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Birthday Boy (2004)
birthday boy film review
The short film 'Birthday Boy' is an animation of the wartime in Korea during 1951. The main character is a little boy by the name of Manuk. All the little put into 9 minutes made a big difference. It was obvious Manuk came from a poor family/country and we see thus from all the earthy and polluted colors. In the beginning we get an omniscient (God like) perspective of the film. At times we see through the eyes of Manuk himself but majority of the time we are looking through the camera's eyes. Toward the end there is a high angle view of his village. All the decay and destruction gives us a sense of devastation. The tanks on the back of the train throughout the film tell us there is war going on and to us seems quite upsetting knowing that Manuk's father is in war. However to Manuk it is amazing. He thinks war is so cool and is proud of his dad. Thus shows us the cute innocence of Manuk. I really liked thus film but at the same time I felt so slack for Manuk.