To See or Not to See

Synopsis

A humorous animation film about a therapist who invents spectacles to cure a patient’s inferiority complex. It shows the psychology of how defences are built up through stages of human development from infancy, adolescence and young adulthood. This is an education and training resource ideal in classrooms and conferences to lift the spirits. The artwork and animation is from award winning animator Bretislav Pojar.

Language

English

Country

Canada

Year of release

1985

Year of production

1969

Subjects

Social Studies; Psychiatry

Keywords

animation films; perception; humour; psychology

Credits

Animator

Bretislav Pojar

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£14.40

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

16 minutes

Year

2018

Production Company

Name

National Film Board of Canada

Web

http://www.nfb.ca/ External site opens in new window

Notes

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has an international reputation for producing social issue documentaries, auteur animation, alternative drama and innovative digital content, with a unique Canadian perspective. Since the NFB’s founding in 1939, it has created over 13,000 productions and won over 5,000 awards. The website gives details of the complete collection of NFB films. For personal viewing, films are streamed for free at http://www.nfb.ca/ or can be delivered to your i-Phone, iPad, Android or BlackBerry Playbook. Educational institutions can subscribe for online delivery and DVDs for sale are listed in the online store section of the website. Purchasers outside of the USA and Canada will need to check availability and pricing.

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.