In this first animated film in the history of Soviet cinema, the visual language of the early regime is reflected on screen in all its harshness. Directed by Dziga Vertov, this silent film uses the caricature of a fat capitalist devouring massive piles of food to center the political reflexes of the era and communist propaganda with sharp humor. Woven with Christmas-themed satire, this brief and absurd world transports the ideological memory of the era to the present through a paper-cut aesthetic. Every frame that flows across the screen is etched into the mind as one of the earliest examples of political satire set within a mechanical world.