Things That Didn't Happen | Short Film of the Day

Spotlight January 2, 2024

Things That Didn't Happen

By Joshua Kaufman with 7.1

thriller · Short Films · english

A solitary figure takes us into the world of the film, and it is primarily his voice that accompanies the viewer to make sense of all that unfolds. A realm of tight close-ups constitutes this space. It is a fitting visual landscape for the paranoia and the resultant isolation that are presented to the viewer. At its core rests a terrible tragedy, an accident that altered the course of the protagonist’s life in an irrevocable manner.

The narrative does not delve into the hows and whys of this moment for too long, instead, it simply presents it, an experience of a life that is far removed from society. The emotional impact is achieved not only with the sustained pace of the end result but also with the disconcerting silence of a house where the protagonist is the sole inhabitant, pronounced well in the visual grammar.

The film remains consistent in terms of the execution of its intentions, as well as the clarity of its portrayal throughout, notably supported by performance and screenplay.
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