Evolution (1971)/The Door (2008)

A little blogging economy here, covering two different shorts from disparate categories. The animation on Evolution, a short film portraying evolution from primordial soup to space travel days, is cute. The creature that first finds its way onto land looks a bit like Sonny the Cuckoo Bird. It’s at that point in the short that the creatures get a bit more fantastic and the females are all strangely depicted with large breasts. It’s also at that point where it loses me and my interest.

The Door is set in the days following the Chernobyl disaster. It’s a powerful tale that tells one story of residents living in the exclusion zone who were directly affected by the meltdown. It makes economical use of its under 20 minute runtime to portray a complete and complex story.

Oscar Nominations: Best Short Subject, Animated Films (Evolution); Best Short Film, Live Action (The Door)