Cityscape: Impressions of a City

Cityscape: Impressions of a City

1966 · 2 min · ★ 6.2 · Animation

In this experimental animated short, Ryan Larkin (Walking) creates a series of figures who move across the screen and disappear into a hole. Eventually, the hole metamorphoses into a bridge, on top of which stands the young man from whom the others figures originated.

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