The Cat Piano

The animation is simply gorgeous, having an excellent atmosphere and a lovely use of color from beginning to end.

The "film-noir" atmosphere was captured perfectly well here, both visually and in the narration by Nick Cave.

Honestly, it's a sad thing many people seem to believe traditional animation is dead, since stuff like this simply couldn't be replicated using CGI. I mean, while CGI has its own strenghts, and personally I'm not biased towards its use, it definately wouldn't have the same effect shorts like this has.

A wonderfully stylish mystery tale, far more deserving of appreciation. Totally recommended.

8.5/10.