I am totally captivated by this short. And now that I start looking around the web, it seems to be in many places. But it's new to me. Last night we had youtube around the table where we passed around the computer and showed everyone a different short. It was terribly geeky, but that's what you do at dinner parties, right? Well, that's what we did anywhoo. This was Laura's submission
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.
Made by Dean Fleischer-Camp and Jenny Slate
I don't know what it is about this little shell story that I love so much. Part of it, certainly, is Marcel herself. She's quite lovely. Part of it is the absurdity...part of it is the interviewer's voice - he's really the perfect straight man. Mostly, it's just adorable. And sometimes, that's enough.
Did you take Marcel as a girl? For some reason, I had gendered the shell as a boy. Ahhh... gender studies on the cinema blog!
ReplyDeleteBy name alone, I'd assume Marcel was a boy shell, by voice, my assumption was female. Although, perhaps that's because I knew the actor was female?
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