Pictures at an Exhibition (1966)
A series of short animated segments, without dialog, explore major characters of modern society, such as the plastic surgeon, the fashion-obsessed woman, the rumor-monger, and others, leading to a concluding comment on the progress of civilization.
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"Tenrankai no e" or "Pictures at an Exhibition" is a Japanese animated short film that runs for almost 40 minutes but the version i saw only made it to the 30-minute mark, but it seemed the entire thing, probably more frames per second. The writer and director is Osamu Tezuka and he made this one in 1966, which means it has its 50th anniversary now. This little film won awards, but I myself did not really appreciate it, maybe because architecture and the period of history depicted in here were never subjects that interested me too much. I am the last person who thinks that animation is for kids only, but here there were a couple sequences that I felt were too childish for grown-ups and then the film randomly moved into a direction that is really only for grown-ups (the art-influenced parts), which makes it difficult for me to say who I recommend this to and who should check it out. Maybe the answer is really that only people who like Tezuka and old Japanese animated films. I myself did not really appreciate the watch and I give it a thumbs-down.