Come on Elieen

I was at a Japanese restaurant last week when this song came up and gosh did it remind me of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and the good times I've had with my bestie. This groovy and dance-worthy song is just the right song for setting my mood for back to school.

Deeper than Yesterday

DEEPER THAN YESTERDAY from Ariel Kleiman on Vimeo.

Many literature throughout history explores the theme of human nature, and the innate savagery of humankind. This short looks into the same. It is scary how being trapped in a confined place can make of us. It is scary how we can become, how we can lose ourselves in circumstances. It is scary how we can become animals and not human anymore. 

I have to admit that this short is not as fearful as, say, Lord of the Flies, with kids brutally murdering kids. But raping a corpse, really? All humanity is gone, and moral doesn't worth anything anymore.

Coming back to the film, it is very nicely done. The dark tones and dimmed lighting of the submarine gives a touch of deterioration, which mirrors the deterioration of the men's hearts. The close up on the men's faces gives a magnified view into their souls, their thirsty and desperate souls which do not care anymore about their humanity nor shame.  

Doses and Mimosas - Cherub

Hmm, there is nothing much I can say to this song, but good memories. And I want to be the people in the video. Rad. 

Time Travel Lover

Time Travel Lover from Elisha Yaffe on Vimeo.

Imagine you can go back in time to warn your past self about what their actions will lead to in the future. Will you do it? I don't know if I will. In Time Travel Lover, Matt and Hannah meet different versions of Matt in the future, warning them, or rather, warning Matt, what happens in the future if the two of them get together that night. This is indeed comedic and sic-fi-ish, and I really enjoyed the chaos between the many future Matts and Matt and Hannah.

In Hannah's out burst/ short soliloquy, 

Why do you want to control everything?

Things happen in life, there's a million ways things can happen.

I'm not your only option; and you're certainly not mine.

she spoke the hearts of many people, of their idea of love. No one seems to be settled down, or want to settle down. It's all about short term satisfaction and getting laid. Yes, it is true that things can happen a million ways and there is no way we can control them. And there are many options that we can choose from. But well, I guess it me being old-fashioned, but I think that love is about being long-term, finding a forever, and settling down. And I think we keep that in mind before we go into relationships because with every person we are with, we should be looking for a forever in them. Or at least for me, I will be.

Whole

Whole from Den Danske Filmskole on Vimeo.

I am not usually the type to watch sci-fi, but this short from The National Film School of Denmark is pretty awesome. Mira's heart was broken, and was dragged out to party by her friend, and ended up falling into a whole, in search of her spirit animal. This short is very artistic with its design, its color, its texture. Everything seemed very sharp-edged and clear-cut in the short, with lots of use of geometry and shapes.

The film is quite interactive, with the older creature (I have no clue what to call him, let's call him 'oldie') talking directly at you, inviting you to go on the journey. And I've always have the liking towards ugly-cute stuff, so I was quite drawn to that creature with the thick and low voice right at the start, even though I couldn't understand him. The short is also inclusive of viewers when Mira was falling into the tunnel. Even though I know the oldie is talking to Mira, I was drawn to focus on the tunnel and the psychedelic and dizzy graphics, and I find myself going inwards and inwards into the center of the shapes as well as myself.

When I first saw the hollow heart of the girl is a great and literal and apparent metaphor for her hollow heart, and I find it quite a cute idea. And the ending wrapped everything up nicely and it turns out to be a nice little story of betrayal and self-discovery.