Creature Comforts

Thematic Approaches to Character Curated by Lucy Walker
This five-minute animated film by Nick Park (of Wallace & Gromit fame) introduces us to a series of zoo animals being interviewed about their lives in captivity. Wonderfully expressive claymation polar bears, turtles, a gorilla, and others offer their reflections to an off-screen interviewer whose microphone maintains a presence in every frame. The animals have their own views, both positive and negative, on serving life sentences behind bars as opposed to experiencing life in the wild.
Director
Nick Park
Producers
Sara Mullock, Alan Gardner (Assistant Producer)
Editor
William Ennals
Cinematographers
Andy MacCormack, Fred Reed, David Alex Riddett, David Sproxton
Release Year
1989
Festival Year
2014
Country
United Kingdom
Run Time
5 minutes