# animate! › Films › Scrutiny by Ian Cross

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**Scrutiny** a film by Ian Cross

[Ian Cross](https://crossyfilms.com)

1995, 7 min 49 sec

[watch this film ›](https://animateprojectsarchive.org/films/by_date/1995_98/scrutiny/)

![Scrutiny, still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/scrutiny01.jpg)

### a film by Ian Cross

### animate! synopsis

Strangers on a train, points on a journey through the ‘accepted nature of things‘. Fast talking animation scratches the surface of our familiarity as we question the answers we’ve been offered.

### key credits

**director**
Ian Cross

**music performer**
Simon de Souza

**Scrutiny** film, stills and other materials © Ian Cross 1995