It's seems to have a double meaning, IMO. Sometimes people don't like the person their partners become over the years, and they keep 'killing' them by being rude, demanding, indifferent and so on in an attempt to get back the one they fell in love with. Longing for that older version to come back and failing every time. Refusing to admit it's probably them (partly, of course) responsible for that change. A vicious circle, for both.
Quite true I think , it’s very difficult to find a significant other in the world today because it seems everyone wants to be the top dog of everything . I would be more than happy to find someone that was open and honest about their feelings that we could build a true , lasting relationship around our lives .
At first when her hand was wounded, there was no blood. She couldn't have felt any pain, but still she jumps and jerks her hand away to examine. She is totally immersed in the pseudo reality created around her. I think when he says she is faulty, he means that she is turning into a human being. He doesn't want her to be same as his wife, he just wants an updated version of her, who is filtered off all the things he doesn't like in her.
She can feel pain. I don't think that he dislikes that she's turning into a human being. That's what he wants, he just wants a SPECIFIC human being. One with all her qualities, even her allegies.
Spoiler alert…… Maybe he is attempting to build a replacement wife without negative human qualities. He asked “You don’t like it here?” And stated “You’re far too emotional.” Perhaps he murdered his human wife in a fit of rage bc she wasn’t what he deemed the ideal partner. The cycle will continue with him “killing” his wives unless/until she is “perfect.”
He seems mentally disturbed & controlling , so i wouldn't be surprised if he killed the actual /human wife . I had a feeling she was a robot , especially when she cut herself in the kitchen and her blood looked really dark. I don't think it makes a difference how the next wife acts, And what is the point if he never goes anywhere with the wife or spends time with her , or does he just keep getting easily bored.
That is what I was thinking as well, like does he even know what he wants because he keeps killing her and starting, He is the one in control but still cannot get the algorithm right to a wife he claims to love perfected in a robot or android.
he doesn't say good morning to her, she forgets anniversary and doesn't thank him for the present... you know right away something is totally upside down
"This project is the most important thing to me." How often do we put our loved ones to the side, placing them as secondary. Why we see rise in divorces.
@@antarahmoody575 and woman usually divorce because the woman are doing 75%-80% of the traditional role and and working full time where as men still work full time but only to 20%-25% of the traditional role, if men want woman to stop divorcing them they need to step up
@@resolecca lmfaooo even when everything has been given to y’all it’s still men’s fault - foh “traditional women” aren’t in the youtube comment section so what would you know about it?
@@resolecca idk about western world, but this is definitely one of the biggest reason in East Asia where I am from. Husbands and Father who doesn't even do the bare minimum to help out the family and leave everything to the wife, or to raise their childrens, many of my former classmates, their father can't even bother to remember their birthday, and those fathers have the nerve to be angry when their childrens eventually chooses their mothers. One of the biggest reason I think is because of in eastern traditional values where the older generation prefer male children and would often overly dote the boys, result in many man grow up entitled and not a clue about how to be a functional adult, so the wives have to also play the role of their mother.
I don't think people even know what Narcissism means any more. The word is thrown around like skittles to represent anyone who is mean, who doesn't like you, or who is rude. That's not narcissism, that's just human beings. Human beings often suck and we just have to deal with them. But that requires growing thick skin, not labeling everyone unpleasant as innately faulty, thereby relieving you of the responsibility of communicating and even working through it with them. That's cripples the fullness of your life. He was not a narcissist. Very far from it.
@@This_is_super_dumb_but I am a Psychiatrist with 13 years of clinical experience . I definitely know what Narcissism means . This guy shown here is a Sociopath ( and all Psychopaths + Sociopaths have all traits of Narcissism too) So yes @Ashec BTB was right in saying it's the representation of a Narcissist
It seems to me that there's a Shakespearean reference there, considering the "Alexa" is called Ophelia and there is a painting of a hand holding a skull on the wall.
@@mickrose9883 dude…you may be missing out on the whole: robots will eventually be imbued with the sense of being sentient. They will be self aware and they will feel emotion. This piece appears to be from that future time period. One of the last scenes has her pondering “what makes us human”…which is very much a human condition most of us ponder at some point. Further, why the “black box” nomenclature?…except for the fact that within each of us exists a black box in our minds….which works a certain way…but we don’t quite know how or why.
1:57 he reminds her of her allergies when she asks him what allergies he's talking about is when he remembers to incorporate that feature in his new model to upgrade it to make it more realistic to his ex-wife.
Fully agreed ; with enough repetition; a heavy load of positive reinforcement; a splash of rewards and punishment you can certainly program human behavior
I'm so tired of people throwing around the terms 'narcissist' and 'gaslighting', and especially to blame men. This guy isn't being narcissistic towards the female - the female is NOT REAL, and IT is defective. If he seems cold towards it, that's partly why, but also - he's GRIEVING! Dressed in black, pale, sad and obsessing about bring his wife back - he's in pain. But people are so indoctrinated by current politics though, they'll even take the side of an android against a grieving man who's obviously struggling with his wife's death and is facing it ALONE. Jeez!
Trying to figure out what the Hamlet references mean... @2:43 painting of skull in hand like Hamlet, also the main character here is named Ophelia. And Ophelia dies in Hamlet of suicide after the "To Be Or Not To Be" speech
Great observation! I think you're on to something Although I don't think that this is a reference to the hamlet storyline but more to the actual 'to be or not to be..' monologue. I studied this play in depth back at school. And I believe it supports the theme of this film. 'To die, to sleep no more and by a sleep to say we end the heartache...' kind of sums up his outlook on his marriage and relationship with his wife. He must have his perfection, otherwise he will end her life and 'reboot' her.
It was obvious from the beginning when she cut her finger and her blood was black instead of red and then all the secretly about working in the basement. I saw that ending coming a mile away. Still was okay though.
Same , the moment she cut her finger and the blood looked like black tar , i knew she was a robot . And it seemed very convenient how he left the ID pass on the counter for her to use . He knew she would go into the basement . He wanted it to happen so he could reboot her .
You see the ending coming a mile away, but that's the point. She should have too, and didn't. That's what makes it heartbreaking. It's not mysterious, but it's inevitable, and I think that makes it more impactful.
Wonderfully original. It's sad though to see such a young person who has experienced a devastating loss spend so much time, energy and money trying to re-create what's gone. Wonder if he'll still be sitting in that room a decade from now instead of moving forward.
I would have sympathised with him , if he didn't treat the robot so badly and coldy, all she wanted was to go on a trip with him and he got so grumpy and rude . He clearly wants the robot to do everything he says like some submissive 1 dimensional object , she actually behaved more human than him and he didn't like it . I don't think he'll ever be happy , so he'll just continue in this unhealthy cycle of rebuilt reboot robot after robot until he dies probably *smh* .
Also notice how he deliberately left his ID card on the kitchen counter , as he knew she'd use it for the basement . He lured her down there so he could reboot her . he came across mean .
When he's not interested in doing things with you, it's time for you to go travel the world alone and have fun 🌸 by the time you sing the divorce papers you will say you’re not losing anything, on the contrary 🙏
Gave away the whole thing at 01:16. Excluding the pre-revealed twist of the story, it is a well-directed, well-shot, well-edited short. The acting could have been a bit better at times, but they still did a good job. I would definitely want to see more from this team.
>"Gave away the whole thing ..." I agree; that is what I was looking for to comment on. There were several more following the first clue. Since we do not expect a robot to make mistakes, such as cut themselves, maybe the writer thought it would pass, but I think this and the others were unnecessary. All the "giveaway clues" could have been left out. The end of the story would have been a better surprise.
I would have ended it like the Aerosmith video. Alicia Silverstone was programming a husband who would design her as she is. She is kinda a cold homebody, who likes escaping reality through screens. “Show me the closest outside”
@@G_Cs I think the other clues should've been somewhat left in (like just their marriage being off in some weird ways). But yeah, her cutting herself like that was wayyy too much of a giveaway.
I have a feeling, even though she is a robot , that he was trying to recreate someone he knew, maybe a depressed wife who took her own life, why make her to be a depressed house wife , why give her the impression of a husband and wife relationship scenario, why give her the sense of emotions and then deny it, just creeps me out.
He could have but he wants what he once had, even if she was depressed and had those qualities that made her die in the first place possibly, he still loves her for who she was and making her someone he’s not used to would probably have made him more depressed.
He really needs a tech upgrade for that security door. Key cards are so early 2000s. Should have at least facial or fingerprint recognition, preferably multimodal authentication.
Did anyone realize he's trying to downgrade her, at the start she says goodmorning with joy, but the ending she says it in a nonemotional way. He doesn't want her to be like "her"
This moved me to tears. Powerful storytelling that holds up a light to many dark corners of real-life relationships. The gender dynamics was painful to watch and hard to miss. Another masterpiece from Omeleto.
But not the pain of the grieving man? Not the grief of a man so in love that he can't let go of his wife's memory? But you're empathising with the ROBOT?
We don't know what kind of person his wife was or what sort of relationship they had, but her android version probably gives us clues on both. This version didn't quite work for him, so as a technologist, consumed perhaps in fashioning a more suitable wife, he's starting over with a new android. A dark commentary on how men and women typically relate to one another. Terrific short film!
Could you please include the year a short was originally released? While I can understand the potential reasons for wanting to obscure this information, it can also provide very important, sometimes necessary context for the film. Even “timeless classics” are better, more appropriately understood within the context of the time they were produced and released in.
@@dtrainviabridge Black Box (2021) - 12 minutes Brittany Howatt: Wife/Rebecca Wilson Cansin Duman: Husband Nicole Sofia: Director Nicole Sofia and Clara Gehl: Writers Szabi Nagy: Cinematography Dilan Farrell: Music Dilan Farrell: Film Editor Taylor Habel and Lan Zhao: Producers
I think his wife committed suicide. He said the robot wife was too emotional and when he came into the kitchen, he changed the weather view from sad rain to happy sunny skies. He said the rain was too depressing. At the end of the story, the new wife was so happy and perky which I guess is what he wanted.
I love that the sparse , dark decor completely reflects the angst of their , incredibly sad , situation . Much food for thought here as this technology is already on the doorstep . It'll be a tragic turn of events if robots become sentient enough to genuinely love humans - the "LAW" , as it stands , is certainly not equipped for those potential scenarios...
Very cool short Nicole. Our film Absence of the Heart is gaining views as a suggested film from users watching this film. We honored to be be played along side your film. Nice work
The real question is......which is the robot and which is the human She has more emotion and wants intimacy while he is both despondent and is distant to her emotions
So many people here who either didn't watch to the end, or just didn't understand that she's NOT a woman - she's a robot, a faulty robot. And he's depressed and disengaged because it's faulty and he's still grieving. If the roles were reversed and she was real, but lacking warmth due to grief, would you criticise her for being depressed and cool when dealing with a faulty robot?
I've noticed that people do expect reactions from people in life. The sad part is they expect the reactions they want. Now only an Android could please the likes of these people. That's why some people just need to be by themselves.
Already gave away the 'secret' at the beginning when 'she' cuts herself and there's no bleeding. So predictable throughout. Underwhelming when considering the stellar company on this channel.
Re: Devina210 wrote, "It has a Twilight Zone-esque feeling to it." It should. It borrows a bit from Twilight Zone, S1E7. A guy (Jack Warden) is left on a prison planet. The loneliness was unbearable save for a supply ship that came every few months. On one trip however, they bring him an attractive automaton and his life changes. In the end however, she gets 'unplugged' when his sentence is commuted and the supply ship brings him back to earth, sans girl.
Like many men today...true narcissists that cannot love and will forever want to replace their partners for impossible perfection while they themselves are the most damaged, vapid soulless monsters always so nice at the beginning and surely the mask slips with time into this. Sad but true. This is a film depicting this sad reality.
Wow, someone just got dumped eh? Maybe instead of making gross overgeneralizations about men, maybe look inward. A lot can be said about those people who CHOOSE to repeatedly date such "vapid" narcissists. Take a less shallow approach to your selections perhaps? A man isn't going to be less obsessed with his image or get less joy out of the attention his looks bring because YOU entered his life... THAT is narcissist. 😒
People think this story is about robots or advancing technology. We already have enough of those movies. This is purely existential questioning our own humanity. There are so many of us living this on a daily basis, and with the level of manufactured ignorance out there, oblivion is bliss!
Nice film, but I had it figured out in the first 30 seconds. Since the plot was predictable, a more profound conversation between man and robot wife would have been interesting.
It was done that way on purpose, everyone figured it out quickly, the point of the film was that what would be obvious to any human wasn't obvious to the wife and that's because she wasn't human and didn't realise that she was in fact a robot.
This brings back bad memories of my marriage. Fortunately it only lasted a few years but things were never really swell to begin with. Having a robot version of my ex wife would be a nightmare.
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The way she is more human than the human 😍❤️
I agree. He succeeded with the first gal but was too insane to realize.
humanity is exactly like this guy, its not like her, our image of what it should be
It's seems to have a double meaning, IMO. Sometimes people don't like the person their partners become over the years, and they keep 'killing' them by being rude, demanding, indifferent and so on in an attempt to get back the one they fell in love with. Longing for that older version to come back and failing every time. Refusing to admit it's probably them (partly, of course) responsible for that change. A vicious circle, for both.
In all humility and respect, this is very much the most profound post I have read in quite some time. I will give it (more than) some thought.
Correct
Quite true I think , it’s very difficult to find a significant other in the world today because it seems everyone wants to be the top dog of everything . I would be more than happy to find someone that was open and honest about their feelings that we could build a true , lasting relationship around our lives .
People outgrow each other.
Children outgrow their toys.
How can an imperfect being create a perfect one?
His love language is gifts and her love language is quality time.
She's a robot. She doesn't have a love language ;P
@@Dayvit78 She is a robot but her character is based on a human. This human's love language (when she was alive) was quality time...
Yeah, love languages are not real. That's just a bunch of pseudo intellectual crappy talking points
the love languages are nothing more than psychobabble
We deserve to be loved in every way
I knew she was a robot when I saw how orderly she sliced fruit
At first when her hand was wounded, there was no blood. She couldn't have felt any pain, but still she jumps and jerks her hand away to examine. She is totally immersed in the pseudo reality created around her. I think when he says she is faulty, he means that she is turning into a human being. He doesn't want her to be same as his wife, he just wants an updated version of her, who is filtered off all the things he doesn't like in her.
Good take, on a narssistic
man...HE is the non human.
@@peterruiz6117 yeah, absolutely.
Great observation.
Very clever, exactly. She had moods, desires and longings.
She can feel pain. I don't think that he dislikes that she's turning into a human being. That's what he wants, he just wants a SPECIFIC human being. One with all her qualities, even her allegies.
Spoiler alert……
Maybe he is attempting to build a replacement wife without negative human qualities. He asked “You don’t like it here?” And stated “You’re far too emotional.” Perhaps he murdered his human wife in a fit of rage bc she wasn’t what he deemed the ideal partner. The cycle will continue with him “killing” his wives unless/until she is “perfect.”
He seems mentally disturbed & controlling , so i wouldn't be surprised if he killed the actual /human wife . I had a feeling she was a robot , especially when she cut herself in the kitchen and her blood looked really dark. I don't think it makes a difference how the next wife acts, And what is the point if he never goes anywhere with the wife or spends time with her , or does he just keep getting easily bored.
Umm yes this point can be agreeable
Interesting POV.
Best explanation; real, and so sad.
That is what I was thinking as well, like does he even know what he wants because he keeps killing her and starting, He is the one in control but still cannot get the algorithm right to a wife he claims to love perfected in a robot or android.
he doesn't say good morning to her, she forgets anniversary and doesn't thank him for the present...
you know right away something is totally upside down
No hug n kiss. Mornn chat.
The FIRST tip off happened when she was slicing the apples: She cut her finger, without bleeding.
All the one traits are identical to being in a relationship with a narcissist. 🤣🤣🤣
Also the allergy thing
@@rebeccadixon4645 I think the filmmaker made a mistake to reveal that so soon.
"This project is the most important thing to me." How often do we put our loved ones to the side, placing them as secondary. Why we see rise in divorces.
Divorces are at about 70% and women initiate 80% of them. 90% if the woman is college educated.
@@antarahmoody575 and woman usually divorce because the woman are doing 75%-80% of the traditional role and and working full time where as men still work full time but only to 20%-25% of the traditional role, if men want woman to stop divorcing them they need to step up
@@resolecca lmfaooo even when everything has been given to y’all it’s still men’s fault - foh “traditional women” aren’t in the youtube comment section so what would you know about it?
@@resolecca idk about western world, but this is definitely one of the biggest reason in East Asia where I am from. Husbands and Father who doesn't even do the bare minimum to help out the family and leave everything to the wife, or to raise their childrens, many of my former classmates, their father can't even bother to remember their birthday, and those fathers have the nerve to be angry when their childrens eventually chooses their mothers.
One of the biggest reason I think is because of in eastern traditional values where the older generation prefer male children and would often overly dote the boys, result in many man grow up entitled and not a clue about how to be a functional adult, so the wives have to also play the role of their mother.
@@resolecca Marriage is a bad business deal for men anyway. Men are forgoing marriage. Not stepping up but stepping away.
I get the whole philosophical thing, but at the end of the day his character was the perfect representation of a Narcissist.
Yes, absolutely agree
Infact Narcissist + Sociopath/ Psychopath
I don't think people even know what Narcissism means any more. The word is thrown around like skittles to represent anyone who is mean, who doesn't like you, or who is rude. That's not narcissism, that's just human beings. Human beings often suck and we just have to deal with them. But that requires growing thick skin, not labeling everyone unpleasant as innately faulty, thereby relieving you of the responsibility of communicating and even working through it with them. That's cripples the fullness of your life.
He was not a narcissist. Very far from it.
@@This_is_super_dumb_but I am a Psychiatrist with 13 years of clinical experience . I definitely know what Narcissism means . This guy shown here is a Sociopath ( and all Psychopaths + Sociopaths have all traits of Narcissism too)
So yes @Ashec BTB was right in saying it's the representation of a Narcissist
Agreed.
@@kalpagovekar7973 😂 oh really?
Still a much better marriage than mine was
Sorry to hear that. You women need a man like me!
Ouch. But I can relate.
Was your marriage arranged or you fell in love and then married ?
@@control-alt-delete8262 that was a weird choice of words man
Damn
It seems to me that there's a Shakespearean reference there, considering the "Alexa" is called Ophelia and there is a painting of a hand holding a skull on the wall.
This was a FANTASTIC short. The lighting, the camera shots, the ending was unexpected as well. Well done!
You don't watch much sci-fi do you?
I can't understand this what happened
The ending was predictable from the beginning.
@@bronxlords I thought so too.
@@erictaylor5462 exactly what I thought!
I think this says more about him than about his wife or their marriage. It's his world and he is the one that needs to be adapted to.
Absolutely true
@Lu yeah, poor bot.
His wife is a robot he created.
What are even saying its a robot dude.
@@mickrose9883 dude…you may be missing out on the whole: robots will eventually be imbued with the sense of being sentient. They will be self aware and they will feel emotion. This piece appears to be from that future time period. One of the last scenes has her pondering “what makes us human”…which is very much a human condition most of us ponder at some point. Further, why the “black box” nomenclature?…except for the fact that within each of us exists a black box in our minds….which works a certain way…but we don’t quite know how or why.
1:57 he reminds her of her allergies when she asks him what allergies he's talking about is when he remembers to incorporate that feature in his new model to upgrade it to make it more realistic to his ex-wife.
The truth is, you can program other humans with your behavior and the things you say to them. Especially spouses.
Fully agreed ; with enough repetition; a heavy load of positive reinforcement; a splash of rewards and punishment you can certainly program human behavior
As Ann Landers said: you teach people how to treat you.
We've both been holding on to something that isn't real.
I'm so tired of people throwing around the terms 'narcissist' and 'gaslighting', and especially to blame men. This guy isn't being narcissistic towards the female - the female is NOT REAL, and IT is defective. If he seems cold towards it, that's partly why, but also - he's GRIEVING! Dressed in black, pale, sad and obsessing about bring his wife back - he's in pain. But people are so indoctrinated by current politics though, they'll even take the side of an android against a grieving man who's obviously struggling with his wife's death and is facing it ALONE. Jeez!
The actress had such a heartwarming smile, it reminded me of someone
Trying to figure out what the Hamlet references mean... @2:43 painting of skull in hand like Hamlet, also the main character here is named Ophelia. And Ophelia dies in Hamlet of suicide after the "To Be Or Not To Be" speech
Great observation! I think you're on to something
Although I don't think that this is a reference to the hamlet storyline but more to the actual 'to be or not to be..' monologue. I studied this play in depth back at school. And I believe it supports the theme of this film. 'To die, to sleep no more and by a sleep to say we end the heartache...' kind of sums up his outlook on his marriage and relationship with his wife. He must have his perfection, otherwise he will end her life and 'reboot' her.
Hey. Now you've ruined Hamlet for me.
....and we all are entitled to interpret it the way we see the world around us.....!
Great short!!!
What a lovely and homey painting above the dining table- a hand holding a skull
@Cam Robertson alas poor Yorik, I did not know him well....
He is trying to build and rebuild the ultimate perfect wife!
Instead of him trying to be the best husband!
@@elisaplugaru850.. and this is where the problems in relationship start.. No will to look INSIDE, before critics & blaming beloved one.
Not perfect, he was trying to bring back his original wife. Something unattainable.
yes. he wants something he can control completely. he wants a slave, not a wife.
She is a really sweet, kind and very handsome woman.
It was obvious from the beginning when she cut her finger and her blood was black instead of red and then all the secretly about working in the basement. I saw that ending coming a mile away. Still was okay though.
Same , the moment she cut her finger and the blood looked like black tar , i knew she was a robot . And it seemed very convenient how he left the ID pass on the counter for her to use . He knew she would go into the basement . He wanted it to happen so he could reboot her .
You see the ending coming a mile away, but that's the point. She should have too, and didn't. That's what makes it heartbreaking. It's not mysterious, but it's inevitable, and I think that makes it more impactful.
Wonderfully original. It's sad though to see such a young person who has experienced a devastating loss spend so much time, energy and money trying to re-create what's gone. Wonder if he'll still be sitting in that room a decade from now instead of moving forward.
I would have sympathised with him , if he didn't treat the robot so badly and coldy, all she wanted was to go on a trip with him and he got so grumpy and rude . He clearly wants the robot to do everything he says like some submissive 1 dimensional object , she actually behaved more human than him and he didn't like it . I don't think he'll ever be happy , so he'll just continue in this unhealthy cycle of rebuilt reboot robot after robot until he dies probably *smh* .
I know this is an assumption but he might have killed his real human wife in the first place , who knows.
Also notice how he deliberately left his ID card on the kitchen counter , as he knew she'd use it for the basement . He lured her down there so he could reboot her . he came across mean .
He's dead too, no emotions just an obsession in his mind,😳
@@martamarin8688 Exactly ..an unhealthy obsession aswell.
This was a awesome modern retelling of the fairytale "Bluebeard".
Aah yes. You got it!
When he's not interested in doing things with you, it's time for you to go travel the world alone and have fun 🌸 by the time you sing the divorce papers you will say you’re not losing anything, on the contrary 🙏
Gave away the whole thing at 01:16. Excluding the pre-revealed twist of the story, it is a well-directed, well-shot, well-edited short. The acting could have been a bit better at times, but they still did a good job. I would definitely want to see more from this team.
>"Gave away the whole thing ..."
I agree; that is what I was looking for to comment on. There were several more following the first clue. Since we do not expect a robot to make mistakes, such as cut themselves, maybe the writer thought it would pass, but I think this and the others were unnecessary. All the "giveaway clues" could have been left out. The end of the story would have been a better surprise.
@@G_Cs other clues?
I would have ended it like the Aerosmith video. Alicia Silverstone was programming a husband who would design her as she is. She is kinda a cold homebody, who likes escaping reality through screens. “Show me the closest outside”
@@G_Cs I think the other clues should've been somewhat left in (like just their marriage being off in some weird ways). But yeah, her cutting herself like that was wayyy too much of a giveaway.
I have a feeling, even though she is a robot , that he was trying to recreate someone he knew, maybe a depressed wife who took her own life, why make her to be a depressed house wife , why give her the impression of a husband and wife relationship scenario, why give her the sense of emotions and then deny it, just creeps me out.
He could have but he wants what he once had, even if she was depressed and had those qualities that made her die in the first place possibly, he still loves her for who she was and making her someone he’s not used to would probably have made him more depressed.
He really needs a tech upgrade for that security door. Key cards are so early 2000s. Should have at least facial or fingerprint recognition, preferably multimodal authentication.
😅
Did anyone realize he's trying to downgrade her, at the start she says goodmorning with joy, but the ending she says it in a nonemotional way. He doesn't want her to be like "her"
This Mark Zuckerberg documentary is amazing.
Thanks for the support on the film everyone🙏🏻
Beautiful performance!
Fine job indeed
Well done, she was adorable...he was a jerk.
You rock!
Perfect
This moved me to tears. Powerful storytelling that holds up a light to many dark corners of real-life relationships. The gender dynamics was painful to watch and hard to miss. Another masterpiece from Omeleto.
She was the human, her flaw was to have a spirit. He was the robot, emotionless, needed a matching partner, a toaster.
Omeleto doesn't make these. They collect them.
I can feel this woman’s pain.
I think she’s not real
@@johnsam100 Just because she isn't human doesn't mean she isn't real
But not the pain of the grieving man? Not the grief of a man so in love that he can't let go of his wife's memory? But you're empathising with the ROBOT?
I thought he was building a robot to replace his wife turns out he was building a robot to replace his robot
Spoiler.
Maat Hotep
Thanks for ruining the film, Becky (of course, it was pretty crappy anyway)
Thanks for ruining it
@@keithanderson6358 don't read the comments first is it that hard
@@resolecca yes your comment is displayed right under the video when I watched it so it’s touch to avoid.
We don't know what kind of person his wife was or what sort of relationship they had, but her android version probably gives us clues on both. This version didn't quite work for him, so as a technologist, consumed perhaps in fashioning a more suitable wife, he's starting over with a new android. A dark commentary on how men and women typically relate to one another. Terrific short film!
Is it me, or is the robot model on the table much more... errrr... voluptuous than the flesh model?
Every human is like a set meal. You have to pay for everything in the dish whether you like it or not.. no one is perfect ❤️
these shorts are way better than these nominated oscars.
"The Lateness of the Hour" - The Twilight Zone episode 44, originally aired 2 December 1960.
Just brilliant! Very thought provoking. I had to watch it multiple times and every time I saw it from different perspectives.
If we could, guys would be rebooting their women quite often.
I'd be happy to have her for a wife !
Could you please include the year a short was originally released? While I can understand the potential reasons for wanting to obscure this information, it can also provide very important, sometimes necessary context for the film. Even “timeless classics” are better, more appropriately understood within the context of the time they were produced and released in.
Yes! that and the cast AND crew list!
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Black Box (2021) - 12 minutes
Brittany Howatt: Wife/Rebecca Wilson
Cansin Duman: Husband
Nicole Sofia: Director
Nicole Sofia and Clara Gehl: Writers
Szabi Nagy: Cinematography
Dilan Farrell: Music
Dilan Farrell: Film Editor
Taylor Habel and Lan Zhao: Producers
On that happy note, I have to go on with my day. Well done.
If I was with someone like that, I would walk away and end it.
Yeah, loved this one. It has a Twilight Zone-esque feeling to it.
There was a twilight zone episode almost just like this.
and the "Stepford Wives" movie@@tracymorgan5386
"The Lateness of the Hour" - The Twilight Zone episode 44, originally aired 2 December 1960.
I think his wife committed suicide. He said the robot wife was too emotional and when he came into the kitchen, he changed the weather view from sad rain to happy sunny skies. He said the rain was too depressing. At the end of the story, the new wife was so happy and perky which I guess is what he wanted.
Even if/when the future will advance in such a way, this is so deeply unhealthy..🌧️
It won’t be this way because everyone will be wearing rainbow pendants at the rate we are going.
The future could be as advanced as ever but humankind is disintegrating.
She can’t have any needs. A lot of women hold back and just shut down. Because we are called emotional.
I love that the sparse , dark decor completely reflects the angst of their , incredibly sad , situation . Much food for thought here as this technology is already on the doorstep .
It'll be a tragic turn of events if robots become sentient enough to genuinely love humans - the "LAW" , as it stands , is certainly not equipped for those potential scenarios...
Very cool short Nicole. Our film Absence of the Heart is gaining views as a suggested film from users watching this film.
We honored to be be played along side your film.
Nice work
Lol, from her acting i wasn't surprised when i found out
The writer tipped their hand with the cut on the finger.
it was a bit clumsy
Come on! How can he behaves with her that way! She is so cute ...
Thanks!
the reveal was too early when there was no blood on the hand cut.
good morning I made you coffee....Never heard it once....Pure Fantasy...only in film.
The real question is......which is the robot and which is the human
She has more emotion and wants intimacy while he is both despondent and is distant to her emotions
So many people here who either didn't watch to the end, or just didn't understand that she's NOT a woman - she's a robot, a faulty robot. And he's depressed and disengaged because it's faulty and he's still grieving. If the roles were reversed and she was real, but lacking warmth due to grief, would you criticise her for being depressed and cool when dealing with a faulty robot?
Mini Black Mirror. Absolutely great. So well done🎉
Ever hear of a company called Build a Bear??? Well I'm going to start a company called Build a Wife.
So well-shot and detailed ! The film says a lot about the gendered dynamics within relationships, and I did NOT expect that ending
Life would be much better with a robot wife.
@@nuwanbandara5008 You might as well have a dog instead then. At least sth live. How sad and awful.
Feat of little boys.Their fear of the Other person Fear of the mother,their own creator and destroyer.
I saw that miles away.
Lolwat, it says nothing about gendered dynamics. It's about who's more human.. the robot with emotions or the emotionless human.
I've noticed that people do expect reactions from people in life. The sad part is they expect the reactions they want. Now only an Android could please the likes of these people. That's why some people just need to be by themselves.
"what makes us human? Is it our floors?" Lost me right there
If i will get this type of wife, I will love her every day ❤️
I can't help but wonder if he was as obsessed with work before he began his "project."
why it feels like a darker version of marriage of Howard and Bernadette from big bang theory 😅
This was so sad to watch on so many different perspectives
Indeed, it was...
Everything was great but I could see the twist since the first interaction between them :/
This is giving Black Mirror.
The saddest relationship...
i’m just here to note that the keycard tone complemented the synth-chord progression from 8:42 to 8:45
Wow amazing acting but this is dark and physcological enjoyed it 🥰
loved the hamlet references
Already gave away the 'secret' at the beginning when 'she' cuts herself and there's no bleeding.
So predictable throughout. Underwhelming when considering the stellar company on this channel.
This is a recreation of the Twilight Zone episode “A world of his own”
Re: Devina210 wrote, "It has a Twilight Zone-esque feeling to it." It should. It borrows a bit from Twilight Zone, S1E7. A guy (Jack Warden) is left on a prison planet. The loneliness was unbearable save for a supply ship that came every few months. On one trip however, they bring him an attractive automaton and his life changes. In the end however, she gets 'unplugged' when his sentence is commuted and the supply ship brings him back to earth, sans girl.
Like many men today...true narcissists that cannot love and will forever want to replace their partners for impossible perfection while they themselves are the most damaged, vapid soulless monsters always so nice at the beginning and surely the mask slips with time into this. Sad but true. This is a film depicting this sad reality.
Not all men are like this, I unfortunately married one but I have friends and family members that are good quality men
Wow, someone just got dumped eh? Maybe instead of making gross overgeneralizations about men, maybe look inward. A lot can be said about those people who CHOOSE to repeatedly date such "vapid" narcissists. Take a less shallow approach to your selections perhaps? A man isn't going to be less obsessed with his image or get less joy out of the attention his looks bring because YOU entered his life... THAT is narcissist. 😒
Hmm relax
It's about a grieving man in denial.
@@jamielandon1273 ikr😂😂
@@niza3470 hmmmmmmmmm... You RELAX!
People think this story is about robots or advancing technology. We already have enough of those movies. This is purely existential questioning our own humanity.
There are so many of us living this on a daily basis, and with the level of manufactured ignorance out there, oblivion is bliss!
Such a clever plot! I love it!
Let's vote ..i want part 2 of this !!!
Nice film, but I had it figured out in the first 30 seconds. Since the plot was predictable, a more profound conversation between man and robot wife would have been interesting.
It was done that way on purpose, everyone figured it out quickly, the point of the film was that what would be obvious to any human wasn't obvious to the wife and that's because she wasn't human and didn't realise that she was in fact a robot.
I knew she was far too beautiful to be a human being
It still doesn't explain where they live if outside conditions need to be dictated
Pretty wild view of our future. Robot spouses for all who desire one. Great movie. Thanks
That was so well done! ❤️
He is the forever lonely one....
The anxious with the dismissive avoidant xx
He seems like the faulty one.
He's grieving his dead wife! Is he not cheerful enough for you?
99% of the comments here are completely wrong. Extremely revealing.
Ah, so she's a synth. Like the synths from the 2014 UK/US show "Humans".
Great job, Omeleto!! Loved it
I'm almost 5 minutes in and I want her to divorce this dude asap.
Great story
Another great one . Thanks Omeleto.
Inability to put anyone before Ourself? 🤔 That's wrong. 😮 Ask a Mother. 🙏
This brings back bad memories of my marriage. Fortunately it only lasted a few years but things were never really swell to begin with. Having a robot version of my ex wife would be a nightmare.
A lonely wife tries to rekindle a dying marriage when she discovers a life-altering omelette.