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On Closer Inspection

"Without leaving his own garden, a man may know the world" - an abstract study of the wildlife found in every garden.

Documentary 1953 21 mins Silent

Overview

Take a closer look and the perfectly natural becomes remarkably alien. Hungarian artist Peter Foldes and his British wife Joan are better known for the two animated films they made in the 1950s - particularly the apocalyptic A Short Vision (1956), which terrified America after being screened on The Ed Sullivan Show. This film is much gentler fare, yet with an underlying darkness and abstraction that belies the jaunty commentary.

Director

Peter Foldes and Joan Foldes

Featuring

Peter Coke

Genres

Documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

Subjects

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