How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels (1997)

Black and white drawings blended with photographic images depict an old man, with various tiny gadgets, trying to find the anatomy of the wings of an angel.

Director:

Craig Welch

Stars:

Louise Leroux

5 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Louise Leroux	...	Angel in black dress

Storyline

Black and white drawings blended with photographic images depict an old man, with various tiny gadgets, trying to find the anatomy of the wings of an angel.

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Plot Keywords:

angel | part animation | inventor

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Genres:

Animation | Short

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Details

Country:

Canada

Release Date:

October 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Comment les ailes sont attachées au dos des anges

Company Credits

Production Co:

National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

10 min

Color:

Black and White Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited into What's Your Pleasure? (1997)

User Reviews

Remarkable and disturbing

Regular Canadian moviegoers are occasionally offered a rare treat. Just as Pixar (Toy Story, A Bug's Life) has been releasing its features with a preceding short, Canadian theatres will show a short NFB film before a feature once in a blue moon. I had the rare and unexpected chance to see "How Wings Are Attached To The Backs of Angels" before David Cronenberg's Crash. They complimented each other well. "How Wings..." is the fascinating story of how an old, wealthy inventor protects himself from the outside world while he works feverishly on his plan to surgically attach a pair of wings to the back of a woman he envisions as his angel. It is a remarkable and beautiful film - see it if you have the chance.