This short has one of the best set-ups I've seen in a long time. If you're a busy type who doesn't have time for full 8 minutes, do yourself a favor and watch the first minute and a half.
If you do have time for the whole thing -- and you will if you watch the beginning -- you'll see a short that pretty deftly travels through space and time. It starts somewhere in the land of the Princess Bride and ends up in the best parts of mumble core. The fantasy intro is immediately engrossing and enchanting; what follows is pitch-perfectly naturalistic. (Well, except for when the woman transmogrifies and flies out the window.)
I actually hope that this will be the first in a "magical realist dinner party" series.
If you do have time for the whole thing -- and you will if you watch the beginning -- you'll see a short that pretty deftly travels through space and time. It starts somewhere in the land of the Princess Bride and ends up in the best parts of mumble core. The fantasy intro is immediately engrossing and enchanting; what follows is pitch-perfectly naturalistic. (Well, except for when the woman transmogrifies and flies out the window.)
I actually hope that this will be the first in a "magical realist dinner party" series.