Air!

Director: Paul Driessen
Release date: 1972
Rating: ★★★½
Review:

‘Air!’ was the first animated short Dutch animator Paul Driesen made for the National Film Board of Canada. In this very short film (it only takes two minutes) everything and everyone is gasping for air. Only at the very end we experience why.

Driessen makes the most of the barest background art: a monochrome background with a single horizontal line, which in each scene depicts something else. This is an early short by the Dutch master, but the film already showcases Driessen’s idiosyncratic animation style and morbid sense of humor.

Watch ‘Air!’ yourself and tell me what you think:

https://www.nfb.ca/film/air_fr/

‘Air’ is available on the DVD ‘Des histoires pas comme les autres’