The Big Snit

1985 · 10 min · Animation, Comedy · Directed by Richard Condie

A husband shakes the board. A wife saws the furniture. Meanwhile, on the television neither of them is watching, global nuclear war breaks out. The cross-cutting between domestic pettiness and total annihilation is still the funniest thing the NFB has produced.

Awards

• Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film — Academy Awards, 1986 (Nominated)

Credits

• Studio: National Film Board of Canada

Genres

• Animation
• Comedy

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