Cause of wars-Absolute Power. Biggest lie-people are good even with power. Our founders were acutely aware of this deception hence our constitution and separation of powers!
I think that this is a very insightful little piece of work that I probably wouldn't have looked at if my World Civ professor hadn't assigned it to us to watch. In many ways I wish we could say that the end really does justify the means, but the unfortunate truth is that it doesn't. Every time something good is going on another person has to ruin it with their jealousy or selfishness. I swear, we just can't have anything nice in this world without someone having to mess it up.....
To be fair, Bozzetto does criticize EVERYBODY in this film, and not just people from one specific group.
The point he's trying to make here seems to be that war and killing are problems that have plagued mankind from the beginning, and that ANYONE is capable of it, regardless of religion, ethnicity, gender, political views, or time period.
I am doing a school animation project based on this animation. If somebody could tell me if this animation has won any awards or anything like that, I would be very grateful :)
In fact it's just a kind of explanation for the entire history of wars. In my opinion the ilustrated scenes are: the fight between cro-magnon and neanderthalus, the ancient egipt(north vs south) , greece, the roman empire, the barbarian migrations( it's intresting that here the christianity starts its ascension, but that doesn't bring the peace), middle ages, and then the modern and contemporan conflicts. As you see, everyone dies in the fight for power, and no one can say that he is the hegemon
I love how atheists think they're so intelligent for slapping a Darwin sticker on their cars--really they are just as judgmental as any Christian I've ever met.
However, this is a great cartoon. Bozzettos commentary is not only funny but has meaning.
@AxlBreezer True, but religion is a tool of the selfish and greedy. What better way to control a large group of people than with the threat of an all powerful invisible magical being's wrath? Or the reward of eternal life? No amount of human tyranny can compete with that. Thus religion is one major instrument in the toolbag of evil. It's not something wonderful and pure corrupted by bad men, it's something invented by bad men to attain and maintain power.
@Cryofax well not all religions do that, some of them are the sarch of the true of the purpose of their lives, by one or other means, but there are always people who try to do evil and as you say invent religions to assure themselves power and prestige...
The cartoon is just saying no matter how we justify/reason starting a war (religion, love, revolution, revenge, socialism, atheism, etc.), the result is the same: Everyone dies (and will be forgotten), and only grasshoppers continue living... This has nothing to do with atheism... It's an anti-war cartoon... (It's even in favor of atheism, if we note that many wars have been caused by religions...)
In addition, many atheists are so because they have the ability to see beyond "one dimension" and question things. People who embrace reason and the scientific method of questioning and being sceptical - such thinking is NOT on-dimensional. Thanks for your comments, alibeshjr! ^^
@Mark73 Whatever dude. A lot of scientific oriented guys like myself, who is getting a degree in a prestigious university would think the same of atheists. In other words I could consider you stupid for not thinking there is a higher power, and yes I do know everything on scientific terms my friend.
Egyptians: winged-dog (?) worshippers vs. sun worshippers
Greeks: two kings over a single couple
a Roman emperor who orders his troops to pillage and loot, and barbarians fight against the caesar, and Christ temporarily interrupts it.
kings of the Medieval age dethrone each other by stealing a crown, and the third and final king accuses a girl of being a heretic after becoming a "pope". Flames burn his castle.
(i mean, the king, not the girl (who took the crown) , became the pope, and this is only one king on the Greek part, while the other "king" is more of a revengeful general)
The rise of Islam, disrupting a pilgrimage by a supposed hermit. It caused what was portrayed as the Crusades. the other Muslim warriors run, and...
...Genghis Khan appears. He sets up a yurt, while the Great Wall encroaches his land. He insults the Chinese warriors up the wall, who get killed by Genghis' men.
The Aztecs do their usual human sacrifice, which was interrupted by the Spanish. Note the Aztec who runs away with his heart. The Spanish destroy the Aztec temple, which collapses on them.
A king eats a piece of chicken meat, and a beggar (on a skateboard) plays a violin. the king stoops down and gets beheaded by a guilottine. The beggar skates away, as he has no legs, overjoyed at the overthrow of French monarchy, and the French Revolution begins.
There goes the American Revolution, and Napoleon's war against Russia... in winter. Also displayed are settlers fighting native Americans, and soldiers marching with a tank, moments before they get nuked (Nazi Germany, then the start of the Atomic Age).
Capitalism fights Communism over some Asian (Vietnam/Korean War?) , killing each other. The third person mentioned gets nuked
I mean two different ideals: the racist KKK and the other guy from his group that defeated the KKK guy is perhaps a monarchist (this thing he said about looks like a crown)
@alibeshjr As long as you're going to trot out the tired old saw of "many wars have been caused by religions," let's not for get the millions, sorry "hundreds of millions" killed by atheist ideologies (e.g. revolutionary communism and all its related secular faiths).
@lavideomania True; Nazis and communists killed millions, BUT this does NOT contradict with the statement "many wars have been caused by religions" - Please read my first comment carefully:
1) I did NOT say religions are the only cause of wars - of course there have been many other causes.
2) I even listed both revolutions and socialism as common causes of wars ("no matter how we justify...")
@alibeshjr Thanks for clarification (I didn't see all your comments). I still think it's worth noting the general idea that religions start wars is a bit stretched. Some faiths instruct violence, others instruct peace. The culprit is therefore not "religion" but specific dogma, or in some cases, a lack of clear doctrine opposing war. Zen for example was twisted by imperial Japan to justify WW2, but we can't say zen started war. It was politics practicing war falsely in the name of religion.
@lavideomania it's purpose I think is not to blame religion but to notice how dumb are the reasons we fight for, petroleum, religion, peeing on a wall...
Cause of wars-Absolute Power. Biggest lie-people are good even with power. Our founders were acutely aware of this deception hence our constitution and separation of powers!
gsus1CosmicBattle 2 weeks ago
I think that this is a very insightful little piece of work that I probably wouldn't have looked at if my World Civ professor hadn't assigned it to us to watch. In many ways I wish we could say that the end really does justify the means, but the unfortunate truth is that it doesn't. Every time something good is going on another person has to ruin it with their jealousy or selfishness. I swear, we just can't have anything nice in this world without someone having to mess it up.....
Lenexa000Rose 1 month ago
To be fair, Bozzetto does criticize EVERYBODY in this film, and not just people from one specific group.
The point he's trying to make here seems to be that war and killing are problems that have plagued mankind from the beginning, and that ANYONE is capable of it, regardless of religion, ethnicity, gender, political views, or time period.
Anyone agree with my analysis here?
MrCaptainA 1 month ago
Please, can anyone tell me what's the music from 6:14 to 6:17? I can't find it at all!
larrok 6 months ago
how many wars are generated, only to think and be different...
NiMeeMires 8 months ago 2
Praying mantises jerking off!!!!
jake5fiend 10 months ago
lo amo!
Peripato 11 months ago
I am doing a school animation project based on this animation. If somebody could tell me if this animation has won any awards or anything like that, I would be very grateful :)
HamiltonGuitars 11 months ago
what a beautiful trailer, grass keep growing.
MrCatbuttgum 11 months ago
In fact it's just a kind of explanation for the entire history of wars. In my opinion the ilustrated scenes are: the fight between cro-magnon and neanderthalus, the ancient egipt(north vs south) , greece, the roman empire, the barbarian migrations( it's intresting that here the christianity starts its ascension, but that doesn't bring the peace), middle ages, and then the modern and contemporan conflicts. As you see, everyone dies in the fight for power, and no one can say that he is the hegemon
v3nom1990 1 year ago 2
here is what happens in yor video
1)people die
2)grass grows
Repeat step 1-2 100 times
thecopypaste123 1 year ago
Does anyone see the birds making off in 8:22 ?
JunimMB2 1 year ago
@JunimMB2 Yeah, I saw that. I think those are grasshoppers, though.
erika0jay 1 year ago
@erika0jay Too big to be grasshoppers =O...oh well...
JunimMB2 1 year ago
...alla fine l'erba crescerà dinuovo. =) é proprio vero.
MaggyNC 1 year ago
Was that the Cocuracha playing in the Egyptian scene? And did the army guy in 7:14 say "Tutti Frutti"?
MayDayJonas 1 year ago
Was that the Cocuracha playing in the Egyptian scene?
MayDayJonas 1 year ago
convertitevi al Cristianesimo,atei infami
FrenkBatacchioZlatan 1 year ago
graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaande
ErindKV 1 year ago
It's not religion. It's not ideals. It's what people do when they find someone they don't agree with n.n
I love this animation...
enistoja 1 year ago
kinda cute idea. 1990 academy award nom. lost to nick parks, like many would
eschuber8 1 year ago
BEAUTIFUL!
roccoprch1 1 year ago
world would be happier without this fool humanity. Just grasshoppers give happiness and live well. They survive luckyly :)
zach85 1 year ago
I want to know more about Bruno Bozzetto! Gr3eat job!
dearmalika 1 year ago
LOL Gengis Khan XD
schoolgirl84 1 year ago
did you saw grasshoppers at end fucking?? =D
Mastere83 1 year ago
@Mastere83 "make love, not war"
fireluke112 1 year ago
Anyone know if this film was created with Flash ?
lejohan 1 year ago
This is all hand drawn, made years before Flash. I think it was made in 1990, definately early 90s.
etoons 1 year ago
@etoons 1991. This was a Oscar Nomination.
cpandreylaur 1 year ago
I love how atheists think they're so intelligent for slapping a Darwin sticker on their cars--really they are just as judgmental as any Christian I've ever met.
However, this is a great cartoon. Bozzettos commentary is not only funny but has meaning.
Luthienwolfie 2 years ago
It's not religion that's wrong in this world, it's most people's tendency to ruin any good intentions with their greed and selfish interests.
AxlBreezer 2 years ago 22
@AxlBreezer True, but religion is a tool of the selfish and greedy. What better way to control a large group of people than with the threat of an all powerful invisible magical being's wrath? Or the reward of eternal life? No amount of human tyranny can compete with that. Thus religion is one major instrument in the toolbag of evil. It's not something wonderful and pure corrupted by bad men, it's something invented by bad men to attain and maintain power.
Cryofax 9 months ago
@Cryofax well not all religions do that, some of them are the sarch of the true of the purpose of their lives, by one or other means, but there are always people who try to do evil and as you say invent religions to assure themselves power and prestige...
Recedebo 4 months ago
La historia del mundo, en una animacion
jhdfhg 2 years ago
brilliant
VdSHunt3r 2 years ago
Quite true. Athiests are the only people around here with common sense.
Sociopath713 2 years ago
I liked this little quick history lesson
FedupwithR 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
cute cartoon to illistrate the ignorance of atheists, and how one dimensional they think.
TAXtheAtheist 2 years ago
"Ignorance of the atheists"?! What?!
The cartoon is just saying no matter how we justify/reason starting a war (religion, love, revolution, revenge, socialism, atheism, etc.), the result is the same: Everyone dies (and will be forgotten), and only grasshoppers continue living... This has nothing to do with atheism... It's an anti-war cartoon... (It's even in favor of atheism, if we note that many wars have been caused by religions...)
alibeshjr 2 years ago 47
and I guess your comment shows how one dimensional YOU think! You even didn't get the point!
alibeshjr 2 years ago 2
In addition, many atheists are so because they have the ability to see beyond "one dimension" and question things. People who embrace reason and the scientific method of questioning and being sceptical - such thinking is NOT on-dimensional. Thanks for your comments, alibeshjr! ^^
Symorine 2 years ago
like I said, one dimensional thought. The world is full of simple minded fools that cause wars for generic reasons.
TAXtheAtheist 2 years ago
Yes, it is. Guess what? You're one of them.
Atheists tend to be able to see beyond the idiocy, the superstition, and the nationalism that causes all these atrocities.
Mark73 2 years ago
@Mark73 Whatever dude. A lot of scientific oriented guys like myself, who is getting a degree in a prestigious university would think the same of atheists. In other words I could consider you stupid for not thinking there is a higher power, and yes I do know everything on scientific terms my friend.
ItalianStallone89 1 year ago
@ItalianStallone89
Let me guess. You're talking about Patriot "University", aren't you?
Mark73 1 year ago
@ItalianStallone89 Stop. You are making a fool out of yourself and all Italians in general.
MrFabianGhosty 1 year ago
@alibeshjr
combatants:
Over fire: man vs. Neanderthal
Egyptians: winged-dog (?) worshippers vs. sun worshippers
Greeks: two kings over a single couple
a Roman emperor who orders his troops to pillage and loot, and barbarians fight against the caesar, and Christ temporarily interrupts it.
kings of the Medieval age dethrone each other by stealing a crown, and the third and final king accuses a girl of being a heretic after becoming a "pope". Flames burn his castle.
jianfongyaw 1 year ago
(i mean, the king, not the girl (who took the crown) , became the pope, and this is only one king on the Greek part, while the other "king" is more of a revengeful general)
The rise of Islam, disrupting a pilgrimage by a supposed hermit. It caused what was portrayed as the Crusades. the other Muslim warriors run, and...
...Genghis Khan appears. He sets up a yurt, while the Great Wall encroaches his land. He insults the Chinese warriors up the wall, who get killed by Genghis' men.
jianfongyaw 1 year ago
Genghis killed these six Chinese warriors.
The Aztecs do their usual human sacrifice, which was interrupted by the Spanish. Note the Aztec who runs away with his heart. The Spanish destroy the Aztec temple, which collapses on them.
A king eats a piece of chicken meat, and a beggar (on a skateboard) plays a violin. the king stoops down and gets beheaded by a guilottine. The beggar skates away, as he has no legs, overjoyed at the overthrow of French monarchy, and the French Revolution begins.
jianfongyaw 1 year ago
There goes the American Revolution, and Napoleon's war against Russia... in winter. Also displayed are settlers fighting native Americans, and soldiers marching with a tank, moments before they get nuked (Nazi Germany, then the start of the Atomic Age).
Capitalism fights Communism over some Asian (Vietnam/Korean War?) , killing each other. The third person mentioned gets nuked
The combatants:
Someone speaking for America?
Islamic extremism?
hippies/free speech?
communism
Zionism
O.L.P.
jianfongyaw 1 year ago
oil consumption?
peace for suffering nations?
KKK
Monarchism?
UWM
PKY (a policeman-like guy)
drug rights (LSD)
FZOSK
and it continues to the end, ignoring war and ending with a view of grasshoppers.
(this comment is for information use, never to start another argument. enough of fighting.)
jianfongyaw 1 year ago
@jianfongyaw
KKK - Monarchism? No...
Ku Klux Klan - a racist Organisation in USA
MrsAdely 1 year ago
I mean two different ideals: the racist KKK and the other guy from his group that defeated the KKK guy is perhaps a monarchist (this thing he said about looks like a crown)
jianfongyaw 1 year ago
@alibeshjr As long as you're going to trot out the tired old saw of "many wars have been caused by religions," let's not for get the millions, sorry "hundreds of millions" killed by atheist ideologies (e.g. revolutionary communism and all its related secular faiths).
lavideomania 10 months ago
@lavideomania True; Nazis and communists killed millions, BUT this does NOT contradict with the statement "many wars have been caused by religions" - Please read my first comment carefully:
1) I did NOT say religions are the only cause of wars - of course there have been many other causes.
2) I even listed both revolutions and socialism as common causes of wars ("no matter how we justify...")
alibeshjr 10 months ago
@alibeshjr Thanks for clarification (I didn't see all your comments). I still think it's worth noting the general idea that religions start wars is a bit stretched. Some faiths instruct violence, others instruct peace. The culprit is therefore not "religion" but specific dogma, or in some cases, a lack of clear doctrine opposing war. Zen for example was twisted by imperial Japan to justify WW2, but we can't say zen started war. It was politics practicing war falsely in the name of religion.
lavideomania 10 months ago
@lavideomania it's purpose I think is not to blame religion but to notice how dumb are the reasons we fight for, petroleum, religion, peeing on a wall...
Recedebo 4 months ago