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The Fall is a short film from Jonathan Glazer. Set in an undetermined time, it follows a mob of masked men pursuing one of them (also masked) and enacting some sort of trial on him. The sentence? To be dropped with a noose down an eternally deep well.
At 7 minutes and with pretty much no dialogue, there is not much that can be said about this in terms of story. But that doesn't seem to be Glazer's motive. Instead, he manages to create an eerie atmosphere that's as unsettling as some of the films we know him for.
The grotesque design of the masks, the creepy vibe of the minimalist score, it all comes together to create a nightmarish short. The above quote is not from the short, since it has no dialogue, but it might encapsulate what seems to be the philosophy of the lead character. You gotta rise again; not necessarily for pride, but for survival.
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THE FALL
(2019, Glazer)
A film with the word "Fall" or "Autumn" in the title
(2019, Glazer)
A film with the word "Fall" or "Autumn" in the title
"Our greatest strength lies not in never having fallen, but in rising every time we fall."
The Fall is a short film from Jonathan Glazer. Set in an undetermined time, it follows a mob of masked men pursuing one of them (also masked) and enacting some sort of trial on him. The sentence? To be dropped with a noose down an eternally deep well.
At 7 minutes and with pretty much no dialogue, there is not much that can be said about this in terms of story. But that doesn't seem to be Glazer's motive. Instead, he manages to create an eerie atmosphere that's as unsettling as some of the films we know him for.
The grotesque design of the masks, the creepy vibe of the minimalist score, it all comes together to create a nightmarish short. The above quote is not from the short, since it has no dialogue, but it might encapsulate what seems to be the philosophy of the lead character. You gotta rise again; not necessarily for pride, but for survival.
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