Words cannot describe the grimness of this odd little epic. It starts out like a cheery holiday cartoon, with primitive stop-motion animation a la "Rudolph". Santa is flying through the night with a sleigh full of toys for happy children.
Then he gets shot down by Nazis and falls into a concentration camp...
The story is so far beyond the boundaries of good/bad taste that you really don't know how to react. The litmus test is probably when they torture Rudolph in a "medical experiment" to see how his nose flashes. If you think that's funny, you'll probably think the movie's a hoot. I started off laughing, then it got darker and darker. The last shot was so profoundly disturbing I was speechless - but it was disturbing in a good way, because it reminds of you of what happened (and what's happening all over the world), even in the middle of our festive season. A classic.I hope it's on the web somewhere - it only played on Canadian T.V. late night once, I think.
Then he gets shot down by Nazis and falls into a concentration camp...
The story is so far beyond the boundaries of good/bad taste that you really don't know how to react. The litmus test is probably when they torture Rudolph in a "medical experiment" to see how his nose flashes. If you think that's funny, you'll probably think the movie's a hoot. I started off laughing, then it got darker and darker. The last shot was so profoundly disturbing I was speechless - but it was disturbing in a good way, because it reminds of you of what happened (and what's happening all over the world), even in the middle of our festive season. A classic.I hope it's on the web somewhere - it only played on Canadian T.V. late night once, I think.