A short claymation about an old man whose quiet ‘memory filled’ days are rudely interrupted by a pushy salesman. As the old man contently potters around his flat faintly hearing the outside world he is bombarded by the overbearing hard-sell tactics of a salesman selling hearing aids.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B1001767
Language
English
Audience classification
ACMI classified
Subject categories
Amateur & Student Films → Student films - Australia
Animation → Animated films - Australia
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Old age
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Old age
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
MPEG-2 Digital File; Memory Grid Pod Full Encode
Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master
SP Betacam; Master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan