Future Block | |
Director: | Kevin McCracken |
Producer: | David Verrall |
Starring: | Maury Chaykin Walter Massey Kathleen Fee Wally Martin |
Animator: | Kevin McCracken |
Music: | Normand Roger |
Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
Runtime: | 10 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | English |
Future Block is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Kevin McCracken and released in 1987.[1] A critique of advancing automation, the film centres on a man who is frustrated by the depersonalized service he is receiving at a bank that has been fully computerized and has no human staff left.[2]
The film's voice cast includes Maury Chaykin, Walter Massey, Kathleen Fee and Wally Martin.
The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988.[3]