Labyrinth
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Labyrinth

1989Movie9 min

Animation
52
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb5.2
52
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb5.2

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Matī Kütt’s experimental short animation plunges into the subconscious of a sick society. Through abstract, painted-on-film imagery-twisted pyramids, reverse tunnels, caged woodpeckers-a lone bureaucrat’s inner turmoil unfolds. Birds, oil, and surreal figures evoke existential entrapment, as the bureaucrat’s psyche becomes a labyrinth of alienation and absurdity.

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