Kom

This is a very short Norwegian film, which follows all the rules of a short film or story. It's a romantic movie that views love and nostalgia (and even lust) through the years of a married couple in their golden years. With a runtime of only 4 minutes it's a great upper that fills me with happiness. Every time I see it I smile, and I'm sure you will too. Even if you dislike it (which I doubt) you won't loose much of your time. The only downside to this movie is the camera they used to film it, it looks too old, but it's not a big flaw. Buy the DVD, because it also includes some of the best short films I can think of.

This short was in part four of the "Short Cinema Journal"--a film I rented from Netflix but which appears to have originally been a monthly film series for people who like mediocre modern short films AND love to have the DVD chock full of commercials. I have so far tried two of the Journal's DVDs and felt enraged at the horrible way that a viewer needs to navigate the disk in order to see the films. Talk about an over-produced and overly complicated way of doing this! While I have and will continue to see as many shorts as I can, I really doubt if I'll bother with the Journals because of these factors. It's a shame, as KOM is a lovely film and deserves to be seen.

While not my favorite in the set, this short was extremely sweet and tender. At first, as you watch the film, however, it seems very adult and rather sexual as you see a couple groping and pawing at each other. However, the film did not degenerate into a sex film but actually turned into a very sweet bit of nostalgia. Very competently made and very endearing.