Plug & Play

PLUG & PLAY from Michael Frei on Vimeo.

In the spirit of Valentines' day, here is Plug & Play, a somewhat dark, slightly comedic and satirical commentary on love. This experimental short by Michael Frei can be described as quirky, eerie, uncomforting (at times), confusing and somehow at the end, relatable and real. What this 6-minute short film explores and brings to the table about human relationships and love are modern and universal. Through these humaniod figures and the trippy journey, viewers go through the modern process of finding love.

The scene where the two humaniods with the most distant voices talk to each other is as realistic an interpretation of modern love as it gets. 

'I love you.'

'I don't think I love you.'

'Are you sure?'

'No.'

'I think you love me.'

'I don't love you enough.'

'I think I don't love you enough either. But I know I love you.'

'I'm not sure, you're too slow for me.'

'You are too busy, but I love you. Do you want to hug me.'

'Yes I do. But it might be wrong.'

'I love you.'

'I don't think you love me.'

'I know I love you.'

'...'

'Are you waiting for me to say something?'

'I can't leave.'

'Maybe I will miss you when I leave you.'

'It hurts. It hurts.'

'I'm leaving.'

From looking at the wrong persons, to rejections, to getting hurt, to changing yourself to fit others, to connecting with the right one, then others joining in the party until it's all a mess and your heart's a broken mess. The divine fingers clicks at the buttons, torn and unable to make any right decisions. And you end up losing yourself chasing after the wrong person and fighting within yourself between 'yeses' and 'nos'. This short is the summary of modern love. 

P.S. They have also made an interactive app which is quite interesting. (I wouldn't say fun, but interesting.) Players get to control and be as loving or cruel or uninterested or confused as you wish to be and see where the journey takes you.