# animate! › Films › How to Get Rid of Information by Damian Gascoigne › synopses

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Discovery terms: 1990s animation, projected animation, live action and animation, information overload, sleep, media saturation, narrative short, filmmaker, illustrator, animation director

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**How to Get Rid of Information** a film by Damian Gascoigne

1998, 7 min 10 sec

### animate! synopsis

The original story: a man in a room besieged by the world. High drama as he fights off rogue and random information swoops. An anti-cable/satellite film, this is a manifesto for simple living.

### one sentence synopsis

A choreographed battle between a man and projected animation, determined to deprive him of a good nights sleep.

### short synopsis

A man is drawn into an escalating battle with streams of projected animation determined to disturb his sleep, and keep him from his dreams of the 19th century ice trade.

“I didn’t need another fifty channels… I needed to find out how to get rid of information” – anon.

**How to Get Rid of Information** film, stills and other materials © Damian Gascoigne 1998