The Sandman (1991) Animated Short

EagleEater · Last edited by EagleEater on Fri Apr 09, 2004 3:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.

The Sandman (1991)

Synopsis: This animation retells the traditional story of the sandman, but with decidedly sinister connotations. A little boy is sent upstairs to bed but is scared on his own. The sandman enters the house, climbs the stairs and tries to wake the now sleeping boy........

Notes: This highly stylised animation uses all the hallmarks of Expressionist cinema to create a highly atmospheric and tantalising reworking of a traditional tale. The atmosphere is dark and menacing, the lighting uses shadows to add to the atmosphere and highlight the difference between light, warmth, safety and dark danger. The film is beautiful to watch, and the power of the atmosphere and the narrative are mesmerising.

Director: Paul Berry.
Producer: Ian MacKinnon.

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105311/

Link: ed2k: The.Sandman.(Paul.Berry).by.DrMabuse.avi [69.20 Mb] [Stats]

Video: DivX 5.05
Framerate: 25fps
Resolution: 592x432
Audio: 44.1Khz Stereo MP3 (Mono Source)
Filesize: 69.20 MB
Run Time: 10 minutes.

Ghostea · **Posted:** Sat Mar 27, 2004 6:54 pm **Post subject:**

looks interisting, i will give it a go..

John_Doe · **Posted:** Mon Mar 29, 2004 4:46 pm **Post subject:**

this was fucking awesome!!!!!!

I could go on in great leangts when describing how cool this was, but I'll just repeat: this was fucking awesome in every way possible!

loved the way the sandman moved!

whish there were more like it..

Reminded me a little aboot that Metz video spud posted ages ago..

EagleEater · **Posted:** Mon Mar 29, 2004 7:53 pm **Post subject:**

Cheers John. You have no idea how long i have searched for this, or how thrilled i was to find it.

Note to those who haven't seen it......This HAS to be worth 70 MB of disc space. Everyone who sees this loves it.

Metz video? That wouldn't be a TV ad would it? 'cos there was one that totally ripped The Sandman if i remember correctly.
:beerchug:

John_Doe · **Posted:** Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:04 pm **Post subject:**

yeah, that's the one
put it back in my shared on high prio ed2k: metz.mov [8.04 Mb] [Stats]

I wouldn't say so much ripped off... more inspired by. I thought it was great too.

Polityk · **Posted:** Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:30 pm **Post subject:**

Let me try it too. Thanks!

EagleEater · **Posted:** Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:34 pm **Post subject:**

John Doe wrote:

I wouldn't say so much ripped off... more inspired by.

Yeah, fair comment. Put much better than i did.

I also liked the ad, which had a Sandmanesque carachter prancing around a forest at night, if i remember correctly.

Edit. Thanks for reshare John. Will grab that! :beerchug:

@ Polityk......my pleasure.

ohgodnotanotherone · **Posted:** Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:52 pm **Post subject:**

And what the fuck might this be ? :lol:

Seriously spud, in one thread we have this , in another we have Laura gemser flicks and pics going full monty ....

this IS a Unique board indeed :twisted:

EagleEater · **Posted:** Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:05 pm **Post subject:**

Problem there OG?

LOL

Purple.Nightmare · **Posted:** Tue Mar 30, 2004 1:24 am **Post subject:**

hey i get this as well, cheers

GaMeR · **Posted:** Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:21 pm **Post subject:**

I love it, I hate it.
Nice animation, sad ending..
I'm really confused..

John_Doe · **Posted:** Sat Apr 10, 2004 3:08 am **Post subject:**

sad ending???? I thought the ending was friggin awesome!!!!

GaMeR · **Posted:** Sat Apr 10, 2004 10:38 am **Post subject:**

I love the little guy, he can't play his drums anymore... :cry:

EagleEater · **Posted:** Sun Apr 11, 2004 3:55 pm **Post subject:**

He can still play his drum, he'll just have a spot of Barney Rubble admiring it! :lol:

Did you watch right to the very end GaMeR? Past the credits?

The little guy, he is not alone!

Polityk · **Posted:** Tue Apr 13, 2004 1:51 am **Post subject:**

John_Doe wrote:

sad ending???? I thought the ending was friggin awesome!!!!

Maybe it was awesome, but I wouldn't call it happy.

John_Doe · **Posted:** Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:08 am **Post subject:**

I was happy that the ending was so awesome.. :eatthis:

GaMeR · **Posted:** Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:00 pm **Post subject:**

That awesome ending made me sad.. I'm gonna catch that feathered sand guy and teach him how to respect little children.. Like Polityk's signature down there... Not the same thing but you get the idea, right :eatthis:

ChaoticLunatic · **Posted:** Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:01 pm **Post subject:**

Hey thanks for posting this.. Im gonna have a look! :beerchug:

The Sandman (1991) Animated Short

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