Do Geese See God? (2004)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

David Slade

Writers:

David Carter (written by)
Greg Hahn (written by)

Genre:

Short | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A modern man is obsessed with finding inner salvation.

Plot Keywords:

Street | DVD | Downtown | Doctor | Endless Loop

Cast

Blair Underwood	...	Man
Matthew Nastuk	...	Animation (voice)
Raymond S. Persi	...	Animation (voice)
Michael Beattie	...	Animation (voice)
Ezra Buzzington	...	Bum
Mageina Tovah	...	Rose Vendor
G.J. Echternkamp	...	Weasel (as Gilbert John)

Runtime:

USA:10 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Box 181

What a fantastic short!

I would not have picked up on Dr. Awkward being a palindrome without the help of other reviewers, so I wanted to add some thoughts to the theme as well. Did anybody notice that the shoulder bag strap that the human/rat wears is labeled with the infinity sign? That's when it occurred to me that the character isn't being referred to box 181, it's a call to return the character to the same struggle, over and over again, for infinity - the infinity sign is in between two parallel lines on the box key.

Same DVD, same run, same message, and this snatch of time starts over again.

What I enjoy about the theme is that the cycle continues only as long as the character lets it continue.

There's some really interesting post-modern theology in this short: humanity's view of God, of time, of the "important" things in life.