The Breakdown

  • Handcrafted stop-motion on massive scale
  • Faithful adaptation of Meloy novel
  • Practical effects carry the fantasy
  • Moral weight, heroic sacrifice, no nihilism
  • Single auteur vision from Travis Knight

Side Effects

ancestors nodding in approval, screen glowing from pure craft

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