This short film immediately reminded me of Ei om Zeep (1977)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1239300/
They're even about the same length. Nickelodeon used to show it all the time. Its English title is The Killing of an Egg. Inspiration or ripoff?
I guess only Christopher Nolan can answer that.
shareIt certainly looks similar. I think it's a remake in a weird way. Both very awesome though. And I consider this movie as one of the scariest I've ever seen.
shareWow thank you soooo much! I remember watching this once on Nickelodeon when I was a kid, and thought it was crazy. After watching Doodlebug, I immediately thought of this short. Since it had been so long, I couldn't remember to many specifics about it, so trying to find it was hopeless. Thank you so much =)
oh sheesh yall twas a dream
i think this short is also quite similar to the twilight zone episode "the little people".
shareIf you like Driessen, gotta tell you a story.
About five years ago, my daughter and I went to see a festival of short animation in Taipei, Taiwan. They showed a new (at the time) short by Driessen, "The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg".
I'm telling you, we were (pleasantly) horrified. Nobody can conceive and capture the horror of living death like Driessen. We watched as he effectively portrayed the descent of an innocent living soul into an irresolvable stalemate existential limbo. You have to see it to believe it!
Anyway: I know this is a little off-topic. Except to point out that Driessen's a long-time player in the conceptual animated short game, and it's certainly fair game to suggest that he has probably positively influenced lots and lots of bigger-name film people who are working today.
There is another cartoon with a similar concept to this and the Paul Driessen one that I am trying to find! Click the link to see my original post about it, if anybody would like to help! It's one of those things that's driving me crazy until I find it!!!
http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000001/thread/215651083