- Balance (film)
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director =Christoph Lauenstein Wolfgang Lauenstein
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distributor = Material-Verlag
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imdb_id = 0096880"Balance" is a German animated film, released in
1989 . It was directed and produced by twin brothers Wolfgang andChristoph Lauenstein .The film depicts five individuals living on a small platform floating in space. Whenever one of them moves, the others must do so as well to ensure that the platform does not tip over. The group works cooperatively to maintain a "balance" until one individual pulls a box onto the platform. Since all arecurious as to what the box is, the individuals try to check out the box and their actions disrupt the balance of the platform. All but one of the individuals falls off the edges of the platform. In the end, the lone individual must maintain a balance with the box, which is well out of reach.
"Balance" won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short of 1989.
Trivia
*The Academy Award for "Balance" was only the second time that twins shared an Oscar. The first time that had happened was when
Julius J. Epstein andPhilip G. Epstein were among the winners for Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay for "Casablanca".*The film was originally commissioned by the band Alphaville for inclusion in their
1990 video compilation Songlines.*The five "Balance" characters' numbers are 23, 35, 51, 75, and 77. The final remaining character is 23, the only prime number of the group. The end conflict is with number 75, the only member to have non-prime divisible components.
*The climactic "balancing platform" sequence from "" was directly inspired by "Balance", which is mentioned in its credits.
External links
*imdb title|id=0096880|title=Balance
*Watch " [http://www.lauenstein.tv/balance_beyond/index.html Balance] " at Lauenstein & Lauenstein's web site
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