Crac
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Crac is a 1981
animated
short film produced, written and directed by Frédéric Back
. The story follows the experiences of a rocking chair, from its creation from a tree through its time as a member of a Canadian farming family.
Crac won the 1981 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
1981 in film
-Events:*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it....
animated
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
short film produced, written and directed by Frédéric Back
Frédéric Back
Frédéric Back, OC, CQ is a Canadian artist and film director of short animated films.-Biography:Born in Saarbrücken, The Territory of the Saar Basin, he emigrated to Canada in 1948...
. The story follows the experiences of a rocking chair, from its creation from a tree through its time as a member of a Canadian farming family.
Crac won the 1981 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.