Unum

UNUM caught the attention of a short film curation team that I trust, and it did so probably because of how suddenly different it is; it does things that you would generally find in experimental films - technically and narratively (although the latter word is loosely used). I'm not really so deep into shorts that such an experience is like a blast of fresh air on a humid day, but I can see why the film appeals to some.

However it will be 'few' and not many, because the majority of viewers are just viewers, and this film is not for viewers, it is for itself and whatever festivals etc cater to such films. It is very deliberate in what it does, and in all ways it looks for the stylish but the obtuse, the visual but the 'challenging'. The narrative such as it is, manages to be both beyond me (on the overall picture) but yet also overly simplistic (in the 'food chain' element to the ending). The NSFW opening also pushes away by how out of context graphic it is - striking in its imagery perhaps, but it does still open the title with a creampie - dressed up as 'art' of course, but again the only reason I saw for how graphic it was, was that it had impact and shock value to a market that values those things over narrative substance.

It is just about worth a glance if you are a fan of experimental shorts that push to break norms, however if you are looking for anything more than this then you'll find that the film is not only not for you, but that it is makes deliberate efforts to be that way.