An Amazon Prime short (28 minutes) which Amazon lists for 2017 and IMdB.com in 2008.
Two hotel employers explore the extensive basement of the hotel. There appears to be something down there.
Set as an interview looking back at past events, this poorly acted minimalist film aims at being more of a creepy horror than a gory one.
I am not a big fan of animation, but this minimalist short (9 min) is quite amusing. It is a bit of an old silent film about an electrician trying to solve a power outage. Subtle humour including jokes that you can only make in an animation.
A short (16 min) documentary about John Shepherd who from an early age was obsessed with the idea of contacting extraterrestrial life. He started to teach himself to build equipment and over the decades a small box became a room full of equipment and eventually even an extra building next to the house of his grandparents who rose him.
Shepherd continued his project for decades, living as a hermit in rural USA. Then he ran out of money and had to abandon his life’s work. This documentary looks back on his active years.
I remember the title, but I do not really remember much of this short film (12 min). I guess it did not make a very big impression.
A disabled boy has to flee when the Nazis march into his village, but he does not get very far.
A magnificent, surreal and musical short film (15 min) of P.T. Anderson up on Netflix. The music was made by Thom Yorke of Radiohead.
It is not like there is a story to this, but “Anima” is a great and weird ‘image- and soundscape’.
What? Did I forget to review a Lynch? Perhaps because it is a short? I have recently been looking for short films for when I have a short time to fill. Short films cannot be (easily) found through the Netflix search (or Amazon Prime), but fortunately there are other ways. I decided to review these short films so that you also have a way to find out which short films are available. Now I notice that I had no review of a Netflix short of none less than David Lynch. I think I (first) saw it shortly after it came out.
Anyway, the monkey of the poster is Jack. He finds himself in jail and is interviewed by David Lynch himself. Lynch projected a human mouth over the monkey’s face so that he can talk back.
A weird and nice Lynch. Not as dark as Lynch can get. Did is more on the humorous side of the good man.
Anderson has a few amusing short films on Netflix, based on stories by Roald Dahl. This time we follow a very amusing Ralph Fiennes who is supposedly a brilliant rat catcher. He is called to catch a particularly clever rat and explains his methods in detail.
The typical surreal humour and weird Anderson stages make this another very amusing 17 minutes film.
Based on a story of Roald Dahl, Anderson presents a Netflix short with quite a cast.
Ralph Fiennes as Roald Dahl tells the story of Harry Pope (Benedict Cumberbatch) who fears of getting snake bitten unless he stays absolutely still. He asks his doctor (Ben Kingsley) to assist.
An amusing 17 minute film by Anderson.
A Netflix short (19 min) horror. A tormented mother leaves her baby in a church. Many years later the church is turned into a soul disco. The female half of a dance couple has some frightening experiences while she is in the church for a dance event.
The story brings no real surprises. “Disco Inferno” is an alright short.
A nice surrealistic comedy short (37 minutes) available on Netflix.
A traveler through India hears of a yogi who levitates while meditating. When trying to learn that for himself, he instead develops the ability to see without eyes. He writes his story in a short book that is found by Henry Sugar who decides to learn the art of seeing through playing cards in order to get rich.
All three men need years to develop their abilities, which is pictured in broad strokes. There is more attention for witty monologues and funny situations and how Sugar tries to help the world without becoming famous.