All’s Quiet in Sparkle City

All’s Quiet in Sparkle City (1971)

Released · 14 min

 

All’s Quiet in Sparkle City (1971)

Released · 14 min

 

The short film is simple in execution, but the message is disturbing and thought-provoking. The film is filled with low-ground shots of cockroaches crawling around a house, interlaced with voiceovers of ads and commercials for various things. We start off seeing cockroaches as an enemy, a disgusting creature to exterminate. The voiceovers of some science fiction narrative allow the audience to draw such parallels. But then violence against them occurs.... see more

The short film is simple in execution, but the message is disturbing and thought-provoking. The film is filled with low-ground shots of cockroaches crawling around a house, interlaced with voiceovers of ads and commercials for various things. We start off seeing cockroaches as an enemy, a disgusting creature to exterminate. The voiceovers of some science fiction narrative allow the audience to draw such parallels. But then violence against them occurs.... see more
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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Mar 9, 1971
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
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