The Windshield Wiper

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.

It makes you think "while" you're watching it but then you don't walk away with anything to discuss afterwards which is the real measure of success for any film. It's visually interesting for a variety of reasons that have to do with the colors, juxtaposition and editing. Love is ill defined and painful and risky . It's not a life affirming film that inspires you to take a chance on love unless you're wearing an Advanced Bomb Suit (ABS) like Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker".

This is an exciting and colorful chronicle dealing with a deep reflection about the real love . Inside a Cafe Bar a middle-man is thinking about a thorny question : What's the love ? A series of brilliant set pieces and strange situations to answer his question. Along the way , revolving around various loving situations until the unexpected finale.

Magnificent Short developing interesting issues in a limited time , throughout a series of emotive scenes , a love story and including a sad suicide image, as well as strong love scenes . Eventually , all the disjointed scenes leading the brooding man to the desired conclusion, love is a secret society . It displays a nice soundtrack , adding some sensitive songs fitting to the atmosphere , such as : "We might be dead by tomorrow" written , performed by Soko , "When in Gloom" writen, performed by Lera Pentelute and "Pianillo Dos" written, performed by Alberto Mielgo .

This stunning Short was well written , directed and designed by Alberto Mielgo and all painting by Alberto Mielgo himself . This craftsman Alberto Mielgo is a good professional who has worked in various departments as Art Director , Animation Department , writer , producer in films as " Tron : uprising" series , "El Cid The Legend" , "Sinbad legend of the seven seas" , "Dragon Hill" , "The Pirates of Tortuga under Black Flag" , "Witness" and directing shorts as "Ubisoft Tipping Point : Watch Dog Legion" and "Love Death and Robots" . Rating : 7,5/10 . Above average .

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.

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.