This film begins with a man stopping, taking off some of his clothes and floating above the ground. It's called "Flying Man" but he appears more to be swimming in mid-air. Then another guy and his dog come along and,...well,....who cares.
THE FLYING MAN won the Grand Prize award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, so I must assume by this that 1962 was an absolutely horrible year for animation or there was only one entry in the competition! That's because I just think of any reason to like this film. The animation quality is poor, the artwork is terrible, the story not particularly deep or compelling and it wasn't at all entertaining (unless you like seeing the dog getting kicked at the end). I just don't get it at all why this film received such positive accolades, though judging from it's low overall score on IMDb apparently I am not in the minority for disliking the film.