Title: Balance
Directors: Lauenstein & Lauenstein
Year: 1989

This is one of my favorite short films of all time. It won the 1990 Oscar for animated short, and launched the Lauenstein brother to make a couple of really cool commercials and shorts in the early 90’s using their trademark style, which is reminiscent of Tim Burton’s animation. Nothing more to say about the film, the beauty of it is how simple it is. But you can also dive into it pretty deeply when you start looking at it as a metaphor for political and social systems.

A small bit of trivia, the climactic “balancing platform” sequence from National Treasure: Book of Secrets was directly inspired by this movie. I have not seen that but I’m sure they bastardized the concept.

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