Why Man Creates

1968

Action / Animation / Comedy / Documentary / History

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 61%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 61% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 889 889

short film preserved film

Plot summary

A 1968 animation/documentary that criticises the industrial system. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Director

Saul Bass Photo
Saul Bass

Top cast

Peter Hansen Photo
Peter Hansen as Narrator
Paul Saltman Photo
Paul Saltman as Scientist
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226.09 MB
796*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
12 hr 24 min
Seeds 1
419.47 MB
1184*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
12 hr 24 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by boblipton 7 / 10

That Itch

Saul Bass and his collaborators won an Oscar for this breezy little short feature It considers the creative impulse in mankind several ways, impishly playful and stentoriously erudite, and concludes that.... well, you should see the movie to make up your mind about that.Bet remembered for his title design of several Hitchcok movies, Bass was.... well, he was a guy who did a number of things around Hollywood, among them this cartoon. Like many people of accomplishment, he is best described by what he did.
Reviewed by joshwenger 7 / 10

Very Thought-provoking

I recently watched this film in seminar class and was intrigued by its unconventional way of communicating to an audience. While it was created in 1968, the ideas still hold very true today. My personal favorite part was the beginning ("The Edifice"), in which human progress and technology through the ages was shown by moving the camera up a tall building. There are tons of great lessons that can be learned about creativity from Saul Bass's film, such as persistence paying off and the benefits of being different from the crowd. I would highly recommend it to anyone who takes an interest in history, philosophy, or someone who wants to be more creative them self.
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