Cat's Cradle

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    This short animated fable stars witches, cloaked riders and other Gothic characters, in a tale about the hungry natural world. Here the artist plays cat's cradle with ideas, especially the notion that one thing leads to another and that lives lead from one to another. Without words but featuring a witch's brew of sounds.

  • Release Date

    1974-07-17

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    4.9

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    2.5 starts
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    English

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