tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post8578489895334896516..comments2024-03-09T07:19:46.311-05:00Comments on The Short Films Blog: Silence is GoldenMiddentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13829095129849712488noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-30021922956723686202008-12-14T18:40:00.000-05:002008-12-14T18:40:00.000-05:00This was for me quite a disturbing film of a young...This was for me quite a disturbing film of a young boy attempting to deal with troubles at home by using his own escape through video-game imagination. Entering into the mind of this child was the most fascinating, yet somewhat disturbing part of the film for me.<BR/><BR/>What happened to the neighbor? I`m not sure how I interpret this...........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-61898128764671399732008-12-14T17:53:00.000-05:002008-12-14T17:53:00.000-05:00Delving into the child's mind is, in my opinion, t...Delving into the child's mind is, in my opinion, the most intriguing part of the film, and really gets across his psyche better than almost any other aesthetic decision.Drew Rosensweighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152855437864024643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-57569074912284820692008-12-14T17:18:00.000-05:002008-12-14T17:18:00.000-05:00oh, i forgot to mention the music. I thought it wa...oh, i forgot to mention the music. I thought it was an interesting choice....oftentimes didn't match the scenes it was paired with to create a fantastical feeling, which i know was on purpose. After such a heavy ending, I was surprised when the end credits' music came on....::N::https://www.blogger.com/profile/06027445058786088089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-34390324694816358592008-12-14T17:16:00.000-05:002008-12-14T17:16:00.000-05:00I must say that I didn't like the first half of th...I must say that I didn't like the first half of the film...I think it was a little too much noise and colors and action, but then the end was very interesting....I particularly liked the scene where the mother was standing at the top of the stairs after getting piss thrown on her and she was yelling at the boy. He looked so small at the bottom of the stairs and yet his mother was the childish one, taking everything out on her son. The end when he runs out to find someone boarding up his neighbor's house is also sad along with the boy's conviction that he will "never grow up to be an old crazy geezer like him..."::N::https://www.blogger.com/profile/06027445058786088089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-38839633108279093652008-12-14T16:49:00.000-05:002008-12-14T16:49:00.000-05:00Ingmar Bergman comes to mind when watching this he...Ingmar Bergman comes to mind when watching this heavy and disturbing film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-84425597979582145172008-12-14T12:16:00.000-05:002008-12-14T12:16:00.000-05:00The brown color palette in this is really intensel...The brown color palette in this is really intensely dreary. That and the banging makes for a pretty unpleasant effect overall.Alli Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367208264054150681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-61011552377681173622008-12-13T03:04:00.000-05:002008-12-13T03:04:00.000-05:00In response to Anonymous:Chris Sheperd is all abou...In response to Anonymous:<BR/>Chris Sheperd is all about juxtaposition. Whether it's live action and animation or comedy and social critique, there's a lot of juxtaposition going on here. <BR/>I fact, Chris Sheperd is probably juxtaposing something with something somewhere right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-69753145444379203672008-12-12T15:45:00.000-05:002008-12-12T15:45:00.000-05:00I assumed he did, since if I remember correctly (i...I assumed he did, since if I remember correctly (it's been a while), they carried him out on a covered stretcher, and later they boarded up his house.Cecilia C-Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05558609901449856336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-39611058469779179622008-12-12T11:26:00.000-05:002008-12-12T11:26:00.000-05:00The neighbor dies?! I didn't catch that. I though ...The neighbor dies?! I didn't catch that. I though maybe he was committed or something like that.<BR/>jeez. that's dark.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27389910.post-68230351241222015402008-12-11T21:57:00.000-05:002008-12-11T21:57:00.000-05:00that was a high pace and vaguely disturbing film -...that was a high pace and vaguely disturbing film - definitely see the perspective of the boy trying to escape his own troubles at home by imagining the troubles of his neighbor. it's interesting that this is juxtaposed with such a video-game-like imagination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com