There's the stuff about WW1 becoming WW2 but what I really love is the soldier reaching for his gun before going outside. He isn't the same without his weapon, and when the woman tries to give him the scissors, which are a tool as long as there is cloth to cut, they become his new weapon, tearing apart Europe. To a man who only knows hammers, everything is a nail. Great film.
@@roxydark5865 el soldado herido es de la primera Guerra Mundial, la transformación que sufre el chico es la escalada de tensiones que hubo en los siguientes años hasta que finalmente estalló la segunda Guerra Mundial, momento en el cual, en el video, el chico ya se ha convertido en un pájaro negro gigante, osea, el águila representativa de Alemania
In contrast to end of WWI, the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany, leading to its economic crash and radicalization, while this film shows the seamstress caring for and fixing the soldier.
The war broke him, and his wife had the power to fix the damage the war had done, but he didn't have that power. Broken and feeling hopeless his rage and jealousy got the better of him. He ruined her work out of spite and they were both consumed by his loathing.
That's an interesting way to look at it. A human (mind) isn't a machine, you can't just put the gears back in order and then expect it's going to run just fine. Note the black pulsating material the soldier has showing through his wounds in his first appearance. I'm sure it is the source of his latter rage, and she doesn't do anything about it, just sews the surface back together and leaves it like that. But it gets out again, the first time at 1:00.
chewie481 It wasn't her responsibility or within her power to repair his twisted heart. That black material was symbolic of the ugliness the war put into him. He let that ugliness consume him. She repaired his body, but she couldn't repair his heart, that only something he could do.
I know that most every interpretation is going to be different, but I personally think that the wife's husband had died before he came home. The wife, upset beyond reason, ignored it, and continued around as normally as she could, delving deeper and deeper into her imagination, trying to convince herself that he wasn't dead, and that she could fix every problem in her past by forgetting. Eventually, once she thought she had fixed herself, the memory of her husband had been something she had tried to fix again and again, becoming something she didn't recognise. (Hence the ignorance towards his changing appearance) The scissors had helped her at first, but then grew to be something that destroyed all of her progress. The husband had them because she wouldn't let it go, which completely tore the new reality she had made for herself into shreds.
+Nepeta Leijon It seemed to me as if they were trying to suggest that her husband did come home alive, but he was irreversibly changed by war and while you can fix many things after war you can't fix a broken man. (Notice that the moment he is fit and well again he reaches for his gun.) It was a huge problem after the World Wars, the horrors they witnessed, the terrible living conditions, constant stress and fear and the terrible things they were forced to do. Of course it's open to interpretation.
+sausagesausage Yes I think the same than you as far as the interpretation is concerned. The husband came alive but now he delved into the post war period. He has been traumatized by the horror of the war and he can't be happy anymore even if his wife is trying to fix things
I think its a statement about PTSD. She "fixes" him, and is trying to fix the world now that the war is over, but it doesn't matter how many stitches she uses, his mind is still in the war. The war is not over.
That’s no PTSD. He went to war in the first place. No pity for murderers with medals and no limbs. Having the excuse to kill during a war forfeited the right to be pitied.
@@claudiamanta1943how easy for you it sounds however. So we will ignore, that sometimes there’s no other options to protect land, where you live, but violence as a response to violence
Reminds me of Howl's Moving Castle. They don't really have the same idea at all, but they both involve war, a seamstress, and a man turning into a bird demon.
To me, the wife represents the German democratic Weimar Republic at the end of WWI, she eagerly wants to move past the war. The husband reflects Germany. If you also notice the wife attempts to restart the economy through repairing infrastructure (the bridge) and agriculture/ industry (bread mill) During this time, the depression occurred, causing many to rethink the capitalist ideology/ enlightenment. Many began to support government involvement in the economy. Hence the wife's involvement. Furthermore the title is called 3 small stitches. In the short, the wife ties a bow to both the bridge and home, yet doesn't finish her husbands stitch, causing him to unravel. I believe this represents the treaty of Versailles. Although it fixed other countries problems after the war, it imposed a lot of demands upon Germany, failing to tie up that last stitch. These demands caused resentment, and radicals rose to power (bird creature). The husband seems to consent to the creature taking over...
At first, many German citizens supported hitler's reign, as he promised economic revitalization. When the bird finally takes power, it destroys the wife (democracy) and tears apart the Balkans once more.
What i got was that a man was left damaged after coming back from war. His wife was able to fix him on the outside. Eventually the problems caused on society were fixed. Others were covered up and hidden. The man was eventually consumed by his broken inside and started to reveal that not everything ruined by war could be fixed just by covering it up and stitching it together. Well that's what i think.
What I'm seeing here is the scars that a war can leave on an entire society. Land marks, people, the very gears that make the societal system work. It can be repaired sure. But war will always exist, and there will always be something to fix. And there will always be people who had to fight in that war, the mental and physical scars are often time permanent. No mater how hard we try... resentment, hate, they will always exist in someones heart. There will always be someone wanting someone else dead... And so we have war... And so we have scars... And so we have hate... And so we have war...
With sew of life but not his core, Swelling within for ravenous more. His deed were thought, be noble kind, But all he did was rob and blind. To hope, to wish, a hero of all, But now it seems but distant small. If action permits, he did one thing, And that's to cut the worldly string.
I love this little film for various reasons, the moral, the style the music, but I cannot get over how clever it was to have the seamstress sew up the trenches.
Part of the reason some soldiers suffer from PTSD when they get back from war is their realization that they are capable of extreme violence. Once they understand that they are capable of such violence some victims will begin to fear that they as sufferers from PTSD won’t be capable of keeping that violent part of themselves from ever coming out again. War is a horrible thing and it always takes more than it gives. My heart goes out to all of those who suffer because of it. Never be afraid to ask for help, it’s always well within reach
The part with greatest significance for me was when he cut the bridge. It represented unity between families separated during the war, and he once wished to be re-united with his wife. Once he stopped caring anout family, however, is when the last piece of his self was finally cut off by his own accord. He had lost all tying down him to humanity: the personal meaning of "love".
Fenris Nailo IHeArTrOcK20 actually it is amazing the simbology here though. Literally how the ones who stayed behind or watched the war from afar tried to rebuild everything that was lost. Sometimes this film gives me the idea that they tried to do so by pretending no one was hurt, like if nothing had happened. But the ones that lived the war, were very resentful. Let´s not forget Germany lived a period o poverty after WWI... Hitler fought in WWI... WWII began with the attack of the resentful black eagle (A symbol commonly used for the Third Reich) ... You probably know all this stuff already but the way its represented in this movie always leaves me speechless!
Simply amazing, despite the fact that this movie is about one of the darkest times in European History I cannot bring myself to stop watching it. He tried to help in the beginning but that help turned to hindrance and destruction in the end. A very well thought out concept, please bring us more.
She fixes him but at the same time doesn't see the pain or understand the pain he bares. He wants to help but the war has made him too hurt to fit in to normal life. He gained power, at first it was to help her but it consumed him. That bit of animation where he tries to help but can't, her snatching up the scissors, then quickly kissing him on the head and running off ignoring his wounded pride is just so perfect. This short is just
It seems to me that the sewed man could be an allegory for Germany, which, after the First World War, was helped economically by the victorious nations ( after they realised that they just can't get the unbearingly high reparations).However, there ultimately grew the feelings of bitternes and contempt in Germany (because, asside from other reasons, the economic help wasn't ultimately very succesfull, and because of the economic crisis after Black Thursday) and in the end, Germany once again started war. Of course, this doesn't have to be the only or right interpretation, but I'm quite suprised that only few people here thought of that.
+TheStrangerTom i wish i would've read more comments before posting, because i said the same general thing. he's clearly dressed in a wwi era uniform, and he turns into a black bird, the black eagle being the coat of arms of germany.
Heartbreaking how the only times he smiles are when he thinks he'd dying - but at least he's at home in the arms of his wife - and when the scissors become part of his arm but he thinks he can help his wife and not be overcome with that power.
It's true that she tries to make everything better too fast, but what else can she do? she was also hurt by the war, and was ecstatic when it was over. her unbound optimism fixed a lot of things, and it isn't her responsibility, nor is it within her power, to fix a heart twisted by war. It's true that sometimes you need a shoulder to cry on, and sometimes you don't get it because people are busy trying to make the world a better place, so what? you're going to turn into a monster and ruin everyone's hard work at trying to make everything better? that's selfishness incarnate. I think the most relevant message in this video is that sometimes, people either can't be saved, aren't worth saving, or both. If you want to make your life better, you have to get rid of toxic influences, heartless as that may sound. If you don't, they're going to send you back to square 1, or worse. misery loves company, and hates seeing people succeed. NEVER forget about that when you're picking your friends and lovers, and never forget that people change, as well. don't let the good tie you down to the bad.
The wounds of war run deep. Only trying to heal/repair things at the surface doesn't get rid of the root problem. i.e. treating a symptom instead of looking for the cause - great animation!
Well put! In fact, you might say that the seamstress' willingness to fix everybody else's problems symbolizes that, as much as she loves her husband, she's trying to avoid dealing with his battle scars head on. Ironically, sometimes people face the big tasks of the world because they lack the courage to face the little tasks waiting for them at home.
The symbolism I see is that even after the soldier's fixed, he has scars and seems to have trouble moving. And yet his wife is so eager to fix everything that she's dragging him around and seemingly not noticing how tired he seems. He probably wouldn't have become the scissor monster if he hadn't picked up the scissors in the first place. But he was forced to continue on until he unraveled. Historically, the mental health of soldiers has been disregarded. During WW1, PTSD, or "Shell Shock", was dismissed as cowardice or lack of character, and the people who had it were, to say the least, not given the care they needed. But the people of a country are it's most important asset. After a war, you might be able to fix the buildings and fix the economy, but broken people are not so easy to fix, and if you ignore them, everything else will unravel.
Yes! I was waiting for someone to make a historical reference to how ptsd was looked at back then, I think it ties very well into this animation. Bravo!
Going with the husband coming back from the war and suffering severe PTSD, I think the seams could possibly be a sign of sewing him back into society. He came back with inner "demons" (if you will). His inner demons are convulsing through possible use of illegal drugs because he believes that in order for him to regain control or to assimilate back into society, he needs to be able to operate normally through the influence of drugs. But as with all drugs and medication goes, overuse of the substance quite often leads to death. And as the effectiveness wears off, he bumps up the dosage, and his wife is blissfully fixing those around her. Failing to notice how terrible her husband is suffering, the end result of the incredible amount of substances used swallowed him up, erasing his identity and ultimately "swallowing" up his wife too. Maybe I'm thinking too far into this but it's not uncommon for someone suffering from PTSD to turn to illegal substances for relief.
Ananda Kong, I take back my earlier response. Your interpretation is simply that and probably closer to any interpretation I could come up with. My initial response was biased due to my abhorrence to illicit drugs.
These students are just awesome. The story of a returning home soldier whose wife has the gift and tools to repair the world, but nothing can fix what the soldier has experienced from war (the invisible scars). His depression and anger is what consume her and the world around him.
Après la Première Guerre mondiale on a tenté de tout réparer : les corps et les gueules cassés avec de nouvelles techniques de chirurgies, les esprits en essayant de comprendre les SPT, les infrastructures avec l'aide de l'état; on a voulu atténuer l'horreur de la guerre en faisant des soldats des héros, avec des commémorations ... On a changé les frontières et essayé de réparer les relations diplomatiques. En fait on a simplement masqué des blessures qui étaient toujours ouvertes : les terres restaient saccagées par les impacts d'obus, toutes les familles comptaient un disparu, relancer l'économie était difficile ... Surtout pour l’Allemagne qui subissait le traité de Versailles ! On a voulu tout réparer mais les blessures et les rancœurs n'ont fait que grandir : Hitler aurait été traumatisé par la Première Guerre mondiale qui l'avait rendu temporairement aveugle et était persuadé que les Juifs étaient responsables de la défaite allemande. Il a joué sur le traumatisme allemand pour monter au pouvoir et mener sa guerre. Au final tout ce qui avait été réparé s'est brisé à nouveau : les frontières que la petite couturière avait réussi à recoudre se sont déchirés. La Première Guerre mondiale à mené à la Seconde. On ne répare pas facilement les blessures d'une guerre.
I could see this too! Not everyone sees it from the perspective that WWI lead to WWII... The, essentially, cancerous situation in Germany: the miserable feeling of shame and financial subjugation, and the poor shell-shocked soldiers from everywhere... in the motion to push onward and rebuild, certain things were left to brood and grow into a new monstrosity. This is beautiful.
I think of the video like this. The man represents war and the girl represents peace the girl slowly grew but her husbands thirst for war grew faster in the end crushing the voice of his peaceful wife
Yes. War can leave many untold scars. Scars that cannot be healed as easily as sewing two peices of cloth.? If left unattended, it will fester into a fiery anger that consumes all in its way. The scars left by war, must be tended to over a long period of time, lest history be doomed to repeat itself.. -Johnathan Dale
Often I see student works which only serve the purpose of showing off their skills so that they can land a job at pixar....-you guys are the light of creativity and hope in this bleak picture of students and animators-BRAVO! Brilliant work!
_Neeeh- seeing all these interpretations I guess I'll make my own-_ _What I think this is representing is kind of a "don't judge a book by it's cover" kind of thing, but a tad different. You see that the wife is concerned and cares for her husband once he returns from the war, but once she "fixes" him, she seemed to think that he is fine. She doesn't notice him reach for his gun at the beginning, nor does she notice his changes until it is too late. Just because she fixed the external damage, doesn't mean she fixed the internal damage._ _I think it means that if you only fix someone's appearance, it doesn't mean that you have actually made them okay, just made them look okay, and kif you don't try to help immediately, it's already too late._ _-whoa when did i get intelligent where has that been huh-_
Kєndαll Sιℓνєя I think it's more about his exterior shell than 'his appearance'. this is clearly about ptsd and the endless cycle of hatred and war that penetrates deeper than what we see on the surface.
Kєndαll Sιℓνєя Close enough, as this is clearly about post WW1 Germany and what one would assume Europe. Being stitched back together, pulled away from guns and condemned to work on fixing things, the hatred that remained within Germany slowly retakes control and with mere scissors they borrowed, it morphs into the Reichsadler which starts tearing everything once again.
+Kєndαll “тιny ѕnaĸe ғrιend” Sιℓνєя and also about how she focuses so much on helping the world and saving everyone that she fails to recognize what her husband is going through. Like, maybe the husband starts to feel ignored or something and has no one to help him with his problems.
Very insightful comments!! I'm impressed both by this animation and the replies made by the users, it's truly incredible. On a side note, I think the strings inside the soldier broke back during the war.
When you can't fix something, you think of everyone else in the same way, and when someone shows the potential to make everything better, you're unable to accept it and make it chaotic again.
Ok, so on one end, I see a woman who gets so caught up in fixing everyone and everything else that she's blind to the one person that needs her care most. Over time tht neglect builds up, because it is not mentioned. The man continues on, hoping she will notice his pain until the day comes that he can't take it anymore and snaps. On the other hand, I see how war changes us and how, no matter how loving and caring others might be, some things simply can't be fixed. However, it could be something in between or none of the above! That's what I love about art, it is open to interpretation!
I understood that the two of them got back together and continued with their normal lives, helping their people, but the husband, due to the problems he experienced in the war, made him someone who is not capable of seeing happiness.On the verge of hurting people because of their situation and not being conscious in a certain way in their actions because of the war
This is really well done. The symbolism is well thought out, and the style and coloring is fantastic. The ending is perfect. It's very real. Not everything has a happy ending, and it's nice to see that portrayed.
If i may interject an opinion, you may take it or leave it, but i think it's a statement about how our soldiers come back from war. She clearly loves her husband, but he's not the same man he was when he left for the war. She stitched him up, but based on her memory of him, covering up the monster that he may see himself to be for what ever reason. She goes of trying to piece life together, but doesn't see what has happened or is happening to him.
There are many possible interpretations to this story. You might not "get it" any more than another person in this thread who just sees it differently.
Orangoes Quand même. Que certaines personnes ne puissent comprendre pourquoi l'homme ne se remet pas, qui ne peuvent concevoir les effet pervers du conflit ET du déni, ça fait peur. Je dirais même que c'est ce qui montre que cela nous pend au nez.
One way to interpret this film is that the soldier who comes home is the anger and the resentment that war creates, he no longer is who he was when he came back home - wounded. While the wife is busy repairing the damage done, the resentment the soldier feels is transforming him into something monstrous and as a result he undoes the repairs his wife makes. Peace may be desirable but emotions are hard to overcome.
I think it might mean the permanent scars (The stitches) of war (The husband, the looming shadow) left on human history keeps stopping the ability to fix our mistakes (The wife). The husband thought the war was still going, which I think might represent the tensions that continued even after the war was over.
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The war has changed him, affected him badly. Despite her wife was a kind girl she ignored him, and instead of solving the problems with his husband she was busy helping others. And so they broke
The entire short represents the european climate between WWI and WWII. It seems the soldier is the humiliated Germany and turnes into the black eagle who tares the map apart. Ring any bells ? :) A genius short animation. I absolutely love it.
I think the seamstress symbolizes peace. His husband is first glad to help him, but as he discovers the Death Bird inside himself (who symbolizes war), he becomes more and more evil by any cuts. At first, he uses his "wing" for good when he discovers that with the wing he can handle the scissors (what are probably symbolizing problem solution) better, but later he becomes destructive. At the end, when he fully becomes bird, he kills the seamstress, what's a symbol of war destroying peace. Nice!
It's the end of WW1, guys. The map at the beginning shows the German Empire fracturing, and the letter is dated 1918. =D Europe was 'stitched back together' after the war, but the underlying problems weren't addressed, which led to WW2.
it's awesome. it's stuff like that they should show us in history classes. I wonder if it's just coincidence that the movie named 'trois petit points" lasts 3:33 minutes.
Another idea to get out there is that everything was rebuilt too quickly without understanding. The seamstress goes crazy rebuilding everything and everyone is happy to put it behind them.
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Formidable, c'est très touchant et magnifiquement réalisé !
I have a feeling that the sequel showing WWII will show the wife getting angry at her husband and soon became a firebird (Represents Nuclear War) and burns her husband into ash until she regrets killing her husband (Represents Nuclear Testing/Nuclear Stockpile)
In my opinion, the film represents World History after WWI. In the first shot of the woman's home you can see a letter with the date 1918, aka the year the war ended, and her husband is wearing a uniform that resembles the ones worn by soldiers in the Great War. When her husband returns, he's all torn and damaged, symbolizing both the soldiers and Europe after the effects of the war, leaving many torn and broken countries, especially since Austria-Hungary broke apart, Russia became a communist nation and Germany had the pay for the repercussions with the Treaty of Versailles and the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm. The woman on the other hand, represents the 1920s, which can especially be seen in her hat, dress and hairstyle. The 1920s were a time of financial success for the world, allowing for more illustrious spending and giving nations the ability to repair themselves and progress, aka being stitched back together. This can be seen when the woman uses her needle to repair the soldiers who fought, the less war-focused industry, houses and residential areas affected by the war and treaties "bridging:" people of different nations. Quite literally and visibly, the 1920s were sewing back together Europe after it was torn apart. While at first her husband is able to help and look past the deformities, much like the countries and men were able to see the brighter side to life, he soon can't contain and becomes a horrid beast. This probably symbolizes that of Germany, who tried to survive after the war but faced too many problems and suffering. Its also interesting that the man turns into an eagleish creature, resembling that of the symbol of the Nazi Party that was used along with the swatsika. In the end, the monster undoes all of the woman's work and swallows her whole, symbolizing how Nazi Germany would undo all the work the 1920s had sewn back together, ruining them all through WWII and plummeting history into darkness.
I wouldn't take this too literal. The way I see it is that the wife is us, the humanity, and the husband is the grudge in our minds, the venom that compels us to start wars (or fights in general). We can try to do our best to rebuild the world, fix all the cities and clean all the rivers, but unless we fix our mind (the cause) first instead of just patching it, it will always catch up on us and destroy what we've fixed. This can be seen at 0:52 as "the grudge" tries to grab the weapon again without "the humanity" giving it much thought - and ending up dragging it along instead.
There's the stuff about WW1 becoming WW2 but what I really love is the soldier reaching for his gun before going outside. He isn't the same without his weapon, and when the woman tries to give him the scissors, which are a tool as long as there is cloth to cut, they become his new weapon, tearing apart Europe. To a man who only knows hammers, everything is a nail. Great film.
Oh, God. It's World War I leading into World War II- the creature the guy turns into is supposed to be a black Eagle- the symbol of Germany.
This needs more likes.
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@@roxydark5865 el soldado herido es de la primera Guerra Mundial, la transformación que sufre el chico es la escalada de tensiones que hubo en los siguientes años hasta que finalmente estalló la segunda Guerra Mundial, momento en el cual, en el video, el chico ya se ha convertido en un pájaro negro gigante, osea, el águila representativa de Alemania
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In contrast to end of WWI, the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany, leading to its economic crash and radicalization, while this film shows the seamstress caring for and fixing the soldier.
The war broke him, and his wife had the power to fix the damage the war had done, but he didn't have that power. Broken and feeling hopeless his rage and jealousy got the better of him. He ruined her work out of spite and they were both consumed by his loathing.
That's an interesting way to look at it. A human (mind) isn't a machine, you can't just put the gears back in order and then expect it's going to run just fine.
Note the black pulsating material the soldier has showing through his wounds in his first appearance. I'm sure it is the source of his latter rage, and she doesn't do anything about it, just sews the surface back together and leaves it like that. But it gets out again, the first time at 1:00.
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It wasn't her responsibility or within her power to repair his twisted heart. That black material was symbolic of the ugliness the war put into him. He let that ugliness consume him. She repaired his body, but she couldn't repair his heart, that only something he could do.
KellySmith555 Man, I love stuff like this. The best part is that no one is actually wrong in their interpretations.
PTSD - a big, growing black fog
Like two side of me.
I know that most every interpretation is going to be different, but I personally think that the wife's husband had died before he came home. The wife, upset beyond reason, ignored it, and continued around as normally as she could, delving deeper and deeper into her imagination, trying to convince herself that he wasn't dead, and that she could fix every problem in her past by forgetting. Eventually, once she thought she had fixed herself, the memory of her husband had been something she had tried to fix again and again, becoming something she didn't recognise. (Hence the ignorance towards his changing appearance) The scissors had helped her at first, but then grew to be something that destroyed all of her progress. The husband had them because she wouldn't let it go, which completely tore the new reality she had made for herself into shreds.
but of course i'm not coming from the husband's point of view, so I may be a little off
+Nepeta Leijon It seemed to me as if they were trying to suggest that her husband did come home alive, but he was irreversibly changed by war and while you can fix many things after war you can't fix a broken man. (Notice that the moment he is fit and well again he reaches for his gun.)
It was a huge problem after the World Wars, the horrors they witnessed, the terrible living conditions, constant stress and fear and the terrible things they were forced to do.
Of course it's open to interpretation.
Beautifully said
+sausagesausage Yes I think the same than you as far as the interpretation is concerned. The husband came alive but now he delved into the post war period. He has been traumatized by the horror of the war and he can't be happy anymore even if his wife is trying to fix things
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I think its a statement about PTSD. She "fixes" him, and is trying to fix the world now that the war is over, but it doesn't matter how many stitches she uses, his mind is still in the war. The war is not over.
That’s no PTSD. He went to war in the first place. No pity for murderers with medals and no limbs. Having the excuse to kill during a war forfeited the right to be pitied.
@@claudiamanta1943how easy for you it sounds however. So we will ignore, that sometimes there’s no other options to protect land, where you live, but violence as a response to violence
It wasn't his fault he had to go to war. it's the fault of the so called leaders of nations making people kill eachother @claudiamanta1943
Reminds me of Howl's Moving Castle. They don't really have the same idea at all, but they both involve war, a seamstress, and a man turning into a bird demon.
+Rachelle H. I thought I was the only one who thought that too.
Lucky me I wasn't alone lol
Guìlty Kìng glad to know I wasn't the only one too :3
Good point John Galt ...
I'm surprised I didn't catch that error I have watched Howl's Moving Castle one too many times XD
tru dat bruh John Galt :)
you can never watch it too many times
it's timeless
+Rachelle H. Same here xD He reminded me of him.
The lesson I learned from this: You can't fix everything. Even if you had that power, you wouldn't be able to save everyone...
From a strictly plot-driven point, this animation really tugs at my heart. Just the thought of that one person you love the most slowly unraveling...
I believe it is a story of Germany. It is just what the Left is doing to America today.
@@davidbrogan606 wait what
@@davidbrogan606it’s her fixing the world around them after a war, but you can’t fix what the soldiers went through
To me, the wife represents the German democratic Weimar Republic at the end of WWI, she eagerly wants to move past the war. The husband reflects Germany. If you also notice the wife attempts to restart the economy through repairing infrastructure (the bridge) and agriculture/ industry (bread mill) During this time, the depression occurred, causing many to rethink the capitalist ideology/ enlightenment. Many began to support government involvement in the economy. Hence the wife's involvement. Furthermore the title is called 3 small stitches. In the short, the wife ties a bow to both the bridge and home, yet doesn't finish her husbands stitch, causing him to unravel. I believe this represents the treaty of Versailles. Although it fixed other countries problems after the war, it imposed a lot of demands upon Germany, failing to tie up that last stitch. These demands caused resentment, and radicals rose to power (bird creature). The husband seems to consent to the creature taking over...
At first, many German citizens supported hitler's reign, as he promised economic revitalization. When the bird finally takes power, it destroys the wife (democracy) and tears apart the Balkans once more.
This is a great insight on the animation! I love it!
Shuftii Thanks! I got really into my World History class, and I love animation haha.
yours is by FAR the best interpretation. thank you.
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What i got was that a man was left damaged after coming back from war. His wife was able to fix him on the outside. Eventually the problems caused on society were fixed. Others were covered up and hidden. The man was eventually consumed by his broken inside and started to reveal that not everything ruined by war could be fixed just by covering it up and stitching it together. Well that's what i think.
@Xiolee Well it was more than just PTSD hun.
That's along the lines of whst i thought too
What I'm seeing here is the scars that a war can leave on an entire society. Land marks, people, the very gears that make the societal system work. It can be repaired sure. But war will always exist, and there will always be something to fix. And there will always be people who had to fight in that war, the mental and physical scars are often time permanent. No mater how hard we try... resentment, hate, they will always exist in someones heart. There will always be someone wanting someone else dead... And so we have war... And so we have scars... And so we have hate... And so we have war...
With sew of life but not his core,
Swelling within for ravenous more.
His deed were thought, be noble kind,
But all he did was rob and blind.
To hope, to wish, a hero of all,
But now it seems but distant small.
If action permits, he did one thing,
And that's to cut the worldly string.
You should really be a poet. 😂 no seriously! That's beautiful!
*****
Indeed
wow, that was beautiful
damn your good
Brandon Pierre
*bow*
I love this little film for various reasons, the moral, the style the music, but I cannot get over how clever it was to have the seamstress sew up the trenches.
I was obsessed with this animated short I found 11 yrs ago and FINALLY I found it again! I am so happy, this is a gem
Part of the reason some soldiers suffer from PTSD when they get back from war is their realization that they are capable of extreme violence. Once they understand that they are capable of such violence some victims will begin to fear that they as sufferers from PTSD won’t be capable of keeping that violent part of themselves from ever coming out again. War is a horrible thing and it always takes more than it gives. My heart goes out to all of those who suffer because of it. Never be afraid to ask for help, it’s always well within reach
Well said.
The part with greatest significance for me was when he cut the bridge. It represented unity between families separated during the war, and he once wished to be re-united with his wife. Once he stopped caring anout family, however, is when the last piece of his self was finally cut off by his own accord. He had lost all tying down him to humanity: the personal meaning of "love".
HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE A MILLION VIEWS 14 YEARS LATER?!?!
I know right! This is a masterpiece!!!
You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
La transformation du garçon fait penser à celle de Hauru dans le Château ambulant d'Hayao Miyazaki. Sinon beau court métrage, bravo
C'est exactement à quelle je pensais!
Fenris Nailo IHeArTrOcK20 actually it is amazing the simbology here though. Literally how the ones who stayed behind or watched the war from afar tried to rebuild everything that was lost. Sometimes this film gives me the idea that they tried to do so by pretending no one was hurt, like if nothing had happened.
But the ones that lived the war, were very resentful. Let´s not forget Germany lived a period o poverty after WWI... Hitler fought in WWI... WWII began with the attack of the resentful black eagle (A symbol commonly used for the Third Reich)
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You probably know all this stuff already but the way its represented in this movie always leaves me speechless!
I like the fact that her cap looks like a soldier's helmet. She's literally mending the fabric of the world.
Brilliant as always, Gobelins!
I believe her cap is actually a 1920s flapper hat. It’s a style that women commonly wore throughout that time period.
@@elizabethbilyeu3031 oh, wow.
I didn't know that. Thanks.
Watching this reminds me of Howl's Moving Castle.
same
6 years later ;)
Same
Same
Simply amazing, despite the fact that this movie is about one of the darkest times in European History I cannot bring myself to stop watching it. He tried to help in the beginning but that help turned to hindrance and destruction in the end. A very well thought out concept, please bring us more.
She fixes him but at the same time doesn't see the pain or understand the pain he bares. He wants to help but the war has made him too hurt to fit in to normal life. He gained power, at first it was to help her but it consumed him. That bit of animation where he tries to help but can't, her snatching up the scissors, then quickly kissing him on the head and running off ignoring his wounded pride is just so perfect. This short is just
It seems to me that the sewed man could be an allegory for Germany, which, after the First World War, was helped economically by the victorious nations ( after they realised that they just can't get the unbearingly high reparations).However, there ultimately grew the feelings of bitternes and contempt in Germany (because, asside from other reasons, the economic help wasn't ultimately very succesfull, and because of the economic crisis after Black Thursday) and in the end, Germany once again started war.
Of course, this doesn't have to be the only or right interpretation, but I'm quite suprised that only few people here thought of that.
TheStrangerTom I agree, I was thinking that
+TheStrangerTom i wish i would've read more comments before posting, because i said the same general thing. he's clearly dressed in a wwi era uniform, and he turns into a black bird, the black eagle being the coat of arms of germany.
Heartbreaking how the only times he smiles are when he thinks he'd dying - but at least he's at home in the arms of his wife - and when the scissors become part of his arm but he thinks he can help his wife and not be overcome with that power.
Yes! I was waiting for someone to finally say this! Yes! (Sorry, I though everyone in this comment section was dead)
It's true that she tries to make everything better too fast, but what else can she do? she was also hurt by the war, and was ecstatic when it was over. her unbound optimism fixed a lot of things, and it isn't her responsibility, nor is it within her power, to fix a heart twisted by war.
It's true that sometimes you need a shoulder to cry on, and sometimes you don't get it because people are busy trying to make the world a better place, so what? you're going to turn into a monster and ruin everyone's hard work at trying to make everything better? that's selfishness incarnate.
I think the most relevant message in this video is that sometimes, people either can't be saved, aren't worth saving, or both. If you want to make your life better, you have to get rid of toxic influences, heartless as that may sound. If you don't, they're going to send you back to square 1, or worse.
misery loves company, and hates seeing people succeed.
NEVER forget about that when you're picking your friends and lovers, and never forget that people change, as well.
don't let the good tie you down to the bad.
I disagree with all of this
The wounds of war run deep. Only trying to heal/repair things at the surface doesn't get rid of the root problem. i.e. treating a symptom instead of looking for the cause - great animation!
Well put! In fact, you might say that the seamstress' willingness to fix everybody else's problems symbolizes that, as much as she loves her husband, she's trying to avoid dealing with his battle scars head on. Ironically, sometimes people face the big tasks of the world because they lack the courage to face the little tasks waiting for them at home.
The symbolism I see is that even after the soldier's fixed, he has scars and seems to have trouble moving. And yet his wife is so eager to fix everything that she's dragging him around and seemingly not noticing how tired he seems. He probably wouldn't have become the scissor monster if he hadn't picked up the scissors in the first place. But he was forced to continue on until he unraveled. Historically, the mental health of soldiers has been disregarded. During WW1, PTSD, or "Shell Shock", was dismissed as cowardice or lack of character, and the people who had it were, to say the least, not given the care they needed. But the people of a country are it's most important asset. After a war, you might be able to fix the buildings and fix the economy, but broken people are not so easy to fix, and if you ignore them, everything else will unravel.
Yes! I was waiting for someone to make a historical reference to how ptsd was looked at back then, I think it ties very well into this animation. Bravo!
Going with the husband coming back from the war and suffering severe PTSD, I think the seams could possibly be a sign of sewing him back into society. He came back with inner "demons" (if you will). His inner demons are convulsing through possible use of illegal drugs because he believes that in order for him to regain control or to assimilate back into society, he needs to be able to operate normally through the influence of drugs. But as with all drugs and medication goes, overuse of the substance quite often leads to death. And as the effectiveness wears off, he bumps up the dosage, and his wife is blissfully fixing those around her. Failing to notice how terrible her husband is suffering, the end result of the incredible amount of substances used swallowed him up, erasing his identity and ultimately "swallowing" up his wife too. Maybe I'm thinking too far into this but it's not uncommon for someone suffering from PTSD to turn to illegal substances for relief.
+Ananda Kong Great ! It make sense ! Might be possible
this made total sense wow 0-0
Ananda Kong, I take back my earlier response. Your interpretation is simply that and probably closer to any interpretation I could come up with. My initial response was biased due to my abhorrence to illicit drugs.
These students are just awesome. The story of a returning home soldier whose wife has the gift and tools to repair the world, but nothing can fix what the soldier has experienced from war (the invisible scars). His depression and anger is what consume her and the world around him.
Quel talent ! Et ça n’a pas pris une ride. Vraiment bravo !
Après la Première Guerre mondiale on a tenté de tout réparer : les corps et les gueules cassés avec de nouvelles techniques de chirurgies, les esprits en essayant de comprendre les SPT, les infrastructures avec l'aide de l'état; on a voulu atténuer l'horreur de la guerre en faisant des soldats des héros, avec des commémorations ... On a changé les frontières et essayé de réparer les relations diplomatiques. En fait on a simplement masqué des blessures qui étaient toujours ouvertes : les terres restaient saccagées par les impacts d'obus, toutes les familles comptaient un disparu, relancer l'économie était difficile ... Surtout pour l’Allemagne qui subissait le traité de Versailles ! On a voulu tout réparer mais les blessures et les rancœurs n'ont fait que grandir : Hitler aurait été traumatisé par la Première Guerre mondiale qui l'avait rendu temporairement aveugle et était persuadé que les Juifs étaient responsables de la défaite allemande. Il a joué sur le traumatisme allemand pour monter au pouvoir et mener sa guerre.
Au final tout ce qui avait été réparé s'est brisé à nouveau : les frontières que la petite couturière avait réussi à recoudre se sont déchirés. La Première Guerre mondiale à mené à la Seconde.
On ne répare pas facilement les blessures d'une guerre.
Ce n'est que mon interprétation mais la vidéo m'a vraiment fait penser à ça !
Bidul Truc bien dit :) merci !
Je ne savais pas trop comment interpréter cette animation. Je pense que vous avez très bien cerné le coeur de message, merci pour cette analyse :)
"After the war, who will you be fighting for, after the war is over?"
It makes perfect sense. The past destroys the future all the time. People have a hard time forgiving past atrocities.
wow, looks amazing. Best 2d animiation I've seen in ages. I love the way the figures seem to bend into the background so well
I could see this too! Not everyone sees it from the perspective that WWI lead to WWII...
The, essentially, cancerous situation in Germany: the miserable feeling of shame and financial subjugation, and the poor shell-shocked soldiers from everywhere... in the motion to push onward and rebuild, certain things were left to brood and grow into a new monstrosity.
This is beautiful.
I think of the video like this.
The man represents war and the girl represents peace the girl slowly grew but her husbands thirst for war grew faster in the end crushing the voice of his peaceful wife
Yes. War can leave many untold scars. Scars that cannot be healed as easily as sewing two peices of cloth.?
If left unattended, it will fester into a fiery anger that consumes all in its way.
The scars left by war, must be tended to over a long period of time, lest history be doomed to repeat itself..
-Johnathan Dale
Often I see student works which only serve the purpose of showing off their skills so that they can land a job at pixar....-you guys are the light of creativity and hope in this bleak picture of students and animators-BRAVO! Brilliant work!
That melody at very end explains everything. Terrific!
it actually brought a tear to my eye thinking that that must be exactly what the returning soldiers of WWI felt like
All these animations are so poetic and metaphorical, i love it
_Neeeh- seeing all these interpretations I guess I'll make my own-_
_What I think this is representing is kind of a "don't judge a book by it's cover" kind of thing, but a tad different. You see that the wife is concerned and cares for her husband once he returns from the war, but once she "fixes" him, she seemed to think that he is fine. She doesn't notice him reach for his gun at the beginning, nor does she notice his changes until it is too late. Just because she fixed the external damage, doesn't mean she fixed the internal damage._
_I think it means that if you only fix someone's appearance, it doesn't mean that you have actually made them okay, just made them look okay, and kif you don't try to help immediately, it's already too late._
_-whoa when did i get intelligent where has that been huh-_
Kєndαll Sιℓνєя I think it's more about his exterior shell than 'his appearance'. this is clearly about ptsd and the endless cycle of hatred and war that penetrates deeper than what we see on the surface.
Kєndαll Sιℓνєя Close enough, as this is clearly about post WW1 Germany and what one would assume Europe. Being stitched back together, pulled away from guns and condemned to work on fixing things, the hatred that remained within Germany slowly retakes control and with mere scissors they borrowed, it morphs into the Reichsadler which starts tearing everything once again.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I also noticed she never tied a knot after stitching him together, which could have some significance.
+Kєndαll “тιny ѕnaĸe ғrιend” Sιℓνєя and also about how she focuses so much on helping the world and saving everyone that she fails to recognize what her husband is going through. Like, maybe the husband starts to feel ignored or something and has no one to help him with his problems.
I think it's significant that the seamstress is completely oblivious to what's happening to the soldier until it's too late.
Very insightful comments!! I'm impressed both by this animation and the replies made by the users, it's truly incredible.
On a side note, I think the strings inside the soldier broke back during the war.
one word
JEALOUSY!
When you can't fix something, you think of everyone else in the same way, and when someone shows the potential to make everything better, you're unable to accept it and make it chaotic again.
Ok, so on one end, I see a woman who gets so caught up in fixing everyone and everything else that she's blind to the one person that needs her care most. Over time tht neglect builds up, because it is not mentioned. The man continues on, hoping she will notice his pain until the day comes that he can't take it anymore and snaps.
On the other hand, I see how war changes us and how, no matter how loving and caring others might be, some things simply can't be fixed.
However, it could be something in between or none of the above! That's what I love about art, it is open to interpretation!
I understood that the two of them got back together and continued with their normal lives, helping their people, but the husband, due to the problems he experienced in the war, made him someone who is not capable of seeing happiness.On the verge of hurting people because of their situation and not being conscious in a certain way in their actions because of the war
This is wonderful and I am so glad I got the chance to see it. Its beautiful.
c'est magnifiquement bien réalisé ! c'est très beau .
WOW! Animation is absolutely ASTONISHING! So much style...
This is really well done. The symbolism is well thought out, and the style and coloring is fantastic.
The ending is perfect. It's very real. Not everything has a happy ending, and it's nice to see that portrayed.
If i may interject an opinion, you may take it or leave it, but i think it's a statement about how our soldiers come back from war. She clearly loves her husband, but he's not the same man he was when he left for the war. She stitched him up, but based on her memory of him, covering up the monster that he may see himself to be for what ever reason. She goes of trying to piece life together, but doesn't see what has happened or is happening to him.
I love the piano play!! I put this piece of art on not only to watch, but also to listen :D
This is an amazing and beautiful piece and really gives food for thought to the sorts of meanings that this piece could have. Terrific.
Magnifique. J'en ai eu des frissons, vers la fin...
très très joli un grand bravo aux créateurs
Its amazing how those with power can snip to be precise and clean, or roughly destroy it all.
Gobelins has such a great way of animating such simple metaphors that have such deep meaning
The metaphor came from Hajao, Mijazaki 😉
@@GirizdL Do you mean Hayao Miyazaki? What part of this animation do you think was a reference to him?
I love the style and atmosphere of this film!
Chapeau. The fact that people in this thread don't get it depresses me.
There are many possible interpretations to this story. You might not "get it" any more than another person in this thread who just sees it differently.
Orangoes
Quand même. Que certaines personnes ne puissent comprendre pourquoi l'homme ne se remet pas, qui ne peuvent concevoir les effet pervers du conflit ET du déni, ça fait peur. Je dirais même que c'est ce qui montre que cela nous pend au nez.
One way to interpret this film is that the soldier who comes home is the anger and the resentment that war creates, he no longer is who he was when he came back home - wounded. While the wife is busy repairing the damage done, the resentment the soldier feels is transforming him into something monstrous and as a result he undoes the repairs his wife makes. Peace may be desirable but emotions are hard to overcome.
I think it might mean the permanent scars (The stitches) of war (The husband, the looming shadow) left on human history keeps stopping the ability to fix our mistakes (The wife). The husband thought the war was still going, which I think might represent the tensions that continued even after the war was over.
So sad yet utterly beautiful!
le château ambulant... les idées sont les meme! le ressenti toujours aussi extraordinaire! ;D
j'avoue que je suis toujours stupéfait quand je regarde vos animations. Je suis un passionné de l'animation et je suis un étudiant à l'institut national supérieur des arts et de l'action culturelle (INSAAC) d'Abidjan, cote d'Ivoire. malheureusement nous manquons d'une formation dans ce domaine qui me passionne tant...j'essaie tant bien que mal de me former sur le tas à travers des séminaires de formation (plus ou moins qualifiées), des tutos sur UA-cam...etc
Je serais très heureux si pouvais bénéficier de vos conseils afin d'exceller dans le domaine de l'animation.
une confidence....GOBELINS est mon école de rêve depuis toujours, mais hélas...
She helped so much, yet still the story went that route.
The war has changed him, affected him badly. Despite her wife was a kind girl she ignored him, and instead of solving the problems with his husband she was busy helping others. And so they broke
Tellement magnifique que sa me laisse sur ma faim...
the music. the art. the.... everything. wonderful
The entire short represents the european climate between WWI and WWII.
It seems the soldier is the humiliated Germany and turnes into the black eagle who tares the map apart. Ring any bells ? :)
A genius short animation. I absolutely love it.
3:07 - If You Look Closely, The Sews Are Europe, The Wife Wants To Fix Everything, But The Husband Destroyed It, Divided And United
I think the seamstress symbolizes peace. His husband is first glad to help him, but as he discovers the Death Bird inside himself (who symbolizes war), he becomes more and more evil by any cuts. At first, he uses his "wing" for good when he discovers that with the wing he can handle the scissors (what are probably symbolizing problem solution) better, but later he becomes destructive. At the end, when he fully becomes bird, he kills the seamstress, what's a symbol of war destroying peace. Nice!
It's the end of WW1, guys. The map at the beginning shows the German Empire fracturing, and the letter is dated 1918. =D Europe was 'stitched back together' after the war, but the underlying problems weren't addressed, which led to WW2.
i freeking love this channel
He started breaking down in the war turning slowly into a beast of destruction
it's awesome. it's stuff like that they should show us in history classes.
I wonder if it's just coincidence that the movie named 'trois petit points" lasts 3:33 minutes.
It makes perfect sense. The grudges of the past bleed into the future. You see it all the time throughout history.
Ça me fait penser qu'on ne peut pas guérir de la guerre. On a beau réparer le corps, l'esprit reste toujours marqué.
Another idea to get out there is that everything was rebuilt too quickly without understanding. The seamstress goes crazy rebuilding everything and everyone is happy to put it behind them.
Formidable, c'est très touchant et magnifiquement réalisé !
And a soldier's scars, it can be taken both ways.
I have a feeling that the sequel showing WWII will show the wife getting angry at her husband and soon became a firebird (Represents Nuclear War) and burns her husband into ash until she regrets killing her husband (Represents Nuclear Testing/Nuclear Stockpile)
fantastique
Wonderful short, extremely well-animated and very strong thematically speaking.
Its so sad yet true. We can try to patch things up, but death is something you cannot cure. She was trying so hard though.
Gobelins sure produces some great work. Awesome.
Ca me rappelle aussi beaucoup les films du studio Gibi! J'y retrouve le château ambulant et Le voyage de Chihiro.
Moi aussi sa me rappel sa
Magnifique bravo !
This feels like a metaphor for PTSD. It was a time when they didn’t know what it was so they chalked it up with bandaid solutions
In my opinion, the film represents World History after WWI. In the first shot of the woman's home you can see a letter with the date 1918, aka the year the war ended, and her husband is wearing a uniform that resembles the ones worn by soldiers in the Great War. When her husband returns, he's all torn and damaged, symbolizing both the soldiers and Europe after the effects of the war, leaving many torn and broken countries, especially since Austria-Hungary broke apart, Russia became a communist nation and Germany had the pay for the repercussions with the Treaty of Versailles and the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm. The woman on the other hand, represents the 1920s, which can especially be seen in her hat, dress and hairstyle. The 1920s were a time of financial success for the world, allowing for more illustrious spending and giving nations the ability to repair themselves and progress, aka being stitched back together. This can be seen when the woman uses her needle to repair the soldiers who fought, the less war-focused industry, houses and residential areas affected by the war and treaties "bridging:" people of different nations. Quite literally and visibly, the 1920s were sewing back together Europe after it was torn apart. While at first her husband is able to help and look past the deformities, much like the countries and men were able to see the brighter side to life, he soon can't contain and becomes a horrid beast. This probably symbolizes that of Germany, who tried to survive after the war but faced too many problems and suffering. Its also interesting that the man turns into an eagleish creature, resembling that of the symbol of the Nazi Party that was used along with the swatsika. In the end, the monster undoes all of the woman's work and swallows her whole, symbolizing how Nazi Germany would undo all the work the 1920s had sewn back together, ruining them all through WWII and plummeting history into darkness.
The animation and music reminds me of Fantasia 2000, Rapshody in Blue!!
This is a beautiful allegory
It is a pity that such a sad end, however as in life
Black Swan meets Pink Floyd's The Wall...
...Enchanté.
Dark and mysterious, exactly how I like it.
I wouldn't take this too literal. The way I see it is that the wife is us, the humanity, and the husband is the grudge in our minds, the venom that compels us to start wars (or fights in general). We can try to do our best to rebuild the world, fix all the cities and clean all the rivers, but unless we fix our mind (the cause) first instead of just patching it, it will always catch up on us and destroy what we've fixed.
This can be seen at 0:52 as "the grudge" tries to grab the weapon again without "the humanity" giving it much thought - and ending up dragging it along instead.
Please note how the feathers were already there when he came through the door.