Am I missing something? I feel like I'm missing something.
I don't enjoy holding films in poor regard. Folks behind any production work very hard, and maybe the movie just isn't for me. But I find this altogether mysterious.
I can't say I like the visual style, though I can look past it if the content is worthwhile otherwise. But the best I can say is that the basic concept, of a person in their apartment, holds some promise. In my mind, it all falls apart from there - but what is the "it" that is falling apart? What is 'In the tall grass' trying to convey?
I've watched a fair number of full-length features that toyed with unconventional narratives, and enjoyed them; I've watched a fair number of short films with minimal to no plot, where the content is largely open to interpretation, and at least found them interesting if I didn't quite enjoy them. This, however, is pedestrian. It gives us an 8-minute sequence of images that have no plot, and no meaning I can discern. The video's description waxes poetic about the artistic intent behind the short, but I read it and think to myself, "This paragraph is surely talking about an entirely different film, right?"
The result is what seems like what could have been a proof of concept for a longer, bolder feature, or with these graphics, maybe a survival horror videogame. Some grass, a swing, a box, a creepy kid, changes in surroundings - these are things one can work with. They do not inherently constitute a worthy picture - not if there is no connection, no active events for them to have a part in. If I recounted, in great detail, the entirety of these 8 minutes, I still would not admit to spoilers, because I don't think there's anything to be spoiled.
I trust that the folks behind 'In the tall grass' have grown in their careers and found success elsewhere. I think they're probably all very skilled people with great ideas. But you couldn't tell from this.