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Blue Monday (2021)

2021 · Ephemeral film · 10 min · dir. Katarzyna Orłowska

  • Animation

Synopsis

Meticulous and mesmerising paint-on-glass animation is characteristic for this atmospheric film by the Polish director, who takes us on a bus ride one Monday afternoon. The melancholic ride through a rainy city reminds the main protagonist what it would be like to escape the everyday routine of jammed streets.

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Details

Director
Katarzyna Orłowska
Studio
Uniwersytet Artystyczny im. Magdaleny Abakanowicz w Poznaniu
Released
2021-06-23
Running time
10 minutes
Language
Polish
Collection
Prelinger Archives

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Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · Grandpa's "Stash" · Spuzz · 2023-06-20

A pretty interesting film about past ways of doing laundry. Farewell to Blue Monday, presented by the White King Soap Company, has two parts shown in this reel. The first, Grandpappy and Grandson enjoy a game of checkers, daughter brings in a bowl of fruit. Grandson chews on an apple, when all the women leave the room, Grandpa and Grandson seem to have this sordid conversation that causes Grandpa to break out his private collection of "literature" about who knows what (the film is silent). Grandson wants no part of it and leaves the room! MEANWHILE, Grandma and Grand-Daughter are downstairs…