"Les temps morts" is a 10-minute animated short film from 1965, so it had its 50th anniversary last year already. The writer and director here is René Laloux and it's one of his more known works today still. I have seen some of his stuff recently and I must say that this is a contender for best (short) film by him so far for me. It's far from perfect and the statements it makes on mankind are sometimes really extremely general and the film maybe lacks some focus too, but it rings all very true nonetheless. The problems depicted with men, wars and violence are still existent over half a century later and that's pretty sad. We have learned nothing. Oh well, at least Laloux is dead now and does not have to witness the misery anymore. This black-and-white short film here tells me that he was a visionary. I certainly recommend the watch.
Review of Les temps morts
