The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

1965

AnimationFamily

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.

Rating

7.307
44 votes

Popularity

1.1571

Origin & Countries

US | en | United States of America

Production

MGM Animation/Visual Arts,Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,Chuck Jones Enterprises,Sib-Tower 12 Productions

Runtime

10 min.

Status

Released

Release: 12/15/1965

Credits

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

Chuck JonesDirector

The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

Robert MorleyNarrator (voice)

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

1/29/2025

7 / 10

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 is no good. Maybe he might as well just admit defeat? He will never be squiggle. Maybe he can be an angle, though? A series of the things? Might dot like this new talent? Well he'd best practice til he can make an infinite number of shapes and even curves. This is all empty though - he needs dot to join in. Can he dazzle her? This is cheerily scored with the subject matter providing Chuck Jones with a veritable myriad of shapes, colours and sizes and though it's maybe a bit repetitive it's still quite a good fun watch and personally, had I'd be line or squiggle I'd have told the fickle dot to get lost!

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