One thing I've noticed in my marathon viewing of short films is how obscure most of them are . Some have been available on youtube and other similar sites for a while and yet there hasn't been as many as five people coming to IMDb to give a short film as much as a rating . Sad . Very sad , so it's nice to see so many people who have felt the need to vote and comment on Ryan Connolley's short film PROXIMITY and hopefully everyone who enjoyed this can go and search online for a few other undiscovered gems
I did like PROXIMITY but didn't love it It's a hard hitting story replete with violence rarely seen in a short film and this means it's morbid and gritty but somewhat charmless . It also involves a little bit of cheating . The protagonist is far too knowledgeable about his situation which could be interpreted as being ambiguous as to who he is and his origins but it's more likely that Ryan hasn't thought up a backstory for the situation and this harms the narrative . There's also a scene where the man on the run removes the shackle from his colleague and insinuates that he cut off the his foot off but how would this be possible in the time frame . Of course since you don't see this it's again open to interpretation but is it likely he managed to remove the shackle without it exploding ? No in my opinion . It is a relatively exciting high concept short but so many other stories featuring a high concept plot ambiguity and a lack of explanation can spoil things
I did like PROXIMITY but didn't love it It's a hard hitting story replete with violence rarely seen in a short film and this means it's morbid and gritty but somewhat charmless . It also involves a little bit of cheating . The protagonist is far too knowledgeable about his situation which could be interpreted as being ambiguous as to who he is and his origins but it's more likely that Ryan hasn't thought up a backstory for the situation and this harms the narrative . There's also a scene where the man on the run removes the shackle from his colleague and insinuates that he cut off the his foot off but how would this be possible in the time frame . Of course since you don't see this it's again open to interpretation but is it likely he managed to remove the shackle without it exploding ? No in my opinion . It is a relatively exciting high concept short but so many other stories featuring a high concept plot ambiguity and a lack of explanation can spoil things