Synopsis
This short film follows a young boy whose discovery of a dead dog awakens an intense curiosity about the bodies of living creatures, along with the beginnings of deep-seated fears. Soon, the world around him takes on a monstrous, distorted appearance.
Background
Released in 2005 on DVD, Thinking and Drawing features a wide selection of animation styles from line drawing to CGI manipulated photographs. The subject matter ranges from feminist allegory to ghostly tales. Although each film has a short running time of between 5 and 17 minutes, the depth of meaning in each is truly astonishing. The films have shown together and separately at festivals in Europe, North America, and Australia.