Sisyphus

[stuarttombros]

listening to him breathe makes my lungs hurt

[wolwering1]

I found it hard to breathe properly while watching this.

[Helios601]

@perjuchan- lol

[gundersonmunderson]

wow it would suck to be sisyphus

[lacuracaovideo]

awesome reference!

[perjuchan]

My roommates probably think im watching the worlds most brutal porno haha

[GuitarxWolf]

Sisyphus has to be the most in shape god of them all

[cjdepaoli]

@GuitarxWolf sisyphus wasnt a god you fool, he was a mortal who conned the gods

[GuitarxWolf]

@cjdepaoli "Fool"....haha....Well thanks for the info either way

[tinyteishy]

someone should play this soundtrack up loud in an airplane toliet lol

[1sissiphus]

Bravoooooooooo:-)))

[Spart117cdc]

Play this with the volume up in starbucks....

[goldnx]

I don't understand this

[TRiiCkzx]

@goldnx It was made in 1974 .....

[xjames118]

Sisyphus: Communist Anti-hero Number One. He shrugs and says, "I'll do whatever you want, Zeus, just make sure your 2.4 children spend half their lives at university, then the other half behind desks. I'll heave a thousand million boulders up Mount Tantalus as long as I don't end up as big a ponce as you".

[Rekenbij]

How would his life have looked like if he did not push these stones?

[glenaladar]

I just wouldnt push it?

XD

[natedaug1]

Great video, gotta love the human condition.

[bbrriiaann9922]

Picturing the guy making all of the heavy breathing noises for this animation is rather amusing.

[UntitledParenthesis]

still the best sisyphus

[funknotik]

This is awesome!

[cauim]

albert camus

[RPGinthehole]

Sisyphus pushes the Rock and it Falls back down and repeating it for eternety

[SONBoomer]

Not any more...

[Bak2nature]

wow what a dude! Give me a call sometime Si......

[beardfreak1969]

Spectacular

[glenaladar]

Yea. Hes supposed to get to the very top of the hill and it rolls back down.

[natedaug1]

@glenaladar Yeah, he is, but this is good enough.

[lintongiles]

isnt it supose to roll down the hill...

[drwcubs]

does anyone know what happened to the video that used this animation but had the Chicago song Stone of Sisyphus playing?

[ThePhoenixAscendant]

I watch this and I can not help but have flashbacks to Heavy Metal. O_O

[XnonameX]

who did the voice over for this

he's funny =)

[SONBoomer]

I don't think he's still alive... This is an old hungarian animation from the '70s. That's why the funny voice... If you speak a different language, even your hufs and groands sound different...

[polcrendszer]

@SONBoomer a jankovics marcell adta a hangot is és ha halott akkor szólni kéne a heti válasznak mert nemrég volt vele interjú...

[SONBoomer]

Hoppá...

[polcrendszer]

@XnonameX The director himself lent his voice to the character. btw he's not dead, his next project will be ready soon recently which was made for like 22years... its the animated version of the drama The tragedy of Man by Madách.

[tedlicious]

Sisyphus also escaped from the underworld the fist time he was stuck down; the guy is a total man. He chained Hades to the rock that was supposed to hold HIM! With Hades chained up people could not be claimed my death. Zombies were about, and Ares go pissed cause his wars were rendered meaningless. Sisyphus was one sneaky dude. In the Metamorphoses Ajax also hints that he may be the father of Odysseys (and this makes a bit of sense, since Odysseys is so sneaky).

[ScavengerData]

hahaha so sneaky

[fanunoflamencomex]

Susisyphus!!!

[Goldendragon500]

Sisyphus was not punished for trickery but for betrayal. Zeus had kidnapped a girl, and Sisyphus told the father who had taken her (Zeus) and where. Zeus felt betrayed so punished him.

[Metalix01]

wow, Zeus is a dick

[Zyrog]

QUIET FOOL, HE'S LISTENING!

[Metalix01]

I stand by my comment

[Procrastinationn]

Sisyphus who was sentenced by the Greek gods to roll boulders up a hill for eternity for Sisyphus committed the crime of trickery. In the legends, it describes him rolling one boulder up a hill that would eventually fall down again. He was forced to repeat the process forever. This movie depicts Sisyphus rolling many boulders up a hill made of boulders.

[Stopusingoil]

Thats pretty fuckin cool

[vanessaiz2cute]

Wow !!!! OMG

[develinke]

Another amazing Hungarian animation, which is the only Oscar-Winner Hungarian short animation:The Fly (A légy) - Ferenc Rófusz, 1980, and a nomination from 2007: Maestro - Géza M Tóth. You should see them.

[IntelInside2020]

amazing!

[frankokiri]

OH MY SHIT... you can feel him struggling, wanting to just stop and die... you can feel heès not determined just has to do this... itès making me feel grosss

awesome movie

[gameshowluvr86]

LOLZ, oh, my shit? Nice...

[borgduck]

Me & my girl we love each other.

[cmsgt8hewett]

wait. what? I read was that the Gods condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock up to the top of a mountain, whence it would fall back of its own weight. this animation depicts him rolling many rocks into the shape of a hill? If the Gods believed there was no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor then why would they allow him to accomplish the building of a mountain?

[bazdmameg]

Is is Marcell Jankovics's work. He is a hungarian animator.

[sheelaghc]

thank you for posting this. I saw this animation many years ago and it completely blow me away. I have always wanted to find it again.

[ketchupbeast]

awesome. that made me tired just watching it.

[caughtnottaught]

Anyone remember the Guinness Advert based on this?

[Omega2064]

Saw this many many m,any a year ago and been looking for it ever since. Great work.

[puteborgne]

this short is really huge

man,that animation

thanks for posting that man

[pierotonin]

Thank you for posting this, I've been looking for this film for years! Do you know if it's available on DVD or (or any other support)?

[drstrangeq]

Nope! I got this off someone 20 years ago, they had taped it from a show that used to be on called, "Acadamy Leaders". That's all I can tell you. I do have some others from the same show I'll be posting in the future. Good luck!

[pierotonin]

Thank you very much for your reply, I'm looking forwaed to seeing more films from that show!

[ProductionX]

Heh, I think I had heard of this show once. There is another copy of this out now up here that's of better quality otherwise.

[500cameron]

@pierotonin

On piratebay there is an upload called "Various - Top 100 Animated Shorts (1906 - 2006)" It's on there if you want it.