The Bead Game (Histoire de perles) (1977)

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Description: Ishu Patel's "The Bead Game" (1977) commences with a variety of coloured beads, forming into an assortment of shifting creatures that each devours the succeeding and equally magnificent creature. From the first single cell that divides itself, the view of nature is destructive. By the end of the first minute these simple organisms have formed more sophisticated beings though the tenor of the piece remains the same. Crustacean devour jelly fish and are in turn are digested by a fish, to be preyed upon by a crocodile until one progresses through the evolutionary scale to encompass birds with gorgeous plumage but an e ... (more)

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"DIR: Ishu Patel SUMMARY: Small coloured beads form into the shape of various animals, each consuming the previous one until we finally reach humans and their own distinct brand of warfare. WHY IT'S HERE: Ishu Patel's 'The Bead Game' is a visually stunning animation of many coloured beads which, in 5 short minutes, chart the evolution of life and the destructive tendencies of nature, from ever more sophisticated creatures devouring each other to soldiers killing soldiers. An absolutely beauti"