Fresh Guacamole
| Fresh Guacamole | |
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| Directed by | PES |
| Written by | PES |
| Produced by | PES |
| Distributed by | Showtime ShortsHD[1][2] |
Release date | 2012 |
Running time | 1 minute 40 seconds |
| Country | United States |
Fresh Guacamole is a 2012 American animated short film written and directed by PES (Adam Pesapane). The film was nominated for the Best Animated Short Film award of the 85th Academy Awards,[3] losing to Paperman.[4] At one minute 41 seconds, it is the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar.[5]
Distribution
After being nominated for an Academy Award the film was released along with all the other 15 Oscar-nominated short films in theaters by ShortsHD.[1][2]
Overview
The film uses the technique of pixilation and shows a man's hands (the hands are PES's) making guacamole out of familiar objects, which become different items whenever they are cut, often depending on (unspoken) puns. For example, a baseball is cut in half and then becomes a pile of dice while it is being diced. Each of the objects also resembles an ingredient actually used in an authentic guacamole recipe - a grenade with a billiard ball pit resembles an avocado, a baseball resembles an onion, a pincushion resembles a tomato, a green miniature golf ball resembles a lime, a green Christmas light bulb (which is chopped into Monopoly game pieces/houses) resembles a jalapeño pepper, and king and queen chess pieces resemble salt & pepper shakers. The end result is "fresh guacamole" served with a side of "poker chips".
References
- ^ a b "Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013". The New York Times. 2013.
- ^ a b "Fresh Guacamole". The New York Times. 2013.
- ^ "Oscars.org".
- ^ "Paperman" winning Best Animated Short Film-Oscars on YouTube
- ^ Washington Post, Brad Plumer (February 25, 2013). "The shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar". Retrieved March 30, 2015.