A walking figure emerges from a changing, circular cycle; his inner self emerges and precipitats a series of violent struggles with himself, adapting various animal forms along the way. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Direction
Student film ambition with professional nightmare fuel.
Sound
Eerie score amplifies the existential dread.
Director
Henry Selick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Selick made this at CalArts in 1977, a decade before his breakthrough with Tim Burton.
The Academy Film Archive preserved this as an early example of American independent animation's dark turn.
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