{"id":28882,"date":"2016-07-26T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=28882"},"modified":"2016-07-22T11:54:55","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T18:54:55","slug":"video-what-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/07\/26\/video-what-on-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Vancouver: What on Earth!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18200\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/02\/video-van_feature-VAN.gif\" alt=\"Video Vancouver\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/film\/what_on_earth\/embed\/player\/\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"tabs\" class=\"m-tabs\">\n<div id=\"tabSynopsis\" class=\"copy\">\n<p>This vintage (1966)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\" target=\"_blank\">National Film Board of Canada<\/a>\u00a0animated short by\u00a0<a title=\"more films by Les Drew\" href=\"\/explore-all-directors\/les-drew\/\" target=\"_blank\">Les Drew<\/a> &amp; <a title=\"more films by Kaj Pindal\" href=\"\/explore-all-directors\/kaj-pindal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kaj Pindal<\/a>\u00a0proposes what many earthlings have long feared \u2013 that the automobile has inherited the planet. When life on Earth is portrayed as one long, unending conga-line of cars, a crew of extra-terrestrial visitors understandably assume they are the dominant race. While humans, on the other hand, are merely parasites. An Oscar\u00ae nominee, this film serves as an entertaining case study.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This vintage (1966)\u00a0National Film Board of Canada\u00a0animated short by\u00a0Les Drew &amp; Kaj Pindal\u00a0proposes what many earthlings have long feared \u2013 that the automobile has inherited the planet. When life on Earth is portrayed as one long, unending conga-line of cars, a crew of extra-terrestrial visitors understandably assume they are the dominant race. 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