Aeon Flux
(Pilot: first broadcast 1st September, 1991)
Created by Peter Chung
The 12 minute pilot for Peter Chung's Aeon Flux was first broadcast on MTV for Liquid Television in a series of short 2 minute segments. Chung begins the animation "in media res" (in the middle of the action) and slowly reveals Aeon's motivation as the plot unfolds. Aeon is seen opening fire on an army of masked soldiers from the very first frame of the animation. Her mission is unclear and she shoots her way through the lines of soldiers to get to her destination.
The second 2 minute segment in the series shows the viewer a different point of view. We see through the eyes of one of the dying soldiers. We see the event from a different perspective. His perception of reality becomes distorted as he hallucinates in his final moments and we see the extent of the carnage, questioning the assumed heroism of the previous 2 minute animation.
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