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Death in the Spring(1980)
Status: Released
Date: 1980-02-06
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In this animated short the artist tells the story of an Inuit hunter who clubs a seal pup on the ice and then later dies himself. The film's ethereal images are created and transformed in sand.
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Movie: Death in the Spring
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In this animated short the artist tells the story of an Inuit hunter who clubs a seal pup on the ice and then later dies himself. The film's ethereal images are created and transformed in sand.
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1980-02-06
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