Tune for Two

Young makers have it drilled in them that shorts are their calling card in the business, the whole gambit in that circuit that starts from film schools and ends in festival screens is to show you're competent enough to take on work, and somehow manage to stand out from the pile.

Here's a perfect example; in little over two minutes, a scene of one man dragging another in the woods to show competence in stitching together a minute of film, it could be taken from any crime TV show, and interrupt the usual crime scene with song, to stand out from all the other things screened that night.

It's fine, and the scene of making films is wide enough to allow for all sorts of fields to exercise it, I hope the filmmaker is where he wanted to be or getting there.

What lingered in mind though as a personal view; if I had to look for what's the matter with the state of filmmaking nowadays, I'd begin in the numbing routines of Hollywood and crime TV, end with the film school and short film circuit and the whole culture they foster.

In my 2 or 3 years as an active member of the IMDb, never have I taken the time to review any title. And I've seen a lot. However, this little fellow, not more than 3 minutes, did it. I just watched it half an hour ago. I'm still chuckling. I'll be chuckling randomly throughout the following week. And I'm pretty sure that if I'm still here 20 years in the future, I'll randomly remember it and chuckle like an idiot on my own.

I don't need to tell you the story or anything. The description sets it up perfectly. If you haven't watched it - although I think that if you're here you've already seen it - go watch it right now. It'll only take 3 minutes after all. I give it 10/10 and I gave Hugo 9/10 just yesterday. It's just... excellent.

10/10