A Backdrop Blur
A Poster
6.4 0h 10m

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A writer is persecuted by an enormous and abusive letter 'A'.

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A writer is persecuted by an enormous and abusive letter 'A'.

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6.4 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 May 20, 2026

    There is something really quite creepy about this detailed short feature. A gent is sitting at his desk when a manifestation of the letter 'A' appears in his room. Try as he might, it will not budge. He tries coaxing, cajoling, threatening - even dynamite, but not only doesn't that shift it but it seems to ensure that it becomes angry and starts to retaliate - quite violently, too. It soon becomes a war of attrition, but what might the outcome be? Actually, I guessed what that might be, early on - but that was a fluke as this quickly paced and crafted cut-out style of animation manages to evocatively convey increasing senses of bemusement-cum-frustration-cum-fear at the hands of this inanimate vowel that proves quite contagious for the viewer too.

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