Harold and Cynthia

Duration: 400 ft.

Year Published: 1970

Complete Record: Animated film (drawn and cut-out) that highlights commercials in popular culture. As Harold rides the bus, he is bombarded by several different adds about beauty and health. He gets off the bus and bumps into Cynthia. Harold and Cynthia go their separate ways and find themselves comparing their bodies and states of being with those that they find in commercials. They both see each other at the bus stop the following day and begin to interact a bit as they ride the bus together. They find happiness in a flower-filled field where they frolic and dance to a groovy soundtrack. And in their love, the commercials and perfect images that plague them disappear.