Norman McLaren was a very prolific Canadian animator who was born in the UK. Most of his films would be described as 'arty' and are pretty much unknown here in the States. However, I've seen several of his films on various DVD collections and I like these sorts of shorts--and was thrilled to see a seven disk set of his work. This particular short is from the first disk.
This British-funded project is about money and savings in the UK (though the characters seem to mostly be Scottish). It begins with a narrator talking about this and shows many clips of various Brits in their day to day lives. Then, it has a couple folks pose the question 'what would you do with the money you save'. It's all a dreadfully bland little film in which the government encourages saving--and then SPENDING on various conveniences, such as washers, windows and tables. I sure hope the rest of the McLaren shorts on the other disks are more interesting than this one and I was saddened that it really was not an animated film.
This British-funded project is about money and savings in the UK (though the characters seem to mostly be Scottish). It begins with a narrator talking about this and shows many clips of various Brits in their day to day lives. Then, it has a couple folks pose the question 'what would you do with the money you save'. It's all a dreadfully bland little film in which the government encourages saving--and then SPENDING on various conveniences, such as washers, windows and tables. I sure hope the rest of the McLaren shorts on the other disks are more interesting than this one and I was saddened that it really was not an animated film.
