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by Blender Dumbass

Aka: J.Y. Amihud. A Jewish by blood, multifaceted artist with experience in film-making, visual effects, programming, game development, music and more. A philosopher at heart. An activist for freedom and privacy. Anti-Paternalist. A user of Libre Software. Speaking at least 3 human languages. The writer and director of the 2023 film "Moria's Race" and the lead developer of it's game sequel "Dani's Race".

Wow, what an acid trip. The film ( if you can call it that ) Hundreds of Beavers by Mike Cheslik starring Ryland Tews and Olivia Graves is one of the coolest drug-less high moments of comedy cinema. It feels just coherent enough to be called a movie, and just crazy enough to be considered a 2 hour long low budget YouTube sketch.

Let me set the stage for you. Black and white ( like not even a single frame of color ). Shot partially on location somewhere in the forest, while the rest ( or more like, the majority ) is shot on a green screen, with the most unrealistic digital effects possible, which border on animation more than VFX. A silent film about a man struggling to survive in the forest. While all the animals in said forest are played by humans in very bad, cheap, mass produced, costumes that they bought from some website somewhere. And yet with all that a film which deserves its critical acclaim and its 97% Rotten Tomatoes score with every frame.

The film opens up with an explosion of insanity. We get such mixture of visual styles. Such intensity in motion. Such exaggeration, that it prepares the audience for the rest of the film. Even though the rest of the film is not as insane as the opening. Right from the start Cheslik mixes a live-action human with a totally animated world. A motif that will not stop till the very end. The movie basically asks "what style do you want?" and it answers "yes".

If you want something insane but good. I highly recommend this modern cinematic art masterpiece.

Happy Hacking!!!

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There are not Huns in Hunderds of Beavers .

No, there is only a single Hun, camouflaging in one of cheap beaver costumes.

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