This Is a Recorded Message (1973)

• Animation

This experimental animated short takes a critical look at consumerism in a material world. Thousands of cut-out ads are presented in increasingly fragmented, rapid succession. The film's disorienting and hectic pace seeks to interrogate the extent to which seductive advertising is a shockingly strong force in shaping our desires, needs, and lives in contemporary capitalism.

Rating

7.5 / 10 (4 votes)

Release date

January 1, 1973

Runtime

10m

Language

English

Director

Jean-Thomas Bédard

Status

Released