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“A homeless garbage bag beneath a sidewalk grate finds new life through connections with the outside world.”
A brightening life
A brightening life
5.56
12,787 rank · 684 viewers · 2 favorites
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Synopsis
A homeless garbage bag beneath a sidewalk grate finds new life through connections with the outside world.
Above ground, there are many people, coming and going. Underneath a certain sidewalk grate, lives a garbage bag. He has no work, no home, and no family. This is a story of the dirty, black garbage bag and how he gains new life through his connection to the outside world.
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7.5
/10
What 2 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 7
σ 0.50
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Strong agreement
σ 0.50 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
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Running avg · Jun 2020 → Dec 2020
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This surprising stop motion brings life to a seemingly useless trash bag. Throughout eight minutes, the trash bag gets thrown around, beaten up, and consumes the 'garbage' people drop, all while...”
- 8 “A fantastic stop-motion short story that excellently shows our MC, Mr. Trashbag, growing beyond himself. It has really amazing imagery capable of telling a great story without a single spoken word....”
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Short · 50%
Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
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A Movie Production
in association with
Geidai Animation
- Format 1 × 8′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 08m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2010 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG Children
- Ref. BS-15819 catalog
Produced by
- Geidai Animation Producer