This Is a Recorded Message
1973, English. Directed by Jean-Thomas Bédard.
This experimental animated short takes a critical look at consumerism in a material world. Thousands of cut-out ads are presented in increasingly fragmented, rapid succession. The film's disorienting and hectic pace seeks to interrogate the extent to which seductive advertising is a shockingly strong force in shaping our desires, needs, and lives in contemporary capitalism.
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- 0h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 1 January 1973
- Original title
- Ceci est un Message Enregistré
- Country
- Canada
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This Is a Recorded Message isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1973. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed This Is a Recorded Message?
This Is a Recorded Message (1973) was directed by Jean-Thomas Bédard.