I watched this as a kid, ironically it made me depressed, because I was afraid that it meant everybody died alone in a day to day monotonous routine. But ironically , watching it now it makes me feel a little more satisfied then anything else because I can understand the film as a whole and the message its sending across clearer. Its got a happy ending after all. They did a great job on this piece. ^-^
@MajorHarvestMoonFan That's exactly how i felt. Me and my brother were talking about how depressing watching this was and why they would put it with Ice Age. haha
@Bsquez0129 lol well it is a facinating piece of animation, it's sad, but it does have a good theme. XD I'm not sure what drove them to put this particular piece in though. rather then something about singing birds or talking animals XD
when i was little i always laughed really hard at the part where she kills the moth. then like a year later i was 6 and realized what the video was about and almost cried... but i still cant get over that scene with the moth...
This short film scared the living crap out of me when I was 5 or 6. Now I'm 13 and I realize that it's a great, beautiful film, but it still scares the crap out of me. Hard to drop something that terrified you for half of your life, I guess.
Did nobody realize that her crawling into the oven is symbolic of the German gas chambers? She's obviously Jewish of some kind! I think that's probably why it won the oscar
@marymary21229 i saw this for the first time in like 2002 at the age of like 6, and i have been trying to find it ever since. it still makes me cry...
I balled my eyes out the first time i saw this when i was 7! I cried for weeks, every time i would slightly think about it i would silently cry, it was soooo sad! D,X
The rest of my family was like ' what the hell's wrong with you???'. Only i got the point of the film and now i tried my hardest to not CRY and succeeded. I'm still touched.
In the 1999 Oscars this short beat out another short titled More. If you're a fan of shorts you will love that one, and in my opinion is much better than this one.
When I saw this as a little kid, I thought it was just some bunny going to another world in her oven...now after 10 years (im 16 now) I finally get the meaning of this...and I don't cry, but I cant stop tearing up..
I remember first seeing this on the Ice Age DVD. I was young and I gotta say I really didn't think much. Wathcing it now, years later, Christ, I had a tear ot two. And Really choked up.
If you like this video, you actually like old bunnies dying. Yep. Got that in your mind forever now, haven't I? Right until you press the dislike button.
Aw man, I had almost forgotten about this. I saw this when I was little and was seriously so upset by it that I couldn't sleep for days (I was a very sheltered, sensitive child) Though I think the animation kinda creeped me out too.
I know this is a beautiful, amazing short and everything, but the ending just kind of makes me think that the bunny accidentally got the wrong afterlife and ended up in Moth Heaven and not Bunny Heaven.
I remember seeing this around the time my dog was scheduled to be put to sleep after being horribly sick for years. This brought me comfort, knowing that Archie was going to be fine as he flew to whatever the afterlife was with his moth friends :)
So beautiful! I remember watching this at the SIGGRAPH 98 film show, and the emotion of it really shocked me. I was sobbing by the end of it - and I wasn't the only one. To this day, I think this is among the best ever CG shorts - in fact fuck it, it is THE best! A really moving work of art (even though it was created as a showcase for Blue Sky's new global illumination renderer)
I remember when this came out it was one of the first animated shorts I saw, awesome. I had forgotten about it until I was reading about Tom Waits today and it said he did the music for this.
This WOULD have made me cry IF i had'nt had the ending loudly announced to me from TheLivingDeadBoy before i'd even had chance to settle myself in on the channel
He's removed the comment now but it's too late for me as i found it impossible to view without feeling incredulity towards it all! Did he ruin it for you as well?
This short film is sad but it is also so heart warming. It was her time to go and be with her husband :) I like to think that the moth is her husband.
brillant, shades of Maestro, beautiful rhythmic music, and the bunny's twitching nose and old, skeptical eyes. creativity and beauty present in a story about almost nothing, just a tiny, intimate relationship in the dark, evoking pathos and peace.
The supernatural shuddering, the evocative journey of transformation. mr. wedge took a big risk in successfully drawing out beauty from a rather dry concept.
@TheLivingDeadBoy please dont spoil next time, i bet many people as i read this by mistake while watching the film, vene if there cant be spolited that much
How do we know you did'nt thumbz it up yourself! I've had a look at your channel and it oozes miscreant from every orifice! I'm reporting you for A) thumbzing up your own posts and B) Giving away the ending in an unsporting, ungentlemanly & unnecessary fashion! Infact, if you were one of my employees, you'd be picking up your P45 with immediate effect! GOOD DAY, SIR!!!
I'm not a dumbass. Someone who has a Masters degree in Sociology. (*DUH*) How else do you think i quickly homed in on your shed load of social problems! What u needed to put was *Spoiler ahead* U cUm guzzling sodomite, not blurt out the endin u Pro Nazi lunatic! I've read back what you put several timez now and still fail to understand what any of it means! (Level wit me back here, aMigO, are you Bi-polar? i knows you is) *Rolls joint*...geeZus~~♥♥♥ <---
Yeah man! Go check his mongy channel. Shit like.. "hanging with friends, and just trying to be happy. Friends and happiness are two very important factors in life (ROFLMFAO), and I cherish them both" (CLASSIC!!! :D) I'm like *Vomit* He could be a pedo on thA groom, you never know lol. Don't forget to take a look at his pukey place. He sounds like another panzy gayguy lookin for friendship upon the big wide web! Muppet (I bet he cries ALOT) lmfao! Laterz...
U still hav nine thumbzies for your original post, that one where U gave the ending away to thousands of unsuspecting punters. I would imagine seven of those very same discruntled/Feeling cheated punters are responsible for thumbzing me up a total of seven votes, so far..
You originally scored 10 to your now nine so somewhere along the line your popularity appears to be denouncing itself before us. It's highly unikely but you may get one or two *sympathy votes* in the future!
Excelente. Es del director de la Era de Hielo y si no me equivoco aparece en el DVD de esa película, según entiendo le dieron la dirección de la Era de Hielo gracias a este corto.
Tres sympathique. Ca a 12 ans mais pour `l'époque``, (on sait que ca evolue tres vite dans ce domaine), c'est tres bien fait. Le punch est plus ou moins convaincant cependant. Des studios Blue sky, createurs de Ice Age et Horton entends un qui. GROS PLUS: musique de TOM WAITS!
@alckinoy: I'm inclined to agree. More was a tour de force about the perils of greed. This is, if you'll forgive the expression, a bit too fluffy to deserve an Oscar in my mind. Mind you, this was an incredible short, don't get me wrong, but More was just an excellent movie that deserved the Oscar that year.
This year marks 10 years Ice Age.
Alphahumphrey2011 23 hours ago
so his wife was trying to company him
nestcuni 1 week ago
When I was young, I saw this during Ice Age.
My sister and me almost died of laughing.
It took us about 30 minutes to restore from laughing when the bunny uses its crutches xD
Now I'm grown up and see that it's a really touching shor movie.
DarkDragonDreams 3 weeks ago
I watched this as a kid, ironically it made me depressed, because I was afraid that it meant everybody died alone in a day to day monotonous routine. But ironically , watching it now it makes me feel a little more satisfied then anything else because I can understand the film as a whole and the message its sending across clearer. Its got a happy ending after all. They did a great job on this piece. ^-^
MajorHarvestMoonFan 3 weeks ago
@MajorHarvestMoonFan That's exactly how i felt. Me and my brother were talking about how depressing watching this was and why they would put it with Ice Age. haha
Bsquez0129 3 weeks ago
@Bsquez0129 lol well it is a facinating piece of animation, it's sad, but it does have a good theme. XD I'm not sure what drove them to put this particular piece in though. rather then something about singing birds or talking animals XD
MajorHarvestMoonFan 3 weeks ago
So the bunny died because of the little got dam BUG!,
The heart stopped beating because of the stress. The bug kills people, who have bad hearts!
Dam you bugs! :P
SDCookiemann 1 month ago
Creepy as fuck
elementdude12022 1 month ago
Man it's been a while since I have seen this. I first saw it as a kid. It was an extra in the Ice Age DVD. Still makes me cry to this day.
thepinkpanda1001 1 month ago
God is love
LadyDark000 1 month ago
sssooo saaad :((((((
Rgaga16 1 month ago
Makes me tear up every single time I watch it.
thornsx 1 month ago
@thornsx
Fag!
HurtmeDontPlease 1 month ago
when i was little i always laughed really hard at the part where she kills the moth. then like a year later i was 6 and realized what the video was about and almost cried... but i still cant get over that scene with the moth...
Greyspirit13 2 months ago
this.is.gay.as.hell.
bloodxx54321xxblood 2 months ago
@bloodxx54321xxblood your mom is as gay as hell
hateinghaters180 3 days ago
This short film scared the living crap out of me when I was 5 or 6. Now I'm 13 and I realize that it's a great, beautiful film, but it still scares the crap out of me. Hard to drop something that terrified you for half of your life, I guess.
SirHoboTheSecond 3 months ago
@SirHoboTheSecond Wow, this is true. Still scares me, too.
DahAnimeFreakz 2 months ago
I don't get it :(
amyyoung21 3 months ago
This short film is beautiful an tells a wonderful and hearwarming story. I wish we had more stuff like this today.
TheBadBuffalo 3 months ago
This is the first time I've seen this in years; I know what's going to happen but I still cry at the end!
1337Nachos 3 months ago 2
i dont find this film very original, there aree better ones
Masterpiece55555 3 months ago
anyone know da song where she is flying wit the moths pls
ZombieDateRape 4 months ago
This gave me nightmares when I was 7. I still don't like moths to this day
awesome0733 4 months ago 2
I LOVE ANIMATION!
jvfunn3000 4 months ago
Did nobody realize that her crawling into the oven is symbolic of the German gas chambers? She's obviously Jewish of some kind! I think that's probably why it won the oscar
SilkySkillsUnited 4 months ago
the ending makes you happy and sad at the same time. sad because she died. happy because she is going with her husband and not going to hell.
jmonkey39511 5 months ago
Thank god I found this, I have been looking everywhere! Thanks for keeping it up for people to watch, after all these years!
marymary21229 5 months ago
@marymary21229 i saw this for the first time in like 2002 at the age of like 6, and i have been trying to find it ever since. it still makes me cry...
NintendoRambo 1 month ago
@NintendoRambo Same here lol
thepinkpanda1001 1 month ago
i cried
llitosvideos 5 months ago
this video used to scare the crap outta me wen i was a kid LOL
SammysBeautyTips 6 months ago 2
I cry every time I see this :'(
kablamoid96 6 months ago
i have been looking for this video for three or more years!!!! holly sh*t!!! im so happy i found it
ldlancaster18 6 months ago
I didn't understand it so much when I was younger. I didn't get the complexity of it... But watching it now, I cried like a bitch.
AWESOMESAUCE002 6 months ago
I balled my eyes out the first time i saw this when i was 7! I cried for weeks, every time i would slightly think about it i would silently cry, it was soooo sad! D,X
The rest of my family was like ' what the hell's wrong with you???'. Only i got the point of the film and now i tried my hardest to not CRY and succeeded. I'm still touched.
alfa2433 7 months ago
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429IDA 8 months ago
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429IDA 8 months ago
I didn't know Tom Waits music at the time, but now I hear it!
minespatch 8 months ago
In the 1999 Oscars this short beat out another short titled More. If you're a fan of shorts you will love that one, and in my opinion is much better than this one.
CaseyZidek 8 months ago
When I saw this as a little kid, I thought it was just some bunny going to another world in her oven...now after 10 years (im 16 now) I finally get the meaning of this...and I don't cry, but I cant stop tearing up..
ImJMadness 8 months ago 9
That was funny as hell. That video 'chris bunny look at me now is funny as hell too.
ray1man2hype 8 months ago
i am afraid
bandita450 8 months ago
scary raddit i am afraid
bandita450 8 months ago
so when people die, moths take them to heaven through their oven? ok....
TheAgent41 9 months ago
i first seen this on an ice age dvd when i was younger and it scared me.
Juggalette97wikid 9 months ago
@Juggalette97wikid SAME! This freaked the CRAP out of me!!! You know what... it STILL does.
JayBird4theW1N 9 months ago
@JayBird4theW1N How is this scary? It's touching and gentle. It's clear she didn't ACTUALLY climb into the oven, she died in her sleep.
beautifulpassion 7 months ago
@beautifulpassion I dunno... it just gives me the creeps.
JayBird4theW1N 7 months ago
always makes me cry!..and love Tom Waits at the end!!!
Snezhinka9 9 months ago
I remember first seeing this on the Ice Age DVD. I was young and I gotta say I really didn't think much. Wathcing it now, years later, Christ, I had a tear ot two. And Really choked up.
yo7777al 10 months ago
If you like this video, you actually like old bunnies dying. Yep. Got that in your mind forever now, haven't I? Right until you press the dislike button.
Foreignhedgehog 10 months ago
félek a nyúltól
bandita450 10 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I cried some damn long time.
Laudan08 10 months ago
Aw man, I had almost forgotten about this. I saw this when I was little and was seriously so upset by it that I couldn't sleep for days (I was a very sheltered, sensitive child) Though I think the animation kinda creeped me out too.
Winterpelt 11 months ago
Blue Sky is a great animation company. I hope they do more like this in the future.
rainbowIchigo 11 months ago
I know this is a beautiful, amazing short and everything, but the ending just kind of makes me think that the bunny accidentally got the wrong afterlife and ended up in Moth Heaven and not Bunny Heaven.
EugineTheFairy 11 months ago
I used to be really scared to watch this when I was a kid. I dont know why, its so beautiful.
MrsMichaelBruno343 11 months ago
@MrsMichaelBruno343
I agree. When I was a kid, this short really freaked me out.
EugineTheFairy 11 months ago
They died with the stove on. Well I guess it isnt a choice between cremation and burial now is it.
Spartanoffaith 11 months ago
I remember seeing this around the time my dog was scheduled to be put to sleep after being horribly sick for years. This brought me comfort, knowing that Archie was going to be fine as he flew to whatever the afterlife was with his moth friends :)
broadwaymelody33 11 months ago
So beautiful! I remember watching this at the SIGGRAPH 98 film show, and the emotion of it really shocked me. I was sobbing by the end of it - and I wasn't the only one. To this day, I think this is among the best ever CG shorts - in fact fuck it, it is THE best! A really moving work of art (even though it was created as a showcase for Blue Sky's new global illumination renderer)
mallardvasey 1 year ago
I saw this a long time ago. I can't believe I found it again! I was beginning to think i had dreamed it.
This made me scared of shaking washing machines when I was young. lol
TheDalekCat 1 year ago 2
I can't believe why this shit won Oscar, not a amazing movie "More"
kenishka80 1 year ago
Truly a beautiful, moving tale of lost love and regained hope. A true A+ short. Thanks for uploading!
747flagship 1 year ago
kinda wierd how theres nothing in the bowl when shes powdering nothing from the can...
tanuki6666 1 year ago
Can you believe this was created more than a decade ago ?
datxcod 1 year ago
I dunno. I saw this years ago when I was young and it scared me. There is still something that bothers me about it. It freaks me out!
Manmadechickens 1 year ago
One of the most beautiful short films ever.
packerlandmike 1 year ago 10
Same, found some amazing animated stories while doing so too.
ApricotXXX 1 year ago
I remember when this came out it was one of the first animated shorts I saw, awesome. I had forgotten about it until I was reading about Tom Waits today and it said he did the music for this.
reignbeauconnection 1 year ago
I see a lot of my own grandmother in the character bunny. This brings me to tears every time I watch it :')
casileah 1 year ago
This used to make me cry. ):
chidori9079 1 year ago
@chidori9079
This WOULD have made me cry IF i had'nt had the ending loudly announced to me from TheLivingDeadBoy before i'd even had chance to settle myself in on the channel
He's removed the comment now but it's too late for me as i found it impossible to view without feeling incredulity towards it all! Did he ruin it for you as well?
HurtmeDontPlease 3 months ago
So, the moral of that story, is that being old sucks so much the only thing that you have to look forward to is death.
vapourmile 1 year ago
@vapourmile: I would say the desire for death starts at birth i.e. living sucks.
flyingazebo 1 year ago
This short film is sad but it is also so heart warming. It was her time to go and be with her husband :) I like to think that the moth is her husband.
94jg 1 year ago
@94jg me too =D
IndieSatisfaction 1 year ago
Huh. So Tom Waits did the music. I knew the music-style was familiar.
RightOnQ 1 year ago
@RightOnQ
Right? Especially 2:43-3:32
reignbeauconnection 1 year ago
Cuando compre la película de Ice Age 1 y mire este corto que el dvd traía. Me gusto mas que la misma película.
IamKill13bill 1 year ago
brillant, shades of Maestro, beautiful rhythmic music, and the bunny's twitching nose and old, skeptical eyes. creativity and beauty present in a story about almost nothing, just a tiny, intimate relationship in the dark, evoking pathos and peace.
The supernatural shuddering, the evocative journey of transformation. mr. wedge took a big risk in successfully drawing out beauty from a rather dry concept.
eschuber8 1 year ago
A very cool short film.
rockomundo 1 year ago
the first 3 notes of the song at the beginning sound like the Gerald McBoingBoing radio station name.
SamECircle 1 year ago
am i the only person here that gets creeped out by the bunny??? especially when he goes nutzo?! lol
Mokibum13 1 year ago
@Mokibum13 omg no ur not the only one this used to scare the f**k outta me and it still does
t0talchaos 1 year ago
Some how this brought my friend to tears????
DavidMarsh97 1 year ago
I like it but i dont get the ending
TheBlueskymovies 1 year ago
@TheBlueskymovies in a nutshell... he died
skullluigi13 1 year ago
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TheLivingDeadBoy 1 year ago 9
@TheLivingDeadBoy please dont spoil next time, i bet many people as i read this by mistake while watching the film, vene if there cant be spolited that much
Masterpiece55555 3 months ago
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TheLivingDeadBoy 3 months ago
@TheLivingDeadBoy
How do we know you did'nt thumbz it up yourself! I've had a look at your channel and it oozes miscreant from every orifice! I'm reporting you for A) thumbzing up your own posts and B) Giving away the ending in an unsporting, ungentlemanly & unnecessary fashion! Infact, if you were one of my employees, you'd be picking up your P45 with immediate effect! GOOD DAY, SIR!!!
HurtmeDontPlease 3 months ago
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TheLivingDeadBoy 3 months ago
@TheLivingDeadBoy
I'm not a dumbass. Someone who has a Masters degree in Sociology. (*DUH*) How else do you think i quickly homed in on your shed load of social problems! What u needed to put was *Spoiler ahead* U cUm guzzling sodomite, not blurt out the endin u Pro Nazi lunatic! I've read back what you put several timez now and still fail to understand what any of it means! (Level wit me back here, aMigO, are you Bi-polar? i knows you is) *Rolls joint*...geeZus~~♥♥♥ <---
HurtmeDontPlease 3 months ago 5
@HurtmeDontPlease
Dude, i've P/M'ed chu! <3
Who's the mongoloid?? BOY seems like an appropriate title! Lets toast his ass with a spiky cricket bat. WatchA say...?...
SlobodanMcpherson 3 months ago
@SlobodanMcpherson
Yeah man! Go check his mongy channel. Shit like.. "hanging with friends, and just trying to be happy. Friends and happiness are two very important factors in life (ROFLMFAO), and I cherish them both" (CLASSIC!!! :D) I'm like *Vomit* He could be a pedo on thA groom, you never know lol. Don't forget to take a look at his pukey place. He sounds like another panzy gayguy lookin for friendship upon the big wide web! Muppet (I bet he cries ALOT) lmfao! Laterz...
HurtmeDontPlease 3 months ago
@HurtmeDontPlease Hah. Godwins law.
essonet 1 month ago
@essonet
Well, it's cos he left a nazi taste in my mouth!
*God bless Adolf*
HurtmeDontPlease 1 month ago
@HurtmeDontPlease @HurtmeDontPlease How the fuck does your comment have 4 likes? It's literally one of the worst passages of text I have ever read.
pfive 1 month ago
@pfive
That's cos you're a retarded donkey fuck! You prefer the docile, arsohole approach! Word up!
HurtmeDontPlease 1 month ago
@pfive
Btw, i've jus checked your chan! It's like a fukin graveyard! If you want to mingle wit the hubba boys, then hav a touch of credibility to chu!
HurtmeDontPlease 1 month ago
@HurtmeDontPlease Anything that distances me from a group that includes yourself is a step in the right direction, so bare it shall remain.
pfive 1 month ago
@pfive
Virgin!
HurtmeDontPlease 1 month ago
@HurtmeDontPlease
You shouldn't have that degree in Sociology, it sounds like.
AngryErmine 4 days ago
@TheLivingDeadBoy
U still hav nine thumbzies for your original post, that one where U gave the ending away to thousands of unsuspecting punters. I would imagine seven of those very same discruntled/Feeling cheated punters are responsible for thumbzing me up a total of seven votes, so far..
You originally scored 10 to your now nine so somewhere along the line your popularity appears to be denouncing itself before us. It's highly unikely but you may get one or two *sympathy votes* in the future!
HurtmeDontPlease 3 months ago
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zeepunky 1 year ago
This is so cute. And the story is just beautiful. (:
zeepunky 1 year ago
VERY IMPRESSIVE =)
nikegvalianikegvalia 1 year ago
Excelente. Es del director de la Era de Hielo y si no me equivoco aparece en el DVD de esa película, según entiendo le dieron la dirección de la Era de Hielo gracias a este corto.
Sencillamente magnífico
Liim7 1 year ago
beauuuutiful Tom waits song in the background, and a beauuuutiful animation. So touching..made me cry.
Snezhinka9 1 year ago
great video :D
benejsepul 1 year ago
Tres sympathique. Ca a 12 ans mais pour `l'époque``, (on sait que ca evolue tres vite dans ce domaine), c'est tres bien fait. Le punch est plus ou moins convaincant cependant. Des studios Blue sky, createurs de Ice Age et Horton entends un qui. GROS PLUS: musique de TOM WAITS!
MarkoMorin 1 year ago
what a wonderful film!
onceuponamattressrox 1 year ago
so beautiful, i've been looking everywhere for this!
lbplayer177 2 years ago 34
@lbplayer177 and i found it in a few seconds :D
BladeBanana 1 year ago
@lbplayer177 Me too.
Hobonoob100 1 year ago
such a good work of art=]
iraxx3 2 years ago
I see, the gas right?
gaiklasiko 2 years ago
This is lovely. Was this on a dvd or movie?
Mononokenausicaa 2 years ago
Ice Age DVD.
:]
tman2max 2 years ago
Thanks! ^_^
Mononokenausicaa 2 years ago
Great job. But Mark Osborne and his More were much better
alckinoy 2 years ago
@alckinoy: I'm inclined to agree. More was a tour de force about the perils of greed. This is, if you'll forgive the expression, a bit too fluffy to deserve an Oscar in my mind. Mind you, this was an incredible short, don't get me wrong, but More was just an excellent movie that deserved the Oscar that year.
AvsJoe 2 years ago 3
Beautiful and touching. Love this short film
mascha51 2 years ago
It's so deeply moving... No wonder it won an oscar!
LadySamusAran 2 years ago
i like it!
the song is awesome!!! tom waits is brilliant!
Eluria19 2 years ago