Edmond

      Edmond is a stop-motion and 2D animation by Nina Gantz from the United Kingdom. It focuses on an oddball of a character who slips through floors and further into his past and the deepest parts of his psyche in his pursuit of self-understanding... Which all seems a little unnecessary once you reach the ending... or perhaps, this was more so of a case where is entire life flashes before his eye-- whoops. Nah, it's fine, would you really be THAT surprised to get an ending like that when it comes to this sort of animation?
   
   There have been numerous stop-motion works as of late that have made use of super imposing their facial animations onto their puppets. Edmond was one of those that was able to effectively incorporate 2D animated eyes on its characters without making it seem unnatural if not creepy. (The uncanny valley is somewhat apparent in several other examples, regardless of how beautifully done they may be, such as that one train animation where real human eyes are first recorded before imposed onto the puppet themselves) In fact, while its story might not be everyone's cup of tea, one could certainly appreciate the animation for its cinematography, beautifully done set designs and puppets.

   Speaking of which, I cannot help but grow all the more curious on the message behind this animation's story. Alright, so it is pretty apparent that this character might have a vore fetish of sorts, but, what stemmed from that? And to me, each memory only got more horrific (Despite the music trying to fool you into thinking that that isn't so)... did he have a twin? That he himself devoured before leaving their mother's womb? Was that meant to be taken literally? You can't possibly fit an entire leg (No matter how slender) down your throat? Just, what ever, Edmond??? Nina Gantz, I hope you got interviewed on this because I am most definitely going to find out what goes on in your head when I get the chance to.

Being stuck in a room full of these eye-less puppets, though.