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The Box Man

Nirvan Mullick · USA · Experimental / Film Noir / Mystery / Animation · 5 min · 152K views

Directed by Nirvan Mullick · 2002

A man encounters a mysterious cardboard box in this noir-tinged animated adaptation of Kobo Abe's novel.

A Cannes Cinéfondation selection and AFI Fest winner: an eerie, handmade meditation on a culture of watching and fear.

A man encounters a mysterious cardboard box. I made this film a long time ago. In may ways it is reflection on a culture of observation and fear which still seems relevant today. Let me know what you think it is about in

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