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Shadow Cuts (2010) [N/A]

Directed by:
Martin Arnold


Release Date:
January 1, 2010

Original Title:
Shadow Cuts

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 5

Overview from TheMovieDB

In a later group of short film loops such as Soft Palate (2010) and Whistle Stop (2014), Arnold seems to discover psychoanalytic underbellies in the most popular form of post-war family entertainment, animation, and its most iconic characters such as Mickey Mouse (using two of Mickey's shorts, one of them Mickey's Delayed Date), Tom And Jerry, Daffy Duck (Draftee Daffy) and Goofy (How To Play Golf).

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Overview from Open Movies

An iris diaphragm opens haltingly in the blackness, behind it a laughing Mickey Mouse, his friend Pluto's arm around his shoulders. The final sequences of a happy ending run in reverse, Martin Arnold deconstructs the animation. He dissects the scene, expands it in his customary rhythm, deletes parts, and plunges the entire image into blackness.

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Shadow Cuts (2010) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.9/10

Production

Director:
Martin Arnold

Writer:
Martin Arnold

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