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CANVAS WHERE: Netflix Appropriate for: All ages
A paintbrush moves over a canvas as a woman leans against a tree. But the painting never gets finished. Darkness descends out of nowhere, a machine beeps a warning tone insistently. When light returns, an old man awakens alone on his bed. In his yard, an easel stands, waiting forlornly. Even though he perks up a bit when his daughter and granddaughter come visiting, loneliness and grief remain the timbre of the wheelchair-bound old man’s life. Till, one day, his granddaughter discovers an unfinished painting in a hidden alcove and his life upends yet again.
Filmmaker Frank E. Abney III, a Pixar animation veteran with Incredibles 2 and Coco to his credit, produced Canvas in late 2020. Now available on Netflix, Canvas is a nine-minute short film that explores themes of tragic loss and loneliness and how life can alter course without warning. Told entirely without words, it is an emotional tale that alternates between nostalgia and reality and speaks for holding on to one’s passions in the face of all odds. After all, what is life without hope and the comfort of warm memories?
Rating: 5