Oscar Shorts

I've downloaded a few of the short films there were nominated for an Oscar on to my IPOD. So far I've watched Cashback twice, Six Shooter (which actually won the Oscar), and Our Time is Up. All of them are great. I didn't think too much of Six Shooter except that it's an excellent black comedy. Our Time is Up is about a psychiatrist who finds out he is going to die soon and ends up telling his patients what he really thinks. It's very entertaining. I thought Cashback should have won. Great special effects, cinematography, good story line - about an art study who works that late shift at Sainsbury. It's also British, the country I should have been born in. Seeing the Sainsbury and the accent just takes me back to the time I spent studying in London. I would stop by the Sainsbury on my way back to class and pick up some wine or groceries. They would have great deals on rum. Anyway, there is also a period of five minutes in the film where it's just a bunch of naked girls in the supermarket. Think about it. This juxtaposition of beautiful naked women in the 24 hour supermarket, A place to purchase sustenance meshed with the figures of the naked female form, round curved beauty in isles and rows of boxes, priced by onces, cartons, containers and bags....okay, I got off track.

 

A beautifully done 25 minutes of entertainment - hence the comment that I've already seen it twice.