A man meditates on his physical senses as he waits to be executed for murder.
This is the worst of the animated shorts nominated for the Best Animated Short Oscar this year. Except for the segment about sight, it qualifies as little more than "radio with pictures". Even the part about sight isn't much more visually interesting than the other segments. I can only attribute its inclusion in the field to its anti-capital-punishment message, with, perhaps, the defense that it's not right to execute a man who is deaf, and who would not have burned his victims to death had he heard their cries of agony.
This is the worst of the animated shorts nominated for the Best Animated Short Oscar this year. Except for the segment about sight, it qualifies as little more than "radio with pictures". Even the part about sight isn't much more visually interesting than the other segments. I can only attribute its inclusion in the field to its anti-capital-punishment message, with, perhaps, the defense that it's not right to execute a man who is deaf, and who would not have burned his victims to death had he heard their cries of agony.