

A surrealistic fantasy based on the 15th century woodcuts of the dance of the dead. A film experiment that deals with the photoreality and the surrealism of life. A collage-animation that cuts up photos and newsreel film and reassembles them, producing an image that is a mixture of unexplainable fact (Why is Harpo Marx playing a harp in the middle of a battlefield?) with inexplicable act (Why is there a battlefield?). It is a black comedy, a fantasy that mocks death ... a parabolic parable.
Breathdeath was directed by Stan VanDerBeek.
Breathdeath holds an average rating of 4.9/10 on TMDB, and it lands best with fans of animation. Join the discussion below to add your take.
Breathdeath runs for 15min, and was released in 1963.
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