A young mercenary is hired to kill Death.A young mercenary is hired to kill Death.A young mercenary is hired to kill Death.
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Antonio Moreno
- Death (Morte)
- (voice)
Rodrigo Araujo
- Fabiano
- (voice)
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Did you know
- TriviaEdson Oda originally started the production in order to submit the result for Django Unchained Emerging Artist contest, but it was not finished in time, so The Writer (2012) was submitted instead.
- ConnectionsReferences Django Unchained (2012)
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Static But The Story Is Good
feel slightly embarrassed . I watched this short animated film by Edson Oda and while watching I was 100 per cent convinced I was watching a Russian language film . Yeah I know it might seem strange that the Western genre might have been popular in Eastern Europe but let's not forget Sergio Leone was a regarded and known film maker in the Soviet Union . His films did contain a Marxist subtext and Leone spent many years trying to develop his life work a tribute to the battle of Leningrad , a film that eventually came to nothing on the director's death
Death is at the centre of MALARIA and revolves around the ancient human legend that Death comes to people in a physical human form . The story is told by a series of story boards being turned and moved on a table . Nice to know Bob has a problem trying to explain this technique because while watching this I knew I'd have the exact same problem coming here . To be honest I did find the story within a concept somewhat distracting and thought the film might have worked better if it was just a straight animation short because the animation is very good even if it's a bit static . I'm guessing that is the reason why it's a cartoon within a film ?
That said the story is very involving and contains a great premise. A mercenary is hired to kill death for 30 pieces of gold and the arguments put forward are very intelligent . Who wants to live forever ? Bad enough an individual can live forever but multiply this by a few billion and geometrically multiply that by a few billion more and you can see the problem in killing death and that death is a great benefit to humanity . Also having a mercenary getting paid 30 pieces of gold alludes to Judas and Christianity so the story has some appeal to both secularists and Christians alike
Death is at the centre of MALARIA and revolves around the ancient human legend that Death comes to people in a physical human form . The story is told by a series of story boards being turned and moved on a table . Nice to know Bob has a problem trying to explain this technique because while watching this I knew I'd have the exact same problem coming here . To be honest I did find the story within a concept somewhat distracting and thought the film might have worked better if it was just a straight animation short because the animation is very good even if it's a bit static . I'm guessing that is the reason why it's a cartoon within a film ?
That said the story is very involving and contains a great premise. A mercenary is hired to kill death for 30 pieces of gold and the arguments put forward are very intelligent . Who wants to live forever ? Bad enough an individual can live forever but multiply this by a few billion and geometrically multiply that by a few billion more and you can see the problem in killing death and that death is a great benefit to humanity . Also having a mercenary getting paid 30 pieces of gold alludes to Judas and Christianity so the story has some appeal to both secularists and Christians alike
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- Theo Robertson
- Mar 1, 2014
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- 16:9 HD
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