Review of Why Man Creates

"Why Man Creates" is an American 25-minute short film from 1968, so this one has its 50th anniversary this year actually and it is the film that made writer and director Saul Bass not just an Oscar nominee, but an Oscar winner right away. It stayed the only Oscar of his career, a career that started with working in minor positions on several Hitchcock films. I still am not too happy with this huge win here as honestly it was partially witty, but never really a funny or entertaining or interesting watch. At least it did not win in an animated category, but documentary short as honestly the animated sequences are really really rare in here. It is a very fast film indeed, maybe too fast for its own good even and maybe they tried to include too much in here as the transitions are not exactly smooth on quite a few occasions. Overall, I think Bass has done better in a few other films he worked on, so it's not too great that this here may be one that most people will remember him for. I myself thing the mediocre and forgettable parts are far more frequent in here than real creativity, so don't watch it unless you are an Oscar completionist or so, but even then this one should be at the bottom quarter of your list. Not recommended.