The Windshield Wiper

This is basically just a thought piece. It's like the creators brain tipped into a screen. On top of that it looks amazing. The shots, wow. Some of them are just perfect.

Literally writing this I'm just realising how much I actually loved it. Some of the scenes keep playing in my head, making me think and I think that is what makes a good film.

Just some moments of love, told through some beautiful animation but makes you feel, why love is important and how complex it is to love aand be loved.

What is love? The central question of the film gets answered in the most unconventional ways possible, stretching our ideas of love beyond what films usually show. Instead of the typical exploration of connection, The Windshield Wiper's idea of love is in its antithesis - the denial or absence of connection. From thwarted internet matches to longings for people long gone, the seemingly unrelated vignettes visually emphasise the concept of love by portraying everything corollary to it. Love is defined as a yearning, an aftertaste, an end, an instability and more. The animation in this short is gorgeous and all the colourful distortions highlight all the heightened emotions of the experience of love.

I have to start by saying that I don't agree with any of the reviews so far. I don't think it's meh nor am I blown away.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, it makes you think about yourself and your own life. After all, what is love to you? I'm sure you could identify some scenes as romantic or caring and others not really. Either way it's impossible to be indifferent to it.

The animation is good but for a short animated movie that relies enterely on visuals to get across their message, it could be better.

Overall, a good animated short that may even win best animated short oscar.

It would be fine for a art gallery, for a exposition about love, but...even if I loved the animation style, this doesn't have a lot to say and it isn't Oscars material.