''Fisheye'' ( hr, Riblje oko) is a 1980 animated short film by

Joško Marušić Joško Marušić, born in Split on March 27, 1952, is a Croatian author of animated films, caricaturist, illustrator and university professor. Biography Joško Marušić was born in Split in 1952, where he graduated from the classical high scho ...

for

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. The film is a part of the National Film Collection, preserved by the

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Synopsis and development

''Fisheye'' depicts a natural reverse in which fish-like monsters invade a bleak coastal village, capturing and killing all of the inhabitants (women and children) through clubbing or maiming, after the fishermen leave for their daily catch.Handbook of Soviet and East European Films and Filmmakers
Greenwood Press, 1992, Thomas J. Slater, pp. 210 The visuals are executed with a woodcut-like quality, with a score by Ivica Simović utilizing a

twelve-tone technique The twelve-tone technique—also known as dodecaphony, twelve-tone serialism, and (in British usage) twelve-note composition—is a method of musical composition first devised by Austrian composer Josef Matthias Hauer, who published his "law o ...

consisting of seven

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Reception

Stanislav Matacic, writing for

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, describes it as a horror film using a unique art style and a Hitchcock-like soundtrack, praising it as a timeless piece of art. , writing for

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, described it as an inspiring blend of macabre and mundane. It won the award for ''Best Short Film Director'' at Sitges Film Festival in 1980.

References

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* 1980 animated films 1980 films Croatian animated short films Yugoslav animated short films Zagreb Film films {{Yugoslavia-film-stub