Presto is Pixar's CGI short film which accompanies Wall-E. It tells a simple story of a stage magician, his hat, and his rabbit. Without giving too much away, the story hinges on two things: one, the magician wants the rabbit to perform before he is fed, and the rabbit is disinclined to cooperate; and, two, the hat is genuinely magical in that the interior of the hat is a portal to elsewhere.
With these two bits of the machinery oiled and ready to go, Presto springs into action like - well, like a brilliantly executed magician's trick. It is fast, it is furious, it escalates magnificently, it features wonderful acting by both the magician and the rabbit and a selection of violent cartoon slapstick which vies with the best of Tom and Jerry and the Roadrunner and, above everything else, it is hysterically funny.
This is a terrific little film.
With these two bits of the machinery oiled and ready to go, Presto springs into action like - well, like a brilliantly executed magician's trick. It is fast, it is furious, it escalates magnificently, it features wonderful acting by both the magician and the rabbit and a selection of violent cartoon slapstick which vies with the best of Tom and Jerry and the Roadrunner and, above everything else, it is hysterically funny.
This is a terrific little film.