Suicide Of A Mannequin Boy - Vancouver Film School (VFS)

[sirjohnproductions]

i am confused... why did be boy became a mannequin? and why did he had to climb into the chess? i dont get it... nice sort movie though.. on some kinda strange way i wipped away a tear...

[DMSgirlJENNIFER]

omg good work !!!!

[AmatureChicanoking]

freaky

[lizplace70790]

this is amazing

[Lucifer9387]

The parents acting wasn't very good, I didn't believe they were actually fighting. Nice story tho.

[dranosis]

I really heard this song somewhere before but I don't know what it is... But i really want it...

[SweetPrinze]

That gave me chills. I adored it.

So deep. It really shows the cruel reality of what some children see growing up and the innocence of dark thoughts come into play.

[TheMusiclover1705]

That was amazing!!! Really sad...

[hilarioph]

Sad ending

[Slyth66]

The acting of the man and woman (especialy the man) was pretty bad. The kid was great though and it was a great story.

[jhniscol]

i have watched this so many times

this is one of the most haunting and well thought out pieces on youtube

[princesskimara]

wonderful... and sad.

[TheCelticWicca]

The little boy is such a great actor!

[winnryautomail]

sad =[

[gothicallysuicidal]

this is sooo good,

by turning into a doll, he does not have to feel his pain anymore, it is like becoming numb.

[princesskimara]

simply awesome.... Lovely soundrack, by the way

[MattAlbie]

Vlad shot this!  THATTA BOY VLAD!

[Eviktion]

director of photography not the photographer alone

[panadazngirl]

OMG SEAN IM SOO PROUD OF UU!!! lol i sound weird lol

[Gr000pi]

I have some problems undestanding it. Could somebody help me? Has the boy just died or does the puppet stand for the woman's thoughts of an imaginary boy which isn't acually there and the dream of it has been killed by the hit? is it possible to think of the boy as the wish of her to have a child with her husband?

[seatin82]

Nahh, I just was mad at everyone in the house so I wanted to get away from it all, so the funky rudolph thing helped me get through it all, and then turn into a doll, amazingly made it look like me right?

[popaddict]

That's a really interesting interpretation! if the story/characters/dialogue were setup slightly differently that concept would actually work very nicely here! would have made it even more interesting.

[cinny108]

w0w..that was rly nice..except 0w cud he eat that antler?? O_o xDD

[seatin82]

I guess it helped me turn into a doll?

[bomby139143]

The setting, the family problems, even the lighting looks like Pan's Labyrinth. This seems like another take of Labyrinth but from a different perspective.

[Jakalite]

I thought the dialogue between the husband and wife was a little awkward. It was more the actors than the script, I'm thinking.. either way it kind of bugged me. Regardless, this is great. Good job. :)

[personguy27]

its because he was too nice of a guy to play someone angry

[3K1]

lol. Yes.Worst dialogue ever.

Would have worked nice with just emotional gestures, muffled voices and banging noises...

[iTsFaTe101]

Seriously, what is the name of the song played at the end?

I know it's Samuel D. Neipp but it's bugging me because it's sounds so familiar.

Could anyone help me, please?

[ionutzlaurentiu]

great!

[madmonkeyd3]

This is amazing! beautiful!

[samerj]

AMAZING VID! but uhhh something wrong with sound... or just me? i think there is too much bass.

[seatin82]

lol

[purplepokadots77]

It was excellent but the ending could be better! It just wasnt as powerful as it could be. I agree with lamateriadeldeseo about the trying to make it more understandable. The little boy was very good, and just was met to play the part.

[lamateriadeldeseo]

The work of the director must be try to make it understandable, because not we all have the same perspective that the producers, i thing,The film is interesting, because the escence is unique, but beech of the predictable thing does not go

[pairmaster5000]

ummm... nice idea but the ending left me wanting more

[jySarang]

Wow. Just wow. It's amazing how so many different meanings can be pulled out of this. Amazing work.

[prarierainz]

I love it. I am not exactly sure what you were meaning to get across, however after watching it i took my own meaning and understanding, one which really hit home for me.

Absolutely beautiful!

[foodeatsppl]

...Wtf happened?

[wolfgar45]

stupid.

[ericdeshaies]

great , nice & nice pics, good one

[revxus]

Very interesting.

[UploadPancakesHere]

I've watched it a couple times and I still don't get it. But something about it makes me like it. I favorited it. Five stars for confusing the heck out of me.

[Gard07Films]

Its sorta on the same theme of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" where every character, no matter their class, is being controlled by someone else and when the opportunity is present they exert control over someone else too. This video also reminds me a short story i read in high school about a boy who has no control of his life, but in the realm of his imagination he exerts control over "paper soldiers" he creates and subsequently destroys.

[Gard07Films]

In my opinion, the video has everything to do with control or the lack thereof. For example, the husband (who probably has no control of his life outside the home) takes control of his wife. The wife who has no control of her life in the home, practices a control over her kid. And the kid is left with nothing "physical" to control so his control is over his reality or imagination (perhaps his toys, but again that would be imagination). Thats what I got out of it. :P

[kaitron21]

Thanks!

:D

[vvblondie666]

AMAZING

[kaitron21]

Oh and also the whole communion thing nurofenforte mentioned makes sense too. Like you eat the body and drink the blood of Christ to become one with Him. So the kid ate a piece of his toy as a way to become one with his toys... I suppose.

Like I said, I'm not sure if I got the meaning right.

But that's what I took from it.

Helpful?

Anyone else want to take a shot at an explanation?

[all in all I still really like this. the acting could be a bit improved, but the script is sound.]

[wastedzombiekiller]

Oddly good yet disturbing...Just a guess, but you are either a child of divorce or watched somebody kiss their sweetie with their fist once to often.

[virturalrift]

Wow. Just wow.

[virturalrift]

Wow. Just wow.

[emobangs67]

i don't get it!

[kaitron21]

What don't you get?

Just curious.

[emobangs67]

howdid the kid kill himself!

[kaitron21]

He killed himself by becoming a doll.

I'm not sure of the deeper meaning behind it....

But essentially he became one of his toys.

My take on it is he came from an abusive, controlling family, and his only escape was his toys.

So he escaped permanently by becoming a toy.

[kaitron21]

He killed himself by becoming a doll.

I'm not sure of the deeper meaning behind it....

But essentially he became one of his toys.

My take on it is he came from an abusive, controlling family, and his only escape was his toys.

So he escaped permanently by becoming a toy.

[rawrimillion]

Imgonna be sick D:

[august128]

the alternate reality aspect very much reminds me of the movie Tideland.

[hydraulikz]

the film style reminds me of Jan Svankmajer.

has anyone watched Neco z Alenky? great movie, check it out.

[kaitron21]

I love Jan Svankmajer!!!!

[hypocritemime]

This connects to my life in such a direct way that the silent tears have yet to cease...

[ericemh]

Jae Soo

Kudos:Well written, well cast, well acted, well directed and well shot One of the best shorts to come out of VFS that I've seen so far!

I look forward to seeing more from you (and maybe working with you if you come to the states)

[alessandrabertrand]

very sad .. very good editing.. vancouver is one of the best school in the world .. i respect a lot ..

[kenneth1608]

weird... i skipped some scenes...but i dunno why the father checked on the boy on the first scene..then it turns out he's just a doll???? please explain....sorry for being stupid or sort!

[johnnyeatsmonkeys1]

The way I see it is it's sort of the same concept as Pan's Labyrinth, the child creates an alternate reality to escape the present. The doll could either mean he ended up killing himself by mistake in the process or as danthemango said, he's just an empty shell of a boy. Hope that helps :D

[animeluvergurl9]

it's a good short, but I don't get why the mother knew it was Andre as the doll, not just a doll...

[darkwaterknightress]

I never had a toy box. My toys were all over the floor. lol

[danthemango]

empty shell of a boy, no longer the same. kind of a confusing ending. Great acting though!

[bonthan]

C'mon guys it is ok but not that good, be realistic, complimenting on their student videos won't get you a scholarship into their school.

[SamCamStudios]

We can wish!!!

[everyoneloveskayla]

amazing. so beautifulll

[araneus1]

That was magnificent! Well done.

I'm amazed that most of your commentors are confused. Too much Hollywood I guess. I love the ending, and I love that you left enough for us to fill in the blanks for ourselves.

Beautiful to look at well acted, the complete package.

Thank you for the experience.

spider.

[raksiyer]

good cinematography, honestly i didnt understand the concept

[ohnoi8aB]

I thought this one was sooo great untill the kid turned into a doll. The lighting and music and the whole way it was put together was veeery inspiring, but i dont really get why the mom knew the doll was Andrei as soon as she saw it, i mean it's not every day that people turn into dolls.

[TaleryFilms]

wow that was weird but good!

[ebonyrenee1983]

i loved it....

[digitaliana]

i dont get it

[Stinky21]

It was faboulous touching the best video that was serious the suicide made a little sense 5 stars it was a absoulute brain thriller so suspenseful but weird

[halofreak0130]

I thought I knew what was going on until the suicide part. Seriously, what the heck happened?

[myrsym]

i really liked it! loved the direction and the colours... the end is a bit ambiguous and confusing but i like it

[RedHandedFilms]

I thought that it was good but I just don't know what the heck happened.

[Souri89]

Wow....what a way to escape.

[mynameisnotmaddie]

I'm kinda confused...

[montreuxJazz]

it's confusing but sort of nice....

[killerspaz69]

kind of hard to follow, wasn't what i wanted it to be, left me feeling like there was something missing to it.

[DarkOceanFilms]

I really like VFS, but I thought that was quite stupid.

[CalvinOnTheTube]

Bizzare and Beautifull

[whattodotoday]

nice work. it's really good and beautiful.

alitte creepy

[Mogget1]

That was amazing!

[Elm6r]

I agree.

[limaq]

i like the mood it creates.

[jameswaheard]

didn't quite get the end, but nice work

[xZELLx]

F-ing A

[xxXManaxMizeryXxx]

Creepy but beautiful. Very original and creative.

[tommie12P]

nice like always! good work!