Your favorite short films

**stormcrow** · 09-25-2011 04:36 AM

The title says it all. Post your favorite short/indie/surreal/student/DIY films.

This is a parody of surrealism, it is by no means serious.

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**anderj101** · 09-25-2011 04:45 AM

**Darkmatters** · 09-25-2011 04:48 AM

Excellent thread idea Storm! And some great choices!

**anderj101** · 09-25-2011 05:14 AM

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**Man of Shred** · 09-26-2011 06:50 PM

5SF rocks!!! ^^^^^^ but by far the greatest short film ever is...

**Darkmatters** · 09-30-2011 04:33 AM

**Ilumirath** · 09-30-2011 05:28 AM

**Sydney** · 10-02-2011 10:47 PM

The Katniss Everdeen and Rue short film on YouTube.

**Castles** · 10-02-2011 10:56 PM

This video is called Smile, and it's only 6 minutes long. It was made by a student-director.

**saltyseedog** · 10-02-2011 10:58 PM

I saw a short film once. It was about this boy and a girl in this vast sand dune desert waiting to be incarnated. This one boy has been there forever. And this girl just got there. They had to sort make two people come together I think to be incarnated. I have no idea what it was called.

**stormcrow** · 10-11-2011 08:59 PM

**Ilumirath** · 10-12-2011 05:12 AM

Originally Posted by stormcrow

Thank god I wasn't high when watching this.

**Supernova** · 10-30-2011 06:11 AM

I'm reviving this thread, because it quite needs a mention of Don Hertzfeldt:

**ThePreserver** · 11-21-2011 10:54 PM

I can't find a version online, but Salvador Dali's "Un Chien Andalou". Quite entertaining in its silliness, I was laughing throughout it xD

**anderj101** · 03-11-2012 12:59 AM

*breathes a little life into this thread...

**ThePreserver** · 03-11-2012 02:31 AM

That was pretty neat; was it stop-motion?

(I love the "diced" "vegetables.")

**anderj101** · 03-11-2012 03:02 AM

Originally Posted by ThePreserver

That was pretty neat; was it stop-motion?
(I love the "diced" "vegetables.")

Yes, stop-motion indeed.

**Mzrokks** · 04-15-2012 12:37 PM

My first short film watched, my favourite still.

Very well done.

Weird black humour, which I love.

**ThePreserver** · 04-15-2012 03:58 PM

Found it. Oh Salvador Dali, I love how you satirize artsy films.

**Mzrokks** · 04-15-2012 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by ThePreserver

Found it. Oh Salvador Dali, I love how you satirize artsy films.

I've watched this before, and I love it. Bravo, sir!

**ThePreserver** · 04-17-2012 12:59 AM

Originally Posted by Mzrokks

I've watched this before, and I love it. Bravo, sir!

The sliced eyeball at the beginning always makes me feel the tiniest bit nauseous... but it's still hilarious. "8 years later..."

**Mzrokks** · 04-17-2012 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by ThePreserver

The sliced eyeball at the beginning always makes me feel the tiniest bit nauseous... but it's still hilarious. "8 years later..."

I'd heard about that and was apprehensive. When I saw it, I went 'Is that it?'
And yes, the 8 years later is the funniest part

I love how if you observe yourself you start putting scenes together to make some sort of connection, it's a human instinct, but Bunuel wanted it to be completely unconnected.
For example, the bit when the woman looks out of the window and 'sees a body', she's not reacting to that. Bunuel told her to pretend she saw something surprising, say a marching band, and react to that. So the shot of her looking out and the person lying dead are completely unconnected

**melanieb** · 04-16-2012 06:11 AM

One of the best I have ever seen.

My other favorite was a short titled Without You, by Ryan McCulloch

Unfortunately it isn't available online right now, but it's really great. I cried my eyes out every time I saw it on HBO.

A review:

I saw this on HBO Family a few years ago, and this is the first time I have ever written a review on this site. This film makes me cry every time I see it. If you hear only the music, it is touching. If you see only the images, it is touching. When the music and clay-mation images are combined, it is tragic and beautiful. The viewer is taken on a journey through a dog's memories as he wanders around an empty house. He remembers, through flashback images, the little boy who was his owner. He misses him, and he can't find him. What makes this film so poignant for me is the open ended aspect of it. We, as the viewer, never find out why the boy is no longer there. That outcome is left to our imagination. I was also moved by how well the lonely and empty aspects of the home were conveyed in a miniature set, which seemed to be a doll house. This short film can speak to everyone in some way. I believe we all carry with us pain and regret about the people, pets, or anyone in our lives that we wish we could see...just one more time. The story can touch me in its own right. The feelings it stirs in me then become overwhelming, and the tears flow. If you need a good cry, then watch this film.