Children's book illustration styled movie/fable?

November 18, 2006 9:52 PM

I'm looking for a short online movie featuring children's book style illustration, descriptive labels floating above every labelable thing throughout (tree, rabbit, grass, knife, etc.), and a rather gruesome storyline about the wages of greed.

A boy and girl are playing in a field and the boy winds up killing a rabbit with his slingshot. The rabbit turns into a jewel (or some other valuable thing) after it dies. The boy and girl then go on a killing spree, eventually killing a cow, which is depicted in great anatomical detail. They carry their riches home and somehow 'create' a troll that likes jam and turns flies into diamonds. And so on. Almost everything in the film has a label floating above it, like an old children's book.

It was done so originally that I'm kicking myself for not saving the link the first time I saw it. Did anyone else see this? If so, the link would be much appreciated!

posted by truenorth to media & arts (2 comments total)

here you go, it's hard to find due to the lack of description. Luckily I remembered the discussion about it and the word "idol" being used as a single word link.
posted by fvw at 10:08 PM on November 18, 2006

This is it. I don't recall finding it at MeFi, but obviously it made the rounds. Thank you!!!
posted by truenorth at 12:43 AM on November 19, 2006