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The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

19657.30h 10m

Overview

Animated work detailing the unrequited love that a line has for a dot, and the heartbreak that results due to the dot's feelings for a lively squiggle.

Directed by Chuck Jones
Written by Norton Juster
Produced by Chuck Jones, Les Goldman
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Top Cast

Robert Morley

Robert Morley

Narrator (voice)

Themes & Keywords

mathematicstransformationidentity crisissurrealismrejectionunrequited lovegeometrypersonal growthself confidenceabstractunconventionalromantic rivalshort filmgeometric shapesunlikely romance

About The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics is a animation, family film released in 1965 exploring themes of mathematics, transformation, identity crisis, surrealism, rejection, unrequited love. Directed by Chuck Jones, it stars Robert Morley. Animated work detailing the unrequited love that a line has for a dot, and the heartbreak that results due to the dot's feelings for a lively squiggle.

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