Can you hold your breath ?
I selected a more “uplifting title” as a 3rd entry in the short movies review series at theskykid.com. The name of the film is “2 minutes ” and it relies stringy on its cinematography and excellent musical shore. There is no spoken dialogue – but the director ( Jacob Tschernia) decided to use a lot of close up camera shots and attention focusing techniques .
On first watch the film`s plot seems rather simple – a boy is trying to brake his own record , holding his breath under the water in a white bathtub. But it doesn`t takes long for the viewer to sense that something more is going on…for example although in the film we see another boy ( both boys are played by Mark Emil Schwarz- just like Feddie Highmore did 2 roles in Spiderweek chronicles ) – its existance is rather doubtful – so one may think if that`s two separate characters he is seeing or one is a projection of the other .
At the end of my short review of the short film 2 Minutes I would like to quote its official description on the DFI website:
“The best way to find out who you are is to test your own limits – to do the utmost of your ability.”
Room for troughts – now you have it – and if you see the film don`t forget to leave me comments with your impressions from it.
2 Minutter is distributed by the Danish film institute and you can see its official page on their web site .
