A 3-minute revenge fantasy that'll make you cheer for the quiet kid.
Animation Workshop Color UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. A hand-drawn animation. Claude is a small and silent boy who carries around a box to which he keeps adding dials, antenna, etc. His parents are extremely rich, throughout the film Calude’s father keeps telling his son: “Claude, you’ll never amount to anything.” Mother several times exasperatedly asks him: “Can’t you do anything, Claude?”. Claude says nothing but, in the end, he has the last act: he twiddles the dials on his completed box and vaporizes both parents.
Direction
UCLA student film that punches way above its weight.
Production
Hand-drawn animation with genuine 60s anarchic spirit.
Writing
Zero dialogue from protagonist, maximum impact.
Director
Dan McLaughlin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made at UCLA's legendary Animation Workshop, a breeding ground for experimental filmmakers who'd shape American animation.
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