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The Witness

  • Episode aired Mar 15, 2019
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  • 12m
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7.8/10
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Emily O'Brien in Love, Death & Robots (2019)
Cyber ThrillerPsychological DramaPsychological ThrillerSpySuspense MysteryActionAdventureAnimationComedyDrama

After seeing a brutal murder, a woman flees from the killer through the streets of a surreal city.After seeing a brutal murder, a woman flees from the killer through the streets of a surreal city.After seeing a brutal murder, a woman flees from the killer through the streets of a surreal city.

  • Directors
    • Gabriele Pennacchioli
    • Alberto Mielgo
  • Writers
    • Alberto Mielgo
    • Tim Miller
  • Stars
    • Emily O'Brien
    • Ben Sullivan
    • Matthew Yang King
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    25K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Gabriele Pennacchioli
      • Alberto Mielgo
    • Writers
      • Alberto Mielgo
      • Tim Miller
    • Stars
      • Emily O'Brien
      • Ben Sullivan
      • Matthew Yang King
    • 62User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Emily O'Brien
    Emily O'Brien
    • The Woman
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    Ben Sullivan
    • The Man
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    Matthew Yang King
    Matthew Yang King
    • Host
    • (voice)
    • (as Matt Yang King)
    Nolan North
    Nolan North
    • Vladimir
    • (voice)
    Anastasia Foster
    Anastasia Foster
    • Police Officer
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Gabriele Pennacchioli
      • Alberto Mielgo
    • Writers
      • Alberto Mielgo
      • Tim Miller
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    8jtsmith-4

    Fantasy or SciFi - I liked the weird mix

    This is what might happen if Alice fell down the rabbit hole after taking a dose of LSD

    The story is weird and interesting and is, as far as I can tell, a combination of a small amount of real animation or "green screen" work... plus, for the actors involved, the result of running a video of real people through a digital special effects "rotoscope" filter

    So (in my view) the people in this episode are mostly real... including the full nudity... after the original video was processed to simulate animation... do a search for rotoscope movies and/or rotoscoping to see what I mean

    The 2005 movie Sin City and 2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill for are included in a list of rotoscoped movies
    10dante_abad

    NO mocap! NO rotoscopy. Full animation in the best posible way.

    In the words of the director on his Instagram profile page:

    "NO Mocap, NO rotoscope, why would we do that?. Dave Pate , Adrian Millington and their animators team did all KEY animation. Is the style / technique we like and love to preserve. They are the finest animation artist out there. Nothing compares. And yes MAYA."

    This gives an aditional remark on how awesome this little piece of magic turned to be.
    9Mtoomb

    Welcome to the Next Generation of Animation

    This short blew us out of the water! It is twisted, hyper-kinetic, and sexy as hell. Plus I've never seen animation like this before. It almost looks like it is filmed first then layered over with different forms of CGI visuals... ending up with a VERY real looking landscape and characters. Highest recommendations.
    10whatithinkis

    This Animated Photography is AMAZING

    I've never seen anything like it and could watch it FOREVER! This is wonderful. And the story, acting. Everything is amazing.
    10vainqi-567-477266

    Love this one so much

    So after reading ALL the reviews; from what I can tell, all the people, you see in this episode, are not real people overlaid with CGI but totally all some form of CGI? All the actors say voiced by? Like I find it totally unbelievable that the main woman and the rest are not REAL. If this is the case, WOW amazing work. Just totally amazing work.

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      The episode won 3 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Individual in Animation - production design, Outstanding Individual in Animation - character animation and Outstanding Short Form Animated Program.
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      Performed by Tommy Four Seven

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    • Release date
      • March 15, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA(location)
    • Production companies
      • Blur Studio
      • Netflix Studios
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      • 12m
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      • Stereo
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