Bullfrog Films
6 minutes
Grades 5-10, College, Adult

Directed by Susanne Fränzel


US Release Date: 1991
Copyright Date: 1989
DVD ISBN: 1-59458-765-5
VHS ISBN: 1-56029-382-9

Subjects
Animation
Children's Films
Europe
Humor
Non-Verbal
Science
Technology and Society
Social Psychology

Awards and Festivals
Peter Wilde Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival
German Film Critics Award
Oberhausen Festival of Short Films
1st Prize, Münster Festival of Short Films
Best of Category, Ekofilm, Czechoslovakia
Honorable Mention, San Francisco International Film Festival
Honorable Mention, Cinanima International Animation Festival
Special Jury Award, National Educational Film & Video Festival
First International Environmental Film Festival, Boulder
Hiroshima International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Mannheim International Film Festival
Bravo Papa 2040

A thrilling animated comment on modern technology.

".An interesting program for discussion, this is also of considerable value to universities with film departments." ****Video Rating Guide for Libraries

This is the closest thing to a roller-coaster ride on film, provoking the same hysterical laughter and thrills in the audience! A woman is raking hay in her field when a low-flying military jet bursts on the scene. Through a bravura display of film technique the viewer is placed in the cockpit of the jet as it roars at terrifying speeds through even the most private places in the village until it returns once more to the woman... who reacts in the only way she can, from pure instinct.

It's a non-verbal commentary on the intrusion of technology into our lives, and specifically the terror caused by low-flying military jets.

Web Page: http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/bp.html

Reviews
"Pits an unseen technological juggernaut against a very feisty everywoman... the images here are very witty, with editing being the standout...An interesting program for discussion, this is also of considerable value to universities with film departments."

****Video Rating Guide for Libraries