Death of a Shadow (Short 2012)

Death of a Shadow (Short 2012). 20m

“Matthias Schoenaerts shines in a nightmarish fantasy short with a distinctive look. Iu0026#39;m not too fond of some of the u0026quot;steampunku0026quot; aesthetics, but as a whole the visuals are both striking and memorable. The story itself touches upon archetypal themes such as love, betrayal, sacrifice and death ; as a result it feels somewhat like an old fairytale or an old fable, transmitted from century to century.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnother, more contemporary theme concerns the porous and shifting borders between watching and condoning, between watching and participating or between watching and provoking. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLast but not least the movie reminds one of the catastrophic suffering involved in World War One. As a child I remember meeting very old people who had seen their share of loss and grief and who spoke of u0026quot;the waru0026quot;, in the singular. For them the first World War still remained the great, the real, the original war, with all subsequent conflicts being but aftershocks or afterimages.”