The Cat Piano (short film 2009)

http://www.thepra.com.au/Content.aspx?p=54
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401657/
http://catpianofilm.com/

In a shadowy animated city, all blues and blacks, everything revolves around a pulsing musical scene. Seedy nightclubs, sleazy jazz, a beautiful singer all glowing and white - it's Heaven to our narrator. Until cats begin to disappear.

The notion of the cat piano - every bit as crude a device as it sounds, yet told of from a cat's perspective, with other cats sounding beautiful - might owe something to Monty Python and a certain mouse organ, but this is a tale with a very different tone.

It's styled as film noir and the narration by Nick Cave lends it a creepiness that goes way beyond the scope of its central poem. There's an expectation of real violence, a sense of the desperation often underlying creative urban scenes. Our heroes are portrayed as peaceful by nature, but how far will they go to defend - or avenge - their own?

Applying such an intensely dramatic tone to what is in essence a ludicrous story gives this film a certain charm which will make it appeal to fans of the noir genre and many more besides. It never quite generates the energy that might make it stand out, and its characters are the usual noir archetypes with little to distinguish them, but it's still an intriguing curiosity, elegantly made.

An animated short film by Ari Gibson & Eddie White, 2009.

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[Nezumi118]

Mind: Status: Sufficiently blown.

[boyeatsguitar]

Fantastic! Love the mood, love the colors, love the careful art. Really really cool. :)

[ybrik222]

A bunch of months later, I still can't believe this video only has the amount of views it does.

[SuperSonicLollies]

Wow, that gave me goosebumps. Amazing =D

[TauMeow]

This is amazing. Really. Extremely professional, and I love the mood! It's completely amazing. Especially the fluid motions and the character designs of all of these characters. I loved every second of it. :D

[hattoushinha]

ヒロインが一瞬八頭身モナーに見えた

でも素敵な作品

[kaizaku24]

who ever wrote this has my admirations just like the other artis that made the video possible

[kaizaku24]

@blacksamurai2012 : that my friend was poetry and a beautiful

[scoverzi]

I began smoking again after seeing this video ....DAMN you Cool Cat and you Spike Spiegel for beeind soo fucking awesome

[blacksamurai2012]

Omg, I love it!! Idk what it was but i enjoy it.!

Can someone tell me what this is Lol xD