Early on in the film, Servais employs the boundless possibilities of animated film to portray a surreal scene: two cranes squabbling over a wooden container. The container drops and breaks. Its content: a pile of rocket bombs. War is the central theme in many of Servais’ films (Chromophobia, Operation X-70, Tank); here, however, it seems to only casually add to the dystopian world. The future has been devoured by war and industry. Literally devoured: a lonely fisherman catches nothing but fish bones. He looks deeply saddened.
