"Stalk of the Celery Monster" is an animated short film from 1979 that is mostly known today because it is an early career effort by a certain Tim Burton (that even rhymes!) when he was around the age of 20. The version I watched ran for 1.5 minutes roughly and there was a bit of audio missing, probably video too. I am not sure how long the film was originally in terms of running time, but given the fact that it was considered lost for a really long time, it may seem unlikely that we will ever get back the complete original version. It's a bit of a pity, but not a huge loss either as honestly this film does not look like a revelation to me in terms of either animation or story-telling. For a filmmaker around the age of 20 though it may be a solid achievement and a foundation for greater things to come. Worth seeing for Burton completionists only and probably also for those scared of dentists. Everybody else won't see anything interesting in here and should skip it, even at (or because of?) this minimal running time.
