We Have Decided Not To Die

Dir: Daniel Askill / Australia /2003
A breath-taking burnished triptych, it evokes a surreal ritualistic world, whose characters appear to float free of space and time.

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Category:

Film & Animation

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• We
• Have
• Decided
• Not
• To
• Die
• Daniel
• Askill
• future
• shorts
• film
• cinema
• futureshorts
• future shorts
• short
• film'

[zackywojacky]

None of them die. They've decided against it.

I hate seeing something so beautiful as this video and the comment section be full of idiots that can barely speak english, let alone give a review in any legible tone.

You people disgust me.

[sachiochka]

What part of that was pointless? That was remarkable. Both content and form alike.

[cscdigitalgraphics]

Wow, this is awesome, very powerful statement in affirmation of life itself.

[dothedeed]

Or maybe each of the 3 ppl have decided to commit suicide. However, while thinking up ways to kill themselves, they find solutions to the problem that was leading them resort to suicide & change their minds. The superhuman feats may be a representation of avoiding suicidal thoughts. Or maybe they find the answer in the middle of the suicide attempt and the escape from death is a wish / regret / change of mind. They have decided not to die in the middle of suicide - but is it too late?

[dothedeed]

Each of the 3 ppl seem to have the superhuman ability to levitate which allows them to escape otherwise deadly situations. The woman doesn't drown and the 1st guy avoids the cars. Working in this frame of reasoning, if the 2nd guy jumps through the window, and he has also decided not to die, then he too can levitate. We are left to imagine him flying to safety from a fall that would mean death for a normal person. Maybe the question is how we can do the impossible, succeed when all seems futile

[SaiyashaMisamurai]

It was pleasant to watch, and interesting.

Can anyone honestly say this is any worse than things like "Real House Wives" or "Bridezilla"? At least this makes you think.

[adeliethepenguin]

Perhaps it's art because the point is up to the viewer to decide. Your not forced to think, you want to think

[KellenBryan]

you know i can't grasp the point of this video i know its supposed to be art but still its very random

[Leavesonthevine]

You're a tool if you believe you can pass this as real art. Even the description can't define it properly. This is NOT a triptych and it is NOT burnished. It may be surreal, but the scenes do not depict a ritualistic world in any form. Maybe the symbolism is too "high brow" for my objective mind, but I completely fail to see the motive here. Just more hipster humanist garbage.

[limitdriver321]

I understand this video, I still think it was lame.