The Nightwatchman
"After 350,000,000 years, the insects get their lucky break"
1993-01-01 xx 9m
AnimationScience FictionComedy
A nightwatchman who works at a pesticide plant manipulates chemicals (of which he treats a strange garden of marrow-like vines in his apartment) , causing evolution to accelerate, in this short illustrating the harmful effects of human interference with nature.
Sound Assistant
Simon Adams
Producer
Sue Wilson
Writer
John Robertson
Music
Frame Cut Frame (Brett Dean + Simon Hunt)
Writer
Joe Wylie
Sound Mixer
Gethin Creagh
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Status
ReleasedCountries
- New Zealand
