A sci-fi short film. Visually interesting, even amazing, but felt like I was left hanging.
Not sure about this
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I too found it visually amazing to watch, but yes, it does leave you hanging. Maybe that's the point? Still, I did get this from it
That you can't capture and own something elusive and rare. It needs to set free. But the unicorn was in a box, so not sure how that figures in.
I really like this little film. It doesn't leave me hanging...
I think it's about faulty, greedy Man's desire for possession of everything, even purity (which imho is where myths originate and is the purpose they're meant to try to serve). I think the robot's presence symbolizes a force immune from Man's faults, which recognizes what needs to be done which is to return the captured perfection, holiness, which greedy men cannot possess because it's opposed to their nature, to Nature, or to Supernature. (It's not coincidental that this scenario unfolds on the holiday deemed most holy.)
It's clear that the person delivering the gift to the rich old man doesn't know what he has in his possession. We can only assume that he is a mailman. We know it's a Christmas gift, but from whom doesn't matter. It's to whom that does matter, as we understand that even the fruits of a rich man, the fruits of greed, are limited, as his opposite, a poor man (see how the mailman's dressed, his demeanor), ends up owning the gift, if temporarily. Also, we are reminded what the wages of sin is.
Finally, the gift is presented to a boy, whom I think symbolizes the closest thing to innocence, to purity, humans can be. We are left to answer the question for ourselves - is human innocence not corruptible, are we not given the choice?
It's clear that the person delivering the gift to the rich old man doesn't know what he has in his possession. We can only assume that he is a mailman. We know it's a Christmas gift, but from whom doesn't matter. It's to whom that does matter, as we understand that even the fruits of a rich man, the fruits of greed, are limited, as his opposite, a poor man (see how the mailman's dressed, his demeanor), ends up owning the gift, if temporarily. Also, we are reminded what the wages of sin is.
Finally, the gift is presented to a boy, whom I think symbolizes the closest thing to innocence, to purity, humans can be. We are left to answer the question for ourselves - is human innocence not corruptible, are we not given the choice?
I think that's a very reasonable dissection. I'm too literal, too linear, at times.
Are you? I can see how a person could wonder by the film's end.
in the future -'unicorn' is a street name for crystal meth - heisenburg II walt junior - is expanding to russia nothing more.
