Monday, February 25, 2013

“Paperman” vs “A Thousand Words”


This is a brief excerpt from Ron Dawson’s DareDreamerMag






Editor’s note: A couple of weeks ago I (Ron) posted a review of Disney’s short animated film “Paperman”. Part of my review addressed one of the critiques of the short that seems to be the most prevalent. (Spoiler alert: if you haven’t already seen it, you may want to watch it first below before reading on.) The critique has to do with the fact that the planes come to life at the end and play matchmaker, bringing the boy and girl together. Filmmakers like Jamie Abbott liked the short well enough, but lamented the fact that the solution to the man’s problem wasn’t rooted in reality. He had hoped that the filmmakers could’ve come up with a clever, realistic solution to boy meeting girl.

Well, a few years ago another similar short got a lot of attention (well, at least among filmmakers, if not the world). That short was “A Thousand Words” by Ted Chung. Like “Paperman” it has no dialog, involves a boy seeing a pretty girl on a train, and it’s also in black and white. But the ending of that film is more in line with what I think of …



By: Imahni Dawson


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