Flatland is a world that exists on the twodimensional plane, where its inhabitantsliteral geometrical shapeslive in a highlystructured society organized into classes based on. The movie is an animated short based on the classic novel by edwin abbott. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. It would be wonderful if this was produced using 3 dimensional holograms. The film and flatland the film, is a 2007 computer animated film based on the 1884 novella, flatland. The official trailer for the new animated adventure flatland.
See trailers, behindthescenes clips, and artwork from flatland. When a young girl named hex decides to think outside the box in a world where such thought is forbidden, her life becomes in danger and it is up to her. Based on edwin abotts book flatland, this is an animated film about geometric characters living in a twodimensional world. It cleverly portrays the dimensionality of characters in the novel in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd dimensions. The little i have read of the book gives promise of an enjoyable read. Washington square, set in new york during the 1840s, is a novel of manners by henry james. After viewing flatland the movie, you should be able to answer these questions correctly. Flatland summary from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. With martin sheen, kristen bell, michael york, joe estevez. If youve read the book, you might wonder if the movie goes into gender issues and how it presents womens position in the society. Flatland short this movie appeared in the year 1965. It features the adventures of a twodimensional character, arthur square, who lives in the flatland of the title.
The movie is an awardwinning animated film inspired by edwin a. More information can be found here external imdb link direct video links. This brief video by harvards john hubley and his students is based on edwin abotts novel flatland flatland. Flatland has been made based on a book of the same name written by edwin abbott in 1884. For example, arthurs wife is a square just like arthur is.
This movie lets you see some of the cool flatland freestyle action youll see in bmx xxx. The movie, the awardwinning, animated adaptation of edwin a. Hes an office drone who takes orders from supposed superiors, sage like circles who use their many angled. A romance of many dimensions dover thrift editions. Flatland questions and answers discover the community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you might have on flatland. Featuring the voices of martin sheen, kristen bell, tony hale, joe. A romance of many dimensions illustrated by edwin abbott abbott free ebook project gutenberg. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The movie 2007 hex kristen bell imagines higher mathematical.