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

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics( 1965)

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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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      Robert Morley

      Narrator (voice)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jan 29 2025
    We don't always get the same narration so I rarely mention it, but here Robert Morley provides a lovely tone to his alliterative narration depicting this most unlikely of love stories. The straight line, dependable and steady, loves the dot. The dot, suitably dotty, fancies the innovative and lively squiggle. This neglect attracts the attention of his fellow lines, but try as they might to make him see sense, he remains wistfully obsessed. Now he just spends him time imagining himself as a much more active and noble creation, but in the end - a line, is a line, is a line... This self deception ...

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    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • mathematics
    • transformation
    • identity crisis
    • surrealism
    • rejection
    • unrequited love
    • geometry
    • personal growth
    • self confidence
    • abstract
    • unconventional
    • romantic rival
    • short film
    • geometric shapes
    • unlikely romance