"A Chairy Tale" is a 10-minute short film by Oscar winner Norman McLaren and with this movie here he got help from Canadian filmmaker Claude Jutra who stars in this film and also co-directed. This black-and-white film was nominated for an Oscar, but did not win. It is basically the eternal battle between men and chair. Chair does not want to be sat on, but when man finally agrees and sits down on the floor chair is jealous that man won't spend any time with him anymore. So yeah, what exactly is this? Performance art, comedy, animation? A bit of everything probably, but nothing really extremely to my liking. The best moment was maybe when chair moves in from the right again and hopes to get attention from man. I read that Ravi Shankar made the soundtrack for this film. It is okay I guess, but I am certainly a bigger fan of his daughter. As for "A Chairy Tale": Not recommended. Creative yes, but not awards-worthy. A forgettable watch.
Review of A Chairy Tale
