balance

December 20, 2004 5:14 PM

Balance (8 min) is an Oscar award winning short animation piece by the Lauenstein brothers. "Balance turns a black comedy into a meditation on human interdependence" [flash, click on last link at bottom of page]
posted by dhruva (9 comments total)

Thanks. The short was great.
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 6:36 PM on December 20, 2004

I had forgotten about Balance. I saw it years ago in a movie theater as part of a night of animation. Wonderful. Thanks.
posted by neuroshred at 6:44 PM on December 20, 2004

Alternately, people can just download Balance to their computer.
posted by insomnia_lj at 8:06 PM on December 20, 2004

This has Myst II all over it....

Are'nt there some puzzle solvers who can figure this out?
posted by Balisong at 10:14 PM on December 20, 2004

I had not seen it. Trés cool. Thanks!
posted by spock at 10:21 PM on December 20, 2004

Blue Man Group totally ripped off that film's entire aesthetic.
posted by kindall at 10:40 PM on December 20, 2004

Drags on a bit, but on the whole a very nice work. Makes me crave some super monkey ball.
posted by buriednexttoyou at 10:47 PM on December 20, 2004

This is a wonderful short.

I have to admit though, I'm confused - it seems the box and one person are balanced by four people. Then how can the box balance with just one? Is it his location at the very edge of the platform? Or is it just anal to worry about such things?
posted by jb at 11:30 PM on December 20, 2004

It's been my all time favorite animation for years.
posted by yoga at 3:29 AM on December 21, 2004