Beautifully shot, wonderful talent. Tugs on the "strings" of my heart.

It's a very, very mad world.

It was either him or the puppet.

Nice work.

Wow, that was really intense...

I may be stupid, but I guess I kind of miss the sentiment.

Is it some sort of anti-war protest? Were I in a situation like that of the second guy, I probably would have done the exact same thing, maybe minus some of the finesse with the puppet. Just enough to get the kid distracted.

Or maybe I'm missing the point entirely. Who knows, these things are often beyond me.

In any case, beyond the purpose, the videography and acting are first class, or above. Beautiful shot, well planned and well executed.

wow...

I will say the cinematography was gorgeous, but the story was lost on me. In the acting and story writing I failed to see in the first place why they were in that building, and then at the end, there seemed no point to the whole situation.

Aside from that, once again, beautiful cinematography :)

elliott cable .....
"I may be stupid, but I guess I kind of miss the sentiment.

Is it some sort of anti-war protest? Were I in a situation like that of the second guy, I probably would have done the exact same thing, maybe minus some of the finesse with the puppet. Just enough to get the kid distracted.

Or maybe I'm missing the point entirely. Who knows, these things are often beyond me.

In any case, beyond the purpose, the videography and acting are first class, or above. Beautiful shot, well planned and well executed. "

....i feel the same way




......i just can't bellive what i just saw here....is this the Michael Moore people?

I THINK WE SHOULD LIVE POLITICS OUT OF THIS WANDERFUL SITE.

Peter

Huh, I don't get the point of it too be honest. What's good: Cinematography. What's bad: The story goes nowhere imo. Bad accent the actor uses. Next time please use an actor that speaks english as a mother tongue. But overall it was good.

Not quite the ending I was expecting.
I loved the cinematography and soundtrack. Those were masterfully executed.
The story was painful, but gripped me none-the-less.
Nicely done.

mil respetos por el cortometraje, gracias por compartirlo,, sigue adelante,, saludos,,

WOW I actually teared up at the end. I never expected the roles to reverse like they did. Very moving and very sad at the same time. Almost a reflection of how the world is that we live in today.

Wonderful work and beautifully shot.

Amazing videography, but I feel that it would've done better without the music. While it was meant to create some sort of personal rising action, I just felt that it was not fitting in terms of the subject matter.

Still... Very good videography and a great short overall!

Excellent work !!

damn! that was hot. great cinematography. i thought the storytelling was effective.

very nice work, videography was well done. story line drew you in and the ending was a surprise.

That dumb bitch owes him a blow job!!

i thought the story was great, it shouldn't be explaining too much about the rest of the situation so you can focus on what's happening here and the relation between the actors. But to be honest I kinda guessed the outcome once he pulled out the puppet and began to play. Love the color work and cinematography!

It caught me off gaurd!, I really enjoyed this...
Thank You for being so talented =P

Wonderful job! Great use of light.

Es triste, intenso y lamentable que existan situaciones como esa en la vida real... la guerra es horrible.
Recomiendo Zeitgeist:
video.google.es/videoplay?docid=8883910961351786332

One of the most beautiful short movies I've seen in the latest years.
Good acting, directing, light. Moving story.
Congratulations. Loved it!!!

Good subject, great sequence and photography, the child, the marionette, the peace keeper. I like it.
Congratulations.

outstanding.

Really good work here.

Excellent short film; including the story, cinematography, music, lighting, set and acting (accents as well). Critiquing a work of art is rarely objective. Perhaps if viewers saw the boy grab the weapon from his dying father and shoot the UN troops as they burst into the room that would satisfy the ‘missing story line’ critics. I for one appreciate not being pummeled with too much information.

awesome

Hardcore

excellent film. acting was good........
but sad ending......he should have shot him in the leg

A very good job. Must have taken a lot of work to put toghther.

very very impressive

Great work. Compliments

great work, great story, great light... the best in Vimeo so far

world :s

wonderful!!!

DEEP!!! and WONDERFUL!!!

absolutely beautiful! Great Work!!! What camera did u use? Wonderful!

Thank you. It was Canon XL H1 camera.

did you record to tape? or an external Hard Drive? thanks

It was recorded directly on a hard drive in ProRes 4:2:2 codec.

thanks!!!

wow!

Compliments

Thank you all for your feedback. You can have a glimpse at the set of the movie here:
facebook.com/photo.php?pid=393200&l=90546&id=659032744

OMG- someone here said leave politics out.. LOL wow this was fantastic. the ending was little expected but TBH I didn't know exactly when it was going to happen. the visuals were stunning. - great from from such a great international crowd.

Politics is in everything. Like it or not.

Am I the only one who sees the European Union in this? That is the insignia on the back of the puppet and on the soilders.
The dance of distraction that allows for the moment of distruction. This is not UN or USA It is EU. It is arrogance that allows some to assume what they see can only apply to themselves or thier base of knowledge. I belive if you watch this closely it is not a political commentary as much as a cautionary tale of what some feel may be to come in regards to the European Union. Remember how the soilder said "we are no danger"

I would say it is a Gut presentation und lost on some veiwers. I would say it needs more context fore und aft.
Let the saga begin.

Gut!!