it blown up to 35mm for theatrical release. No other credits available.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
000424
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Animation (Cinematography)
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Production and direction
Animation → Animated films - Great Britain
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and motion pictures
Crafts & Visual Arts → Drawing
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)