Ah Pook Is Here

Name: Ah Pook Is Here
Genre: Animation, Short
Duration: 6 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: William S. Burroughs

19941994
6m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

234

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Animation Short

A disturbingly organic-looking figure speaks to us of life, politics and death as the symbol of the common man toils away.A disturbingly organic-looking figure speaks to us of life, politics and death as the symbol of the common man toils away.A disturbingly organic-looking figure speaks to us of life, politics and death as the symbol of the common man toils away.

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

234

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
The Strange Creature resembles a Tardigrade.

Quotes
Narrator: The Leaders of this most insecure of all Worlds are Leaders by accident. Inept, frightened pilots at the controls of a vast machine they cannot understand. Calling in experts to tell them which buttons to push.

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7/10

How I learned death needs time for what it kills to grow in

A puzzling short I saw years ago and rewatched again just recently, Ah Pook Is Here was hard to wrap my head around those years ago, particularly if you're just tuning in after not paying attention at first. But the point is fairly simple behind the surreal animation (that yes, and the detractors point out, is fairly ugly- but so are the topics it describes). From William S Burroughs, the author of Naked Lunch (and actually narrated by him), Ah Pook Is Here features philosophical riddles: "If Control's control is absolute why does Control need to control?" and "What does death need time for?" It's a short that doesn't provide many answers, but gets a point across and does what it aims to do as a six-minute short.

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