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Soul-Things 2022
Filmstill Son of Satan
Son of Satan
J.J. Villard
Children who play judges teach the neighbour’s boy a lesson. A scenario of bullying, based on Charles Bukowski, shows murderous group dynamics in rough comic book style.
Filmstill Son of Satan

Son of Satan

Son of Satan
J.J. Villard
Soul-Things 2022
Animated Film
USA
2003
12 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
None

A harrowing scenario of bullying based on a short story by Charles Bukowski, whose language is translated authentically into a rough comic book style. A children’s gang teach the neighbour’s boy a lesson. It’s their duty, the self-styled righteous ones tell themselves. What starts out like a game in a framework of dominance and banal irrationality escalates into murderous group dynamics.

Malte Stein

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Director
J.J. Villard
Cinematographer
J.J. Villard
Editor
J.J. Villard
Producer
California Institute of Arts
Animation
J.J. Villard