Monsieur Tête

Duration: 12

Year Published: 1960

Creator: Films Incorporated

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: The bizarre and surrealistic adventures of Monsieur Tête, presented in cut-out animation, serve as a fable of contemporary life. Exercising at his window, the protagonist collapses and gets up with a vase of flowers on his head. As he ponders noble thoughts, his head becomes Shakespeare, Napoleon, and Charlie Chaplin. In an office where all movements are mechanical, the workers extract a dead mouse and a candle from him. Monsieur Tête attends a reception where the gourmands eat jewelry and gossip incessantly. He is incarcerated, hammers his head and argues with it. At the conclusion, Monsieur Tête wins decorations, loses his features and becomes a faceless figure with a guardian angel.

Complete Record: The bizarre and surrealistic adventures of Monsieur Tête, presented in cut-out animation, serve as a fable of contemporary life. Exercising at his window, the protagonist collapses and gets up with a vase of flowers on his head. As he ponders noble thoughts, his head becomes Shakespeare, Napoleon, and Charlie Chaplin. In an office where all movements are mechanical, the workers extract a dead mouse and a candle from him. Monsieur Tête attends a reception where the gourmands eat jewelry and gossip incessantly. He is incarcerated, hammers his head and argues with it. At the conclusion, Monsieur Tête wins decorations, loses his features and becomes a faceless figure with a guardian angel.