'In The Fall': Short Animated Film Shows Man's Life Flash Before His Eyes As He Dies

"In the Fall," an animated short film by Steve Cutts, is a whimsical take on falling to your death. It sounds offensive, but it's surprisingly effective at making you feel SOMETHING for a video that clocks in at under two minutes. Plus it's got a great middle/ending so bear with the little guy as he falls to his death, to the music of Guided by Voices' "Game of Pricks."

via The Daily What

Comments

[gx5000]

10:30 AM on 08/15/2011

Death is not to be feared, only accepted.

[librldem]

10:05 AM on 08/15/2011

Perfect!

[thetruthhoits]

09:29 AM on 08/15/2011

That was disturbing.

[nypapajoe]

09:29 AM on 08/15/2011

Soooooo, true! But life goes on! So eat, make love and do good to others because karma my friends is a Bitch!

[Dirk1]

09:14 AM on 08/15/2011

Neat little film.
Not the best choice of music.
I'm in my 50's and this sort of clip has been using exactly that sort of music forever. Windows 95 had a similar soundtrack on their little clip.
Time to do something new and original.
Really.

[lastmanstanding99]

09:06 AM on 08/15/2011

I'm jumping too!

[signgrrl]

09:39 AM on 08/15/2011

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!

[gnorrfa]

08:52 AM on 08/15/2011

If my life flashed before my eyes I'd fall asleep.

[WryAwry]

07:51 AM on 08/15/2011

Ouch. Alas, poor Yorick ...

[Jeremyewilliams]

07:43 AM on 08/15/2011

Sad, really.

[Simon Edelman]

07:53 AM on 08/15/2011

sad but true. and funny because it's true for a lot of people.

[IamYourDrillThrall]

07:35 AM on 08/15/2011

Cool.

[iRock]

07:20 AM on 08/15/2011

This is how we Americans live our lives. Many of us, anyway.

Not me.

[farmerlady]

07:44 AM on 08/15/2011

Me either.

[kidjudas]

08:55 AM on 08/15/2011

/handraise

Me either! I quit a mundane job years ago and became a teacher. Way less pay but I'm not chained to a desk and summers off, baby!

[M33TBallz]

08:57 AM on 08/15/2011

Futility of existence is something mankind has dealt with since the dawn of time. The Tao is The Way.

[gx5000]

10:31 AM on 08/15/2011

Isn't that the problem ? there is no ONE way....the kit doesn't come with personalized instructions...

[Bartolo27]

07:16 AM on 08/15/2011

Pretty much sums up my experience except I don't recall childhood being that good and I haven't fallen off a building yet.

[books247]

07:12 AM on 08/15/2011

I love it. It's says it perfectly. If the banana peel doesn't kill you, sitting at a desk all day - working for someone else, will.

[hcbrand]

07:04 AM on 08/15/2011

We're slaves. How did this happen? Oh, yea: Credit.

[frank day]

07:21 AM on 08/15/2011

industrialization, feudalism, ........

[Henry Spencer]

08:01 AM on 08/15/2011

DEBT, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave-driver.

-Ambrose Bierce

[aspecialed]

06:56 AM on 08/15/2011

Simply beautiful!