This film was sponsored by The National Film Board of Canada--a government agency that gives grants to film makers.
THE AWFUL FATE OF MELPOMENUS JONES is certainly original. I can't recall ever having seen anything like it. However, this is a sad case of a film being odd but not necessarily great at the same time.
The film is a weird story about a man named Melpomenus Jones who has a quirky personality. He cannot lie and seems unable to say no. So, when he goes to a friend's house, they ask him if he has anywhere else to go (at which point he says "no") and so they ask him to stay. The problem is that because of his weird personality, this means he never can leave and he stays there for many weeks until he goes mad and dies. Wow...what a downer! There's not a lot more to it than this--just a very strange animated short--one that I really don't think you need to rush out to see.
THE AWFUL FATE OF MELPOMENUS JONES is certainly original. I can't recall ever having seen anything like it. However, this is a sad case of a film being odd but not necessarily great at the same time.
The film is a weird story about a man named Melpomenus Jones who has a quirky personality. He cannot lie and seems unable to say no. So, when he goes to a friend's house, they ask him if he has anywhere else to go (at which point he says "no") and so they ask him to stay. The problem is that because of his weird personality, this means he never can leave and he stays there for many weeks until he goes mad and dies. Wow...what a downer! There's not a lot more to it than this--just a very strange animated short--one that I really don't think you need to rush out to see.