A film of playful observation, without commentary, catching in a few simple animated line drawings the image people project of themselves in the way they dress or move. Different types of people - plump dowager, curvaceous dancer, kilted Scot, ancient Egyptian - all make their bid for attention, metamorphosing one from the other in surprising ways. Music by Gordon Fleming, Herbert Spanier, Michel Donato and Eric MacDonald. Camera by Pierre Provost.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
307138
Subject categories
Animation → Animated films - Canada
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Body image
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Self-perception
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)