On Borrowed Time vs Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
On Borrowed Time has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.9/10 for Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)). On Borrowed Time is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 45m. On Borrowed Time is the older of the two (1939 against 2010). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
On Borrowed Time
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)| On Borrowed Time | Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 1939 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 39m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Harold S. Bucquet | Jan Švankmajer |
| Main cast | James Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel | Klára Issová, Jana Oľhová, Zuzana Kronerová, Václav Helšus, Daniela Bakerová |
Synopsis
On Borrowed Time
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra…
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
Eugene, an aging man, leads a double life - one real, the other in his dreams. He goes to see a psychoanalyst, who tries to interpret the meaning of his dreams. Eugene finds a way of entering his dream-world at will and finds out about his childhood and what really happened to his parents.
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