2019 · fantasy · animation · drama
DC Showcase: Death
Directed by Sam Liu19m2019
Vincent, an artist with unresolved inner demons, meets a mysterious girl who helps him come to terms with his creative legacy… and eventual death.
Our read: DC Showcase: Death (2019) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive fantasy · animation · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, steady, gentle fantasy / animation, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
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How DC Showcase feels to watch.
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“You want a gorgeous short animated encounter between a struggling artist and Death of the Endless.”
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