Using his self-taught artistic style of animation, Alberto Mielgo documents personal memories in an attempt to figure out the societal meaning of love in The Windshield Wiper.
He asked friends and family what ‘love’ means to them, and their vastly different responses prompted him to ponder the question himself.This animated short begins with a philosopher smoking at a table by himself in a bustling café, and asks the question of “What is love?” A series of vignettes, based on personal imagery from Mielgo’s life, follows in an attempt to define ‘love’ in current times.The Windshield Wiper is on the Oscar shortlist for Best Animated Short Film.
It will debut online on January 19th for a limited time on Short of the Week.DEADLINE: How did you come up with the idea for The Windshield Wiper?ALBERTO MIELGO: Well, love kind of changed drastically over the last few generations.
I think that the concept of family and relationships is very different from back in the time I grew up. My parents are much older than me, by a lot, I was born when my father was 50 and my mother was 46.
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