Porta's Look!..." La Maison en Petits Cubes "

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" This is 10 minutes,
you will be happiness "

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Sometimes a beautiful things and happiness
" Not have any words "
It was happy that human beings can still create
such beautiful things in this world.

La Maison en Petites Cubes from dorsumi on Vimeo.

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An old man lives in a town that has become submerged in water. As the water rises, he's forced to build additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes) in order to stay above water. One day the old man accidentally drops his favorite pipe into the lower levels of his home, and decides to rent scuba diving equipment in order to go searching for his pipe. As he descends through his sunken home, the old man recalls memories of the past in each room.

It’s a sweet little film about an old man remembering his life — as he swims down through the flooded layers of his house, at first chasing a dropped, favorite pipe, but then chasing the memories conjured by the abandoned rooms.

The house is almost like “blocks”. A grandpa who lived in the house has been constantly building houses on top, as water level rises. This is the story about his memory with his family.

Directed by: Kunio KATO
Producer: Kusakabe MASANORI, Yuko SHIN
Produced by: ROBOT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Script: Kunio KATO
Graphics: Kunio KATO
Storyboard: Kunio KATO
Layout: Kunio KATO
Scenery: Kunio KATO
Animation: Kunio KATO
Camera: Kunio KATO
Music: Kenji KONDO
Compositing Kunio KATO

La Maison en petits cubes (Tsumiki no Ie - The House of Small Cubes)
Got this great book, it's a slightly different version of the story as seen in the animated short "La Maison en petits cubes" aka Tsumiki no Ie (The House of Small Cubes) by Kunio Kato.

The old man keeps building extra rooms on top of house to keep up with the rising water.

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La Maison en Petits Cubes received
the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film 2009

Kunio Kato holds his Oscar for best animated short film for "La Maison en Petits Cubes" backstage at the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 22, 2009. [Agencies]

Like Kato’s earlier films, this one shares the appearance of being done on ancient paper (and shares his storybook imagery). Unlike Kato’s earlier films, which take the form of separate chapters, often complete with turning pages or title-cards, this film is a single story around a single incident — though, of course, each room, deeper in the water, and deeper in the past, contains its own episode.

If you’ve liked Kato’s earlier films, you should definitely seek this one out. Even if you didn’t care much for the slow pace and general artiness of the earlier films, you might enjoy this film. I think Kato has improved his pacing. For this viewer, it also helps that the film is a bit less surreal and more human.

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