Film Club Screening: The Officer And The Thug article
DearCinema Film Club today presents an animated adaptation of Ambrose Bierce's short story An Officer and A Thug, "where everyone learns that all is not the way it seems to be". It's made by Michael Amundsen of New Mexico.
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If you want to read the original short story, here it is:
An Officer and A Thug
By: Ambrose Bierce
A Chief of Police who had seen an Officer beating a Thug was very indignant, and said he must not do so any more on pain of dismissal. "Don't be too hard on me," said the Officer, smiling; "I was beating him with a stuffed club."
"Nevertheless," persisted the Chief of Police, "it was a liberty that must have been very disagreeable, though it may not have hurt. Please do not repeat it."
"But," said the Officer, still smiling, "it was a stuffed Thug."
In attempting to express his gratification, the Chief of Police thrust out his right hand with such violence that his skin was ruptured at the arm-pit and a stream of sawdust poured from the wound. He was a stuffedChief of Police.
Film Credits:
Direction: Michael Amundsen
Story: Adaptation of Ambrose Bierce short short story
Script/Screenplay: Ambrose Bierce/ Michael Amundsen
Cinematography: Michael Amundsen
Editing: Michael Amundsen
Music by Rich Ragsdale
City: Cedar Crest, New Mexico
Country: United States
