INNER WORKINGS

INNER WORKINGS. Leonardo Matsuda (as Leo Matsuda), dir., writer. Raymond S. Persi, credited cast (sic). USA: Walt Disney Animation (prod.) / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (US Release, with MOANA), 2016. Animated short, 6 minutes. Sound but no dialog. 

Develops the theme of head vs. heart, quite literally, since we see the protagonist's "inner workings" of cartoon brain and heart (among other organs). Relevant here for image of the protagonist at the bull-pen in the 1980s offices of the firm "Boring, Boring & Glum," contrasted with the outdoor temptation of the film's location in coastal California. At the office, the protagonist, a Roman Catholic man named Paul, "and dozens of other employees sit at desks and enter data into their computers, moving in monotonous unison. Brain takes notice of the dreary routine of Paul's life and comes to realize that this cycle will eventually lead to his death as a sad, miserable, lonely man." The office closely resembles the classic opening shot from King Vidor's THE CROWD (1928).

RDE, 7Feb17