A History of Evil

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Animated Documentary-Mockumentary about Evil in western civilization from Ancient Greece to present day.

After all the comments I feel like some clarification is in order, but firstly, to you guys that liked it:

Thanks, you've made my day.

The film was intended to show what people have believed in and pointed to as evil throughout history. It was meant to get you to think about what evil really is. It is meant to show that when we get too obsessed with "evil" we might end up taking part in it ourselves.

One has to separate evil and human cruelty. Human cruelty is people not being nice to one another. Evil is soemthing else, it is something we have created, a word and a concept for things that are not acceptable. It is a label for things that we do not understand and dont want to understand.

But is evil really ever a complete explanation for anything?

A lot of bad deeds has been done in the name of good. The people that did them ment good, are they evil?


OK, and finally,
This video is not meant to:

-blame wester culture and people for all the "evil" in the world. I'm european, and thought that I better stick to my own history.
-blame religion for all the evil in the world.
-claim that God is dead. (It is simply a reference to the philosopher Nietzsche, look him up.)
-offend anyone, race, religion, gender or sexual orientation.
-claim that Elvis was evil.
-be an exact and complete account of the actual events that has taken place throughout history.

This was a student project, hence the "unfinishedness" and abrupt ending. I ran out of time. I might update it later.

It was animated frame by frame in flash and composited and textured in AfterEffects.

Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: January 31, 2008 at 5:16 am
Author: omaggs2000

Length: 00:05:40
Rating: 4.46
Views: 1292588

Tags: animation art documentary short film evil stickmen history

Video Comments:
tuckerbow (October 10, 2008 at 10:40 pm)
GREAT VID
Greatpercy (October 8, 2008 at 7:03 am)
What's new Doc'
appaulledwilly (October 6, 2008 at 5:07 am)
evil is evil it has no rhyme or reason, we all possess the potential to unleash evil. its a will we refrain from or a will granted with permission of others.

So party till you puke
GrobMajstorDejan (October 5, 2008 at 5:54 pm)
I knew all that. Someone just made a video about it. Which is not so thrilling...
t3ya89 (October 2, 2008 at 12:46 pm)
well done ^_^
cadsaju12 (September 29, 2008 at 12:15 am)
Are you joking? OF COURSE you didn't make this. this was made by Norman McLaren in the 60s. He had no PC to do it, this was made frame by frame, like an old cartoon. You, are a thief. Google Norman McLaren.
Elvisdogg (October 3, 2008 at 8:12 pm)
Well, i googled Norman McLaren and was unable to locate this film attributed to him.

Are you sure the film was made by McLaren? i'm inclined to believe Omaggs2000 when he says he made it himself.
allanpalmer12345 (October 7, 2008 at 12:42 am)
I don't think they had cctv and references to the war against terror in the 60's ... unless Norman McLaren had a time machine?
BlitzShaft (September 28, 2008 at 8:59 pm)
I love the racial reference about Elvis and his Music.
evekarenconner (September 28, 2008 at 2:37 pm)
Finish it, Dude! Finish it! It has the potential to be great in itself, but for christ sake, man, just finish it!!!!