La Mosca starts off with a man furiously typing away on a typewriter. He’s working on his novel, his life’s work. As the night goes by, he reminisces his life, his love, and his pain. Soon, he tires. Just as he is about to drift to sleep, a fly comes into the motel room, and it seems to want nothing more than to keep him awake. Continue Reading
Waterland is a short documentary about a blue planet with plenty of water. There’s land, animals, and a relationship between them. By showing a coexistence between creatures, this film reminds viewers of how beautiful this land of water is, and how precious. Continue Reading
El Reloj (The Watch, in English) is about two teenage boys who are waiting at a bus stop. They talk a bit, and find that they know each other from that one double date with their respective girlfriends. They end up taking the same cab home, and one of them invites the other to his house. The other agrees. Continue Reading
Yo Antes Era Bella (I Used To Be Beautiful, in English) is about an old woman talking about her younger days. She talks especially of how everyone thought of her as beautiful, and how she acted in response: from loves, to (non)friendships, to drama. She looks back, and wonders about what she sees. Continue Reading
Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog, in English) is a curious short film. It has no coherent plot, even though it mentions scenes that happened at around “three in the morning” or “sixteen years ago”. It features surrealist elements, and has plenty of conversation-starting situations: a hand with ants crawling out of it, a moth with the symbol of a dead head, and, of course, a razor slitting a live woman’s eyeball. Continue Reading