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Neighbours

Love your neighbor, meaning, to treat others as you would have them treat you.

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In this Oscar-winning short film, Norman McLaren employs the principles normally used to put drawings or puppets into motion to animate live actors. The story is a parable about two people who come to blows over the possession of a flower.

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Released
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  • newspaper
  • fight
  • peace
  • surrealism
  • murder
  • stop motion
  • neighbor
  • fence
  • moral
  • short film
  • animation

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Behind the camera

Produced in

Canada

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical1 Jan 1952
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical (limited)K-161 Jan 1952
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/121 Jan 1952
    • TVM/121 Jan 1952

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Neighbours was released on 1 January 1952.

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    CinemaSerf

    2/5/2024

    7/10

    Two neighbours emerge from their homes to sit on deck-chairs reading the same newspaper - with polar opposite headlines, before they become captivated by a dandelion that appears on their shared lawn. Curious, they investigate then both engage in some energetic and slightly surreal acrobatics around their garden followed by a slight "discussion" as to the ownership of the flower. Their peaceful co-existence is now th…

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