![]() ![]() The plot proceeds with the benefit of voice-over narration by White which allows the film to delve into a bit of flashback history about the treasure and Thomas Beale himself. Characters wear clothes of flat floral or herringbone pattern and Professor White's glasses reproduce numbered code at various points in the short as his thoughts through his eyes lay out a hilarious plan of escape and deception. A beautiful woman looking out the window may be a stereotypical film-noir mystery dame. Main and minor characters alike look real yet slightly eccentric and one train passenger looks downright steam-punk weird. ![]() Bits of fabric like tweed or carpet cut out into shapes of people or objects recall textures of materials once used on clothes or objects and add particular historical flavour. The film has the look of an aged historical document and the animation technique used appears to be rotoscope with cut-outs of material and real human eyes to give the film a fresh, rough-hewn look. That's pretty much all there is to the plot. An ingenious sequence of overhead luggage improbably slamming into one another and then attacking the agents saves White's hide and enables him to flee. Protagonist Professor Whie, a noted cryptographer on the run as a suspected Nazi spy, is on the trail of this chest and boards a train but shadowy figures claiming to be FBI are hunting him and he must evade them. An unusual collage-type animated film that's based on the legend about the three cypher-texts that supposedly reveal the location of a treasure chest of gold and silver worth millions of dollars, "The Thomas Beale Cipher" is quite fiendish to watch and requires repeated viewings to understand and to find 14 supposed clues. ![]()
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