You know, mankind was beginning to disappoint me. Hundreds of thousands of films have been made and released since around 1900 and there're only, like, eight or nine 10's? The usual suspects (Casablanca, The Godfather, Amadeus, Finding Nemo, Disney's Beauty & the Beast, Jean de Florette/Manon of the Spring, Citizen Kane, etc) are already well ingrained in the movie-going psyche. Why do I rave so much about Curfew? No, it's not perfect. The background music came threateningly close to obscuring the actors' speech, but I think that may have been an artistic device: the little girl had a hard time connecting to her uncle because of the incessant noise around them. In that case, the director's vision fits.
There was not one wasted, superfluous scene in this short. Everything was right on point - the lighting, acting, script, brevity, etc. The unexpected dance scene in the bowling alley was cute as hell. (I hope I didn't ruin that scene for you; I did mark that this review has spoilers).
Without haste I'm now going out to look for other works Christensen has done. This short made my day.
There was not one wasted, superfluous scene in this short. Everything was right on point - the lighting, acting, script, brevity, etc. The unexpected dance scene in the bowling alley was cute as hell. (I hope I didn't ruin that scene for you; I did mark that this review has spoilers).
Without haste I'm now going out to look for other works Christensen has done. This short made my day.