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15 Reviews
Unforgettable
Marwan-Bob19 January 2020
A DANCE PREVAILS
caochenxy-8510031 January 2020
When You Can't Remember What You Remember
boblipton3 February 2020
In this animated short, a painter slowly falls prey to dementia, his world dissolving into vague, impressionistic shapes.
Like DCERA, this animated short uses the form and look of its artwork to reinforce the story. In recent years, there have been several animated shorts nominated for Oscars which have concerned themselves with senility, and frankly, I'm getting tired of whatever members of the branch of the Academy responsible for providing the lists of nominees who keeps voting in favor of them. I guess whoever does thinks this is an important issue, and that they're going to keep nominating them until the Academy gives one of them the Oscar.
I agree it is importent, especially since I personally became a senior citizen, but there's more to animation than Alzheimer's, so stop it.
That said, it's very well done, and the artwork does much to tell the story.
Like DCERA, this animated short uses the form and look of its artwork to reinforce the story. In recent years, there have been several animated shorts nominated for Oscars which have concerned themselves with senility, and frankly, I'm getting tired of whatever members of the branch of the Academy responsible for providing the lists of nominees who keeps voting in favor of them. I guess whoever does thinks this is an important issue, and that they're going to keep nominating them until the Academy gives one of them the Oscar.
I agree it is importent, especially since I personally became a senior citizen, but there's more to animation than Alzheimer's, so stop it.
That said, it's very well done, and the artwork does much to tell the story.
Stunning
vanhouse-675508 February 2020
a masterpiece of a short film
Meluie8 February 2020
This is an incredibly moving film that treats the audience with respect, and allows it's animation, voice work and screenplay to carry the story. The film tells a compelling tale that anyone that has dealt with family or friend with a memory disorder can relate too but also gives the just the right amount of time to develop enough character within the film to relate to the cast by the end. I found the use of paint, and lack there of, at the end of the film moving and a wonderful insight to the mind of our protagonist. This film deserves any and all praise it has received. I will be recommending this film for years, and years to come and would love to see more from the writer, Bruno Collet, in the future.
Just as the title
lucastsbrasil9 February 2020
masterpiece
Kirpianuscus14 March 2020
Obvious, a masterpiece. Not only for stop motion animation but for the high care to explore the dementia in gentle and precise and nuanced manner . A film who I saw many times and the mix of thrill, emotion, fascination and gratitude to the director was the same each occasion. Great story, precious craft. A painter and his falling world. And the fundamental changes of near reality. So, no doubt, a pure masterpiece.
Well done, but ...
chong_an9 February 2020
Remarkable Visually and Emotionally
Hitchcoc29 October 2021
This is unlike anything i've seen before. A painter who is a master at the use of oils has lost the ability to distinguish reality from his incredibly complex art form. As he engages with his surroundings, the things he sees begin to float away, fragment, Including his beloved wife.
A Memorable Animated Short
MovieJunkie517 February 2020
First of all, the animations are so gorgeous and different from the typical animated movie. The story is not new but its so simply and beautifully put its actually very good and different from other dementia-based movies or stories. Really felt it and you don't even have to have a family member or friend to understand the pain. Recommend you go see it!
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Educhico26 February 2021
Beyond what I perceive to be the most effective way of transposing the unique aesthetic of Van Gogh's paintings to a three dimensional setting, it's indeed its brilliant use through the stop motion animation to tell such an emotional and touching story that sets this short movie apart everything else.
And it's not only in the fact that the animation itself pays such a peculiar tribute to painting, but how the movie utilises the discipline's particular notions and symbolisms to transpose the story of this man slowly losing his memory.
The way the objects are shown as blurs of paint as they become diluted to him is the most effective manner of showing his unique recessive perspective on things. But it is when his own vision on the people in his life become more and more abstract, general brush strokes without any identity for him or us to distinguish them from each other, that we completely realise the inevitability of his condition as he continuously looses grip of his reality.
He himself keeps losing his own identity, his perception of himself broader and broader, less precise, more primary in form and colour, trying to guard himself in the only activity he can still have without change. And even that... Until, in the end, he watches the last traces, the last brush strokes of his wife, his only constant throughout it all, lingering in his last barely recognisable memories, in a heartbreaking, beautiful and fulfilling ending to a tragic story.
And it's not only in the fact that the animation itself pays such a peculiar tribute to painting, but how the movie utilises the discipline's particular notions and symbolisms to transpose the story of this man slowly losing his memory.
The way the objects are shown as blurs of paint as they become diluted to him is the most effective manner of showing his unique recessive perspective on things. But it is when his own vision on the people in his life become more and more abstract, general brush strokes without any identity for him or us to distinguish them from each other, that we completely realise the inevitability of his condition as he continuously looses grip of his reality.
He himself keeps losing his own identity, his perception of himself broader and broader, less precise, more primary in form and colour, trying to guard himself in the only activity he can still have without change. And even that... Until, in the end, he watches the last traces, the last brush strokes of his wife, his only constant throughout it all, lingering in his last barely recognisable memories, in a heartbreaking, beautiful and fulfilling ending to a tragic story.
What is Memorable?
Spencer_King21 December 2021
Warning: Spoilers
In the film, everything that was memorable for Louis was forgotten, even his wife, who was the most memorable person.
The narration is creative and also the visual effects of the animation are very beautiful. Many films have been made about forgetfulness, but "Memorable" proved that many ideas can still be extracted from the subject of forgetfulness.
The narration is creative and also the visual effects of the animation are very beautiful. Many films have been made about forgetfulness, but "Memorable" proved that many ideas can still be extracted from the subject of forgetfulness.
8.5
klagenfurtobserver23 April 2020
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