This site requires that JavaScript be enabled and the Flash plug-in be installed. If you already have Macromedia Flash Player installed, then you may continue browsing the site.


Fifty Percent Grey


<< Return to Year 1 Program
FIFTY PERCENT GREY (2001)
2002 Academy Award Nominee - Best Animated Short Film
Technique: 3D Animation
Country: Ireland

A dead solider wakes up to find himself with his gun, a widescreen TV, and a whole lot of time...

The director comments... "My idea was to make a story where the character starts out a hero, turns into a coward and ends up a fool. It's basically a big cruel trick played on him by whoever controls the afterlife... It's nice to be able to make a movie that has a really unhappy ending, and yet people still seem to enjoy it. I know it's potentially controversial subject matter - there were complaints on Irish Radio after its run in the cinema... but at least I didn't try to tack on an upbeat ending, which I believe is a way of taking it more seriously."

PRODUCTION CREDITS
a Zanita Films Production
a Short animated film by Ruairi Robinson
Produced by Seamus Byrne
Edited, Written and Directed by Ruairi Robinson
Music by Autechre

Official Site:  http://www.ruairirobinson.com/main.htm

 


This site looks much better in a browser that supports current web standards, but it is accessible to any browser. Download one now

Some parts of this site will not work effectively on this older browser.
Please consider updating your browser

This site requires that JavaScript be enabled and the Flash plug-in be installed. If you already have Macromedia Flash Player installed, then you may continue browsing the site.
Design by birdbranch