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How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels

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In this surreal exposition, we meet a man, obsessed with control. His intricate gadgets manipulate yet insulate, as his science dissects and reduces. How exactly are wings attached to the back of angels? In this invented world drained of emotion, where everything goes through the motions, he is brushed by indefinite longings. Whether he can transcend his obsessions and fears is the heart of the matter. A film without words.

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How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels

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Authors

Welch, Craig
Page, Marcy
McLean, Barrie
National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Subjects

Animated films.
Angels.
Surrealistic treatmentAllegorical treatmentMenScientific analysisExperimental filmsComputer animated filmsEmotions

Language

No linguistic content

Published

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2011.

Publication Desc

1 streaming video (11 min., 05 sec.) : sound.

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Awards Note

Special Prize, 1998 First Place Award - Category: Animation - with a cash prize of 250$US, 1997 Best Animated Film Award, 1997 Gold Hugo - Category: Animation , 1997 Jury Award - Animation Program, 1997 Honorable Mention, 1997 Bronze Award (won by the NFB Animation Festival: Short Animated Canadian Series. this package include I'M YOUR MAN and HOW WING ARE ATTACHED TO THE BACKS OF ANGELS)., 1997 International Grand Prize, 1997 Second Prize - with a cash prize of 3000 Swiss Francs, 1997 Best Animation Film Award - with a cash prize of 10,000DM, 1998 Special Diploma - with a cash prize of 1000USD, 1997 Special Recognition - for Design, 1998 Prize of Sparkasse - with a cash prize of 3,000DM, 1997 State of Baden-Württemberg Prize - with a cash prize of 15,000DM, 1998 Best of International Animation, 1998

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General Note

Also available:.Also available in the following video compilations: What's Your Pleasure?, Tales from the Dark Side.

Credit Note

Director, Craig Welch ; script, Craig Welch ; animation, Craig Welch ; producer, Marcy Page ; executive producer, Barrie McLean ; photography, Robin L.P. Bain, Brian Duchscherer, Susan Trow ; animation camera, Lynda Pelley, Pierre Landry ; sound editing, Normand Roger ; music, Normand Roger.

Performer Note

Cast, Louise Leroux.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 1996.

Summary

In this surreal exposition, we meet a man, obsessed with control. His intricate gadgets manipulate yet insulate, as his science dissects and reduces. How exactly are wings attached to the back of angels? In this invented world drained of emotion, where everything goes through the motions, he is brushed by indefinite longings. Whether he can transcend his obsessions and fears is the heart of the matter. A film without words.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Awards Note

Special Prize, 1998
First Place Award - Category: Animation - with a cash prize of 250$US, 1997
Best Animated Film Award, 1997
Gold Hugo - Category: Animation , 1997
Jury Award - Animation Program, 1997
Honorable Mention, 1997
Bronze Award (won by the NFB Animation Festival: Short Animated Canadian Series.  this package include I'M YOUR MAN and HOW WING ARE ATTACHED TO THE BACKS OF ANGELS)., 1997
International Grand Prize, 1997
Second Prize - with a cash prize of 3000 Swiss Francs, 1997
Best Animation Film Award - with a cash prize of 10,000DM, 1998
Special Diploma - with a cash prize of 1000USD, 1997
Special Recognition - for Design, 1998
Prize of Sparkasse - with a cash prize of 3,000DM, 1997
State of Baden-Württemberg Prize - with a cash prize of 15,000DM, 1998
Best of International Animation, 1998

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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).