A Seaman’s Life Flashes Before His Eyes | The Flying Sailor | The New Yorker Screening Room 

Not sure if you guys watched it till the end. But this short animation IS based on a true story that happened during the Halifax explosion in 1917 when a sailor was thrown 2km away by the explosion and lived

Fun facts: the Halifax explosion was 4 times more powerful that the 2020 Beirut explosion. Ocular medical science advanced because so many people in Halifax were at their windows watching the fire in the harbour before the explosion. Boston sent so much help that to this day Halifax sends Boston a Christmas tree every year. The north side of the Halifax City Hall clock is stuck at the time of the explosion--9:04 am. Also see the animators' "Wild Life"--so great.

Loving this short. I live in Bridgewater NS Canada. After the explosion, they built a lot of cement block houses that were supposed to be able to endure another such explosion. You can still see these houses in the North end on Halifax, which took the brunt of the blast. There is also a large monument for the victims of the tragedy on the other side of the harbour. Each year they have a ceremony there. They used to have the explosion survivors at the event, but I think they have all passed away now.

FANTASTIC! I LOVE this. I love that the character of the sailor is all there for us to put together. I love how detailed it is, like him remembering punching another sailor and then re-remembering that he was punched back much harder. So many metaphors for life. And also love that he didn't lose his cig.

I live in Nova Scotia. We are proud of this film

Congrats for Oscars nominee.

As a current film student in Halifax, I'm so glad this is being recognized by the Academy. Well done :)

Halifax pride! This was even more beautiful and moving than I expected.

What a short. Beautiful and glad it got nominated.

I just heard one of the ladies being interviewed on the radio in Halifax. It's up for an Oscar.

Lucky enough to see this in a theatre and yeah really beautiful and my spouse cried when he started seeing his childhood flash before his eyes. Really saids a lot without any dialogue or title cards. This is a good example of how to tell a story with no words.

A week ago I spent an hour on Google Earth over Halifax because of a documentary on the disaster. I’m glad I understand the background. Stunning animation.

Extraordinary animation...... Oscar worthy, indeed!

I love the mix of different technics!

Congratulations for Oscar nomination.

Extraordinary film and music. Thank you 🙏

Fantastic! Even pays homage to theNFB's late great Norman McLaren in his classic "Begone Dull Care" with an explosive frame by frame abstract sequence. So much more to say but I'll leave it at inspiring and atta gals and do more.

Barometer Rising , a romantic-realist novel by Canadian author Hugh MacLennan is a sensational read. Let's hope this film gets the accolades the book garnered and also wins at the 2023 Academy awards.

Tragedy shown in a beautiful way. Well worth the view. Thanks

Thank you for posting so we can all enjoy this treat of a film.

That sailor sure did fly

Wow, beautiful.

God, this was beautiful 😍 and what an amazing story ❤️

Tumbling through the air Flung by blasted boats, aloft. A life well-lived, mate.

I like how through all this he doesn’t lose his cigarette 😅

Listening to CBC radio and the creator of this film and I was intrigued. Glad to find it!

Wonderful littile film. I hope it snags an Animated Short Oscar nom.. all the best!

When I saw the ships... I knew what it was gonna be. Good film.

wow!

It's going to Sundance!

Brilliant

In real life the cigarette probably didn't stay in his mouth through the whole thing but I like to believe that it did.

i can't find any reference to this Charlie Mayers. Does anyone have any info on him?

Bem legal

Sublime

It’s amazing he still has the cigarette in his mouth

You’d think if they were transporting dynamite, they’d take the stem off so they can’t explode

❤️❤️

I didn't understand anything

Trip

Gotta be careful where you walk.

waah

🤍🤍🤍

very bedi

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🅿🆁🅾🅼🅾🆂🅼 😍

I mean, it’s good. Just don’t know why we gotta see his twig and berries

That was super boring

This is FANTASTIC! I'm a big fan of Forbis and Tilby. I love your style. You continue to inspire and awe. Good luck at the Oscars with this one ... I'll be watching with fingers crossed.

yawnnn

Did we REALLY need to see his "downstairs" flopping about?

sorry... a piece of drivvle imo..