Jan 01, 1992
10 min
Full-HD

Sawdust for Brains and the Key of Wisdom (1992)

A colourful yet sinister mix of painting, puppets, and real people. A puppet maker shrinks people, then sends them down a conveyer belt to be married and later used as figures on a wedding cake. Our minds, although not clock-work, are forced to live in manufactured time. If we can stop just for a moment , we will see the magical place outside of time.

Category

Animation Fantasy

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Channel 4 Television Shrunken Mortals

Andrew Bailey

Svolik the Devil

Moya Brady

Young Woman / Sawdust For Brains

Christian Flint

Young Man

Catherine Barrett

(voice)

Martin Head

(voice)

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