By Jason Apuzzo. We’ve gotten out of the habit here at Libertas of showing you short films, and I wanted to get back to that when we have the opportunity.
This new short film above from a group of Indian animation students has won a variety of awards, and was just uploaded to Vimeo about two weeks ago. Its subject matter is terrorism, and fears associated with the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks. The film is interesting, and unpredictable. Make sure to watch it all the way to the end.
The premise of the film is simple and powerful, as with any good short film. A guy is traveling home on a late night Mumbai train. The passenger car is empty, except for one sleepy passenger. Suddenly, a man who matches a description of a terrorist – carrying a briefcase – boards the train and decides to sit directly in front of our protagonist. Suspense ensues …
The interesting question the short seems to raise is: whose expectations are being played upon here – the passenger’s, or the audience’s? Another way of putting it is: is the title intended ironically, or not?
For more information on the film, visit its Facebook page.
Posted on December 15th, 2010 at 10:56am.
They linked this a couple of weeks ago on Cartoon Brew, and I was very impressed with it. The animation was very good, and the way they built up the tension stopped the ‘twist’ from feeling too predictable. I also liked how they left the ending a little ambiguous.
Glad you liked it, and that’s good that it’s getting widely seen.