'The Living and the Dying' is a pretty good low-budget movie, but there is a short film on this DVD package that is awesome! It's called 'Jack and Jill' and it's about a college professor in a wheelchair staying in a hotel room. He's recently lost his wife and he spends his days drinking and doing crossword puzzles. One day, there is a knock on the door that separates his room from the next one. A note is slipped under the door from a woman who says she has noticed him around the hotel and wants to get to know him. He is flattered and intrigued, and writes her back. They slide notes under the door throughout the day until she invites him to dinner. He is elated and hurries to get himself dressed. And that is where the movie really begins!
This movie is only five minutes long, but it seems like even less than that, it flies by so fast! There is practically no dialogue except a voice-over of the girl's voice (what a voice!) reading her letters to him, and a little bit of spare music on the soundtrack. Robert Watson as the professor is perfect, depressed, devastated, giddy at the thought of impending romance. The ending is a total stunner, guaranteed to pull the rug out from under you! Wherever you think this movie is going, you're wrong. This movie would have done Hitchcock proud. Get this DVD just for 'Jack and Jill.' A great short film.
This movie is only five minutes long, but it seems like even less than that, it flies by so fast! There is practically no dialogue except a voice-over of the girl's voice (what a voice!) reading her letters to him, and a little bit of spare music on the soundtrack. Robert Watson as the professor is perfect, depressed, devastated, giddy at the thought of impending romance. The ending is a total stunner, guaranteed to pull the rug out from under you! Wherever you think this movie is going, you're wrong. This movie would have done Hitchcock proud. Get this DVD just for 'Jack and Jill.' A great short film.