The Windshield Wiper

This is basically just a thought piece. It's like the creators brain tipped into a screen. On top of that it looks amazing. The shots, wow. Some of them are just perfect.

Literally writing this I'm just realising how much I actually loved it. Some of the scenes keep playing in my head, making me think and I think that is what makes a good film.

It would be fine for a art gallery, for a exposition about love, but...even if I loved the animation style, this doesn't have a lot to say and it isn't Oscars material.

What is love? The central question of the film gets answered in the most unconventional ways possible, stretching our ideas of love beyond what films usually show. Instead of the typical exploration of connection, The Windshield Wiper's idea of love is in its antithesis - the denial or absence of connection. From thwarted internet matches to longings for people long gone, the seemingly unrelated vignettes visually emphasise the concept of love by portraying everything corollary to it. Love is defined as a yearning, an aftertaste, an end, an instability and more. The animation in this short is gorgeous and all the colourful distortions highlight all the heightened emotions of the experience of love.

Loved this movie. Creative and unique storytelling that only a brilliant mind like Alberto can translate through film. Highly recommend to anyone who is searching for the next thing in animation.

After all what is love? The summary of various feelings, the love that does not materialize (supermarket scene), the longing for someone who has left (the beggar scene), unrequited love (the guy with the bouquet), A couple's fight (The couple ) on the beach in Lindo but they don't enjoy it together (the old man whose wife dies), The pain of having his lover in a hospital and reflecting on why they are no longer occupying life (Motorcyclist scene in the hospital). Although complete I think it could have gone further and addressed other forms of love, the issue of love between a couple was a little repetitive.

From that the plot works very well in 1 minutes, it makes the expected really reflect in some aspects of life and what is most important and what is most important and how much we need to take care of the excess of computerization in our lives.

A short for sure for adults, a child or teenager, cannot understand or capture a message it wants to convey.