What Barry Says (2003)

Most of my posts on this blog are usually about lengthy documentaries. It's therefore refreshing to once in a while blog about short films. I feel narrations with nicely animated text graphics are often especially effective in relaying important information (like We will not be silenced). One of the most popular short animations is "What Barry Says" (narrated by Barry McNamara & directed + animated by Simon Robson from Knife Party) but it has actually been spread far & wide under the name "Cool Anti NWO commercial" (a fact that the director wasn't aware of when I was in e-mail contact with him yesterday). Sadly most of the videos that can be found of this (by now cult classic within anti NWO circles) short film are in too low quality to see the graphics/texts well enough. So below is the obligatory embedded example but I recommend that you instead watch the original hi-res version of "What Barry Says" (note: Quick Time needed)!

As these type of animated short films are easy (& "cool") to share with friends & relatives that you want to wake up, I'll be posting some more of my favorites on this blog in the weeks to come. So come back now & then to get new ideas on how to keep spreading the word! And feel free to comment, dialogue is always more fun than a monologue... :)