A beautiful, moody, mysterious short! The loss of a friend as a silent, hallucinatory mourning. A constant memory that transforms pain in a state of suspended, dreamlike reality. The bond between the young man and the deceased is never explained, and even the intimate, physical contact with his ghost reads like hugging on the past, the necessity to not let him go. Friends? Boyfriends? The ghost is neither the inseparable best pal, or a sexually charged, romantic lover. Re-watching the short the apparitions of the ghost (and what he does) become clear to explain the unexpected end. Not literal, not sentimental, but highly evocative. The necessity of love, at all costs. The eternal theme of Romeo & Romeo.
Review of Friends Forever
