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50 Years and a Few Puss Kittens Wiser

Music: Twin Tub Twin – King Creosote vs Tunng

Director Anastasia Kirillova / live action & animation / 8:45 mins

Couples who've been together over 50 years tell us how they've made their relationships last.

director's biography

Anastasia is a young filmmaker who has directed a documentary for Swedish television and three short films, which have been shown at various film festivals. Her collaboration with Foreign Office Design started with a mixed-media short co-directed with Matteo Manzini. Foreign Office is a directors' collective specializing in motion graphics and animation.

artist's thoughts

King Creosote's thoughts on the film...

"The lyric to "Twin Tub Twin" is one of the least romantic love stories I am proud to have written. I couldn't have imagined anything other than a cynical video for this track, and I would certainly not have used two of the things I dread most in life - marriage and old age - to help illustrate my point. Having watched "50 years and a few puss kittens wiser" a number of times I now can't imagine a better visual backdrop to the song. The way the big events in the couples lives tie in with the narrative of the lyric is perfect. The Mills and the Scotts made me laugh out loud, the Cobbledicks and the Prices choked me right up. It is possibly the most mundanely romantic wee film I ever saw, and I'm most chuffed to be a part of it. If we can't get a fat lady in the bed, may we all at least meet the one who'd give up a lung."