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  • Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
  • A woman tries to rekindle her marriage.
    BLACK BOX is used with permission from Nicole Sofia. Learn more at / blackbox.film .
    A woman lives with her husband in a well-appointed home linked to a voice assistant named Ophelia. But the couple is having problems, with the husband being cold and distant, locking himself away in the basement of their home.
    On their anniversary, she wants to take a trip to the mountains and rekindle their marriage, but her husband is uninterested. Instead, he goes to his work in the basement, upsetting his wife, who tries to get into the basement. But she's barred from that room, exacerbating her feelings of loneliness. Left to her own devices once more, the wife manages to find her way into the basement, where she discovers the dark secret of her marriage.
    Directed by Nicole Sofia with a script co-written by Sofia with Clara Gehl, this short sci-fi drama has flourishes of advanced tech in its characters' interaction with an omniscient voice assistant. But in its emphasis on the wife's emotional landscape, it also unfolds a deftly crafted dark relationship drama about love, obsession and grief at its most dysfunctional, asking questions about selfishness, relationships and what it means to love.
    Both strands of the film's genres are served by the moody, darkly muted color palette and clean, almost antiseptic lighting, emphasizing the barrenness of the couple's life together. The only spot of visual joy comes from the view outside the window, which is controlled by voice assistant Ophelia. Ophelia also seems to be the only real interaction the wife has, especially since her husband seems thoroughly uninterested in her.
    The dialogue painfully captures this cold, even cruel dynamic, as the wife attempts to be loving and agreeable and the husband barely acknowledges her presence, needs or attempts to reach out to him. Actor Brittany Howatt plays the wife with a natural sympathy, full of yearning for an emotionally richer connection to her husband, played by actor Cansin Duman in a tricky balancing act of detachment, exasperation and a feeling of already moving on from the relationship. Driven to understand what is going on, the wife finds her way into the basement, where she confronts just who she is and what she means to her husband.
    In many ways, BLACK BOX is a classic riff on the fairytale of Bluebeard, in which a young woman investigates the "black box" of her husband's inner life and discovers his true darkness at her own peril. While the well-paced, engaging narrative works on its own as a relationship drama, its intersection with the possibilities and concepts of A.I. also provokes thought and discussion of power in relationships. Are the wife's feelings real, and therefore deserving of consideration? Can or should we discard imperfections so quickly? Whose happiness takes precedence over another's? The chilling ending of BLACK BOX bodes for a new chapter in an ongoing relationship, but it leaves us with these uneasy questions after the screen goes dark.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 723

  • @natalialenchuk1759
    @natalialenchuk1759 Рік тому +110

    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.

    • @chrisphillips9377
      @chrisphillips9377 7 місяців тому +3

      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.

    • @weirdshithappens
      @weirdshithappens 4 місяці тому +1

      Correct

    • @terryoquinn8199
      @terryoquinn8199 20 годин тому

      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 .

  • @Local_Gems
    @Local_Gems 2 роки тому +168

    The way she is more human than the human 😍❤️

    • @sean9448
      @sean9448 7 місяців тому +3

      I agree. He succeeded with the first gal but was too insane to realize.

    • @PozeraczGarnkow
      @PozeraczGarnkow 3 місяці тому

      humanity is exactly like this guy, its not like her, our image of what it should be

  • @svietka202
    @svietka202 2 роки тому +467

    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

    • @jamesrufert3622
      @jamesrufert3622 2 роки тому +43

      No hug n kiss. Mornn chat.

    • @rebeccadixon4645
      @rebeccadixon4645 2 роки тому +101

      The FIRST tip off happened when she was slicing the apples: She cut her finger, without bleeding.

    • @dayop.6345
      @dayop.6345 2 роки тому +45

      All the one traits are identical to being in a relationship with a narcissist. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @petekdemircioglu
      @petekdemircioglu 2 роки тому +27

      Also the allergy thing

    • @Dayvit78
      @Dayvit78 2 роки тому +13

      @@rebeccadixon4645 I think the filmmaker made a mistake to reveal that so soon.

  • @myviews107
    @myviews107 2 роки тому +231

    His love language is gifts and her love language is quality time.

    • @Dayvit78
      @Dayvit78 2 роки тому +14

      She's a robot. She doesn't have a love language ;P

    • @myviews107
      @myviews107 2 роки тому +26

      @@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...

    • @michaelquaid4679
      @michaelquaid4679 Рік тому +6

      Yeah, love languages are not real. That's just a bunch of pseudo intellectual crappy talking points

    • @Not_Always
      @Not_Always Рік тому +3

      the love languages are nothing more than psychobabble

    • @kinda_sane
      @kinda_sane 8 місяців тому +3

      We deserve to be loved in every way

  • @syamilysasi8677
    @syamilysasi8677 2 роки тому +829

    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.

    • @peterruiz6117
      @peterruiz6117 2 роки тому +116

      Good take, on a narssistic
      man...HE is the non human.

    • @Allahisadicksuckingmosquito
      @Allahisadicksuckingmosquito 2 роки тому +20

      @@peterruiz6117 yeah, absolutely.

    • @amink9569
      @amink9569 Рік тому +16

      Great observation.

    • @speakyourheart8548
      @speakyourheart8548 Рік тому +37

      Very clever, exactly. She had moods, desires and longings.

    • @newperve
      @newperve Рік тому +41

      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.

  • @ashecbtb9509
    @ashecbtb9509 2 роки тому +361

    I get the whole philosophical thing, but at the end of the day his character was the perfect representation of a Narcissist.

    • @kalpagovekar7973
      @kalpagovekar7973 2 роки тому +1

      Yes, absolutely agree
      Infact Narcissist + Sociopath/ Psychopath

    • @RM-cw1ix
      @RM-cw1ix 2 роки тому +35

      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.

    • @kalpagovekar7973
      @kalpagovekar7973 2 роки тому +61

      @@RM-cw1ix 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

    • @seattlered3018
      @seattlered3018 2 роки тому +3

      Agreed.

    • @bernicerogers2383
      @bernicerogers2383 2 роки тому +10

      @@kalpagovekar7973 😂 oh really?

  • @christinek5935
    @christinek5935 2 роки тому +280

    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.”

    • @gemstar7286
      @gemstar7286 2 роки тому

      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.

    • @aninditamukherjee4707
      @aninditamukherjee4707 2 роки тому +8

      Umm yes this point can be agreeable

    • @aileenwagner2576
      @aileenwagner2576 2 роки тому +10

      Interesting POV.

    • @artclassesforchildrenjedid7850
      @artclassesforchildrenjedid7850 2 роки тому +8

      Best explanation; real, and so sad.

    • @KimberlyHarge
      @KimberlyHarge 2 роки тому +16

      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.

  • @Mister_Samuel_T_Owen
    @Mister_Samuel_T_Owen 2 роки тому +420

    This was a FANTASTIC short. The lighting, the camera shots, the ending was unexpected as well. Well done!

    • @erictaylor5462
      @erictaylor5462 2 роки тому +25

      You don't watch much sci-fi do you?

    • @noorjehanfna8318
      @noorjehanfna8318 2 роки тому +3

      I can't understand this what happened

    • @bronxlords
      @bronxlords 2 роки тому +24

      The ending was predictable from the beginning.

    • @erictaylor5462
      @erictaylor5462 2 роки тому +2

      @@bronxlords I thought so too.

    • @esenozbay
      @esenozbay 2 роки тому +1

      @@erictaylor5462 exactly what I thought!

  • @BucurEST1989
    @BucurEST1989 2 роки тому +136

    "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
      @antarahmoody575 2 роки тому +11

      Divorces are at about 70% and women initiate 80% of them. 90% if the woman is college educated.

    • @resolecca
      @resolecca 2 роки тому +38

      @@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

    • @seenitalready
      @seenitalready 2 роки тому +5

      @@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?

    • @Tattletale97
      @Tattletale97 2 роки тому +23

      @@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.

    • @antarahmoody575
      @antarahmoody575 2 роки тому +5

      @@resolecca Marriage is a bad business deal for men anyway. Men are forgoing marriage. Not stepping up but stepping away.

  • @garymason7517
    @garymason7517 Рік тому +35

    How can an imperfect being create a perfect one?

  • @IRosamelia
    @IRosamelia Рік тому +17

    I knew she was a robot when I saw how orderly she sliced fruit

  • @randysmith7189
    @randysmith7189 2 роки тому +665

    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.

    • @denisemcdougal6445
      @denisemcdougal6445 2 роки тому +7

      Absolutely true

    • @wendyleeconnelly2939
      @wendyleeconnelly2939 2 роки тому +11

      @Lu yeah, poor bot.

    • @George-ie1si
      @George-ie1si 2 роки тому +19

      His wife is a robot he created.

    • @mickrose9883
      @mickrose9883 2 роки тому +8

      What are even saying its a robot dude.

    • @zeroceiling
      @zeroceiling 2 роки тому +22

      @@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.

  • @DocBree13
    @DocBree13 Рік тому +138

    Still a much better marriage than mine was

  • @theeclectic2919
    @theeclectic2919 2 роки тому +41

    The truth is, you can program other humans with your behavior and the things you say to them. Especially spouses.

    • @madslasher18
      @madslasher18 2 роки тому +7

      Fully agreed ; with enough repetition; a heavy load of positive reinforcement; a splash of rewards and punishment you can certainly program human behavior

    • @Maintain_Decorum
      @Maintain_Decorum Рік тому +5

      As Ann Landers said: you teach people how to treat you.

  • @ritunjayavishor7656
    @ritunjayavishor7656 2 роки тому +19

    We've both been holding on to something that isn't real.

  • @DagwoodDogwoggle
    @DagwoodDogwoggle 8 місяців тому +9

    I caught the foreshadow with the dress in the picture. How can he give her a dress for their anniversary that she's already been photographed in? Well done.

  • @poornashivananjaiah5148
    @poornashivananjaiah5148 10 місяців тому +11

    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.

  • @MundoFrancesOficial
    @MundoFrancesOficial Рік тому +14

    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.

  • @squamish4244
    @squamish4244 8 місяців тому +4

    This Mark Zuckerberg documentary is amazing.

  • @zantas-handle
    @zantas-handle 8 місяців тому +3

    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!

  • @TheKing-cy1ef
    @TheKing-cy1ef 2 роки тому +29

    He is trying to build and rebuild the ultimate perfect wife!

    • @elisaplugaru850
      @elisaplugaru850 2 роки тому +18

      Instead of him trying to be the best husband!

    • @lilackey
      @lilackey 2 роки тому +11

      @@elisaplugaru850.. and this is where the problems in relationship start.. No will to look INSIDE, before critics & blaming beloved one.

    • @ChristinaLane-pe2hc
      @ChristinaLane-pe2hc 3 місяці тому

      Not perfect, he was trying to bring back his original wife. Something unattainable.

  • @Robanimates
    @Robanimates Рік тому +11

    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"

  • @MyestriousGamerWastaken
    @MyestriousGamerWastaken 2 роки тому +49

    ....and we all are entitled to interpret it the way we see the world around us.....!
    Great short!!!

  • @ananyasengupta
    @ananyasengupta Рік тому +153

    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.

    • @celiajarvis3168
      @celiajarvis3168 Рік тому +10

      She was the human, her flaw was to have a spirit. He was the robot, emotionless, needed a matching partner, a toaster.

    • @vikramgogoi3621
      @vikramgogoi3621 Рік тому +4

      Omeleto doesn't make these. They collect them.

  • @mjhopgoodswe
    @mjhopgoodswe 10 місяців тому +2

    Is it me, or is the robot model on the table much more... errrr... voluptuous than the flesh model?

  • @LordKohaegan
    @LordKohaegan 2 роки тому +36

    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.

    • @gemstar7286
      @gemstar7286 2 роки тому +6

      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 .

    • @godskisonsunday
      @godskisonsunday 2 роки тому +5

      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.

  • @phantomwolf3300
    @phantomwolf3300 2 роки тому +60

    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.

    • @TC4loveandlife
      @TC4loveandlife Рік тому +2

      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.

  • @nomada6789
    @nomada6789 2 роки тому +21

    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 🙏

  • @frazzle557
    @frazzle557 2 роки тому +26

    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

    • @meriambenouis5318
      @meriambenouis5318 2 роки тому +4

      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.

    • @philipthomey7884
      @philipthomey7884 2 роки тому +2

      Hey. Now you've ruined Hamlet for me.

  • @brittanyhowatt9307
    @brittanyhowatt9307 2 роки тому +59

    Thanks for the support on the film everyone🙏🏻

  • @marih3286
    @marih3286 2 роки тому +267

    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.

    • @gemstar7286
      @gemstar7286 2 роки тому +64

      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* .

    • @gemstar7286
      @gemstar7286 2 роки тому +30

      I know this is an assumption but he might have killed his real human wife in the first place , who knows.

    • @gemstar7286
      @gemstar7286 2 роки тому +46

      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 .

    • @martamarin8688
      @martamarin8688 2 роки тому +35

      He's dead too, no emotions just an obsession in his mind,😳

    • @gemstar7286
      @gemstar7286 2 роки тому +11

      @@martamarin8688 Exactly ..an unhealthy obsession aswell.

  • @jasonluong3862
    @jasonluong3862 8 місяців тому +3

    When you are married, your spouse always wants to change you to their ideal mate. When you were dating, they think this is possible. If they think you cannot be changed, they would not have married you. So in that context, this little movie is an allegory of marriage.

  • @thedreamisreal
    @thedreamisreal 2 роки тому +33

    What a lovely and homey painting above the dining table- a hand holding a skull

    • @thedreamisreal
      @thedreamisreal Рік тому

      @Cam Robertson alas poor Yorik, I did not know him well....

  • @PlanetSha67
    @PlanetSha67 2 роки тому +14

    This was a awesome modern retelling of the fairytale "Bluebeard".

    • @justniobe
      @justniobe 2 роки тому +2

      Aah yes. You got it!

  • @FlingerFilms
    @FlingerFilms 2 роки тому +11

    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

  • @resolecca
    @resolecca 2 роки тому +219

    I thought he was building a robot to replace his wife turns out he was building a robot to replace his robot

    • @darkmatterra7
      @darkmatterra7 2 роки тому +5

      Spoiler.
      Maat Hotep

    • @markallen2984
      @markallen2984 2 роки тому +8

      Thanks for ruining the film, Becky (of course, it was pretty crappy anyway)

    • @keithanderson6358
      @keithanderson6358 2 роки тому +1

      Thanks for ruining it

    • @resolecca
      @resolecca 2 роки тому +16

      @@keithanderson6358 don't read the comments first is it that hard

    • @keithanderson6358
      @keithanderson6358 2 роки тому +9

      @@resolecca yes your comment is displayed right under the video when I watched it so it’s touch to avoid.

  • @vivianchetty7477
    @vivianchetty7477 2 роки тому +46

    I can feel this woman’s pain.

    • @johnsam100
      @johnsam100 Рік тому +3

      I think she’s not real

    • @godofmath1039
      @godofmath1039 Рік тому +10

      ​@@johnsam100 Just because she isn't human doesn't mean she isn't real

    • @zantas-handle
      @zantas-handle 8 місяців тому +3

      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?

  • @BlutoBlutarsky
    @BlutoBlutarsky 2 роки тому +56

    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.

  • @ragnerlothbrok4865
    @ragnerlothbrok4865 2 роки тому +98

    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.

    • @G_Cs
      @G_Cs 2 роки тому +18

      >"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.

    • @minishetty5124
      @minishetty5124 2 роки тому +1

      @@G_Cs other clues?

    • @icountyoureyelashes
      @icountyoureyelashes 2 роки тому +3

      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”

    • @zarki-games
      @zarki-games 10 місяців тому +4

      @@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.

    • @DagwoodDogwoggle
      @DagwoodDogwoggle 8 місяців тому +2

      @@minishetty5124 The dress. He gives her the dress, but then in the next scene she walks by a picture of herself wearing that dress. How could she have worn it before if hw=e just gave it to her?

  • @laurengarcia2568
    @laurengarcia2568 2 роки тому +8

    She can’t have any needs. A lot of women hold back and just shut down. Because we are called emotional.

  • @Sweetheartbabez
    @Sweetheartbabez Рік тому +8

    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.

  • @hoomanAdnan
    @hoomanAdnan Рік тому +20

    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 ❤️

  • @johnepperson8867
    @johnepperson8867 Рік тому +16

    I'd be happy to have her for a wife !

  • @DrRonArt
    @DrRonArt 2 роки тому +93

    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!

  • @ryansweb1067
    @ryansweb1067 Рік тому +4

    Just brilliant! Very thought provoking. I had to watch it multiple times and every time I saw it from different perspectives.

  • @timothywilliams1359
    @timothywilliams1359 2 роки тому +6

    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.

    • @martinwebb1681
      @martinwebb1681 2 роки тому +1

      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.

  • @phumieroyal2503
    @phumieroyal2503 2 роки тому +42

    Even if/when the future will advance in such a way, this is so deeply unhealthy..🌧️

    • @kingwillie206
      @kingwillie206 2 роки тому +6

      It won’t be this way because everyone will be wearing rainbow pendants at the rate we are going.

    • @Alabanza.Musicversity
      @Alabanza.Musicversity 2 роки тому +6

      The future could be as advanced as ever but humankind is disintegrating.

  • @carlaarbelaez1159
    @carlaarbelaez1159 2 роки тому +147

    So well-shot and detailed ! The film says a lot about the gendered dynamics within relationships, and I did NOT expect that ending

    • @nuwanbandara5008
      @nuwanbandara5008 2 роки тому +4

      Life would be much better with a robot wife.

    • @Medietos
      @Medietos 2 роки тому +14

      @@nuwanbandara5008 You might as well have a dog instead then. At least sth live. How sad and awful.

    • @14margott
      @14margott 2 роки тому +6

      Feat of little boys.Their fear of the Other person Fear of the mother,their own creator and destroyer.

    • @rakeshresearch
      @rakeshresearch Рік тому +1

      I saw that miles away.

    • @wylser
      @wylser 11 місяців тому +4

      Lolwat, it says nothing about gendered dynamics. It's about who's more human.. the robot with emotions or the emotionless human.

  • @beecnul8r
    @beecnul8r 7 місяців тому +1

    She is a really sweet, kind and very handsome woman.

  • @bettyc.parker-young1437
    @bettyc.parker-young1437 2 роки тому +9

    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.

  • @Devina210
    @Devina210 2 роки тому +39

    Yeah, loved this one. It has a Twilight Zone-esque feeling to it.

    • @tracymorgan5386
      @tracymorgan5386 Рік тому

      There was a twilight zone episode almost just like this.

    • @evid1000
      @evid1000 Рік тому

      and the "Stepford Wives" movie@@tracymorgan5386

    • @VDH1953
      @VDH1953 8 місяців тому +2

      "The Lateness of the Hour" - The Twilight Zone episode 44, originally aired 2 December 1960.

  • @Alabanza.Musicversity
    @Alabanza.Musicversity 2 роки тому +24

    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!

  • @aryamsthapak7095
    @aryamsthapak7095 9 місяців тому +1

    The actress had such a heartwarming smile, it reminded me of someone

  • @superrainmanfilms
    @superrainmanfilms 2 роки тому +51

    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
      @dtrainviabridge 2 роки тому +5

      Yes! that and the cast AND crew list!

    • @G_Cs
      @G_Cs 2 роки тому +15

      @@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

  • @emmalove5080
    @emmalove5080 2 роки тому +6

    If I was with someone like that, I would walk away and end it.

  • @WatchThatFirstStep
    @WatchThatFirstStep 2 роки тому +8

    The writer tipped their hand with the cut on the finger.

    • @amojak
      @amojak 2 роки тому +2

      it was a bit clumsy

  • @kolpik3708
    @kolpik3708 2 роки тому +5

    I can't help but wonder if he was as obsessed with work before he began his "project."

  • @control-alt-delete8262
    @control-alt-delete8262 Рік тому +2

    Ever hear of a company called Build a Bear??? Well I'm going to start a company called Build a Wife.

  • @adzdahlman9724
    @adzdahlman9724 Рік тому +6

    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...

  • @JaspreetSingh-ip4se
    @JaspreetSingh-ip4se 2 роки тому +16

    If i will get this type of wife, I will love her every day ❤️

  • @stan467
    @stan467 Рік тому +4

    These comments are sad. Listen people she is no different then a toaster. So why do people keep saying he has a problem when he doesn't. When your toaster can't toast your bread, replace it. It's that simple.

    • @benwatson6033
      @benwatson6033 Рік тому +1

      Exactly bruh it's not like he's cruel or anything she is literally an inanimate unconscious object

  • @feralkat9370
    @feralkat9370 2 роки тому +13

    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.

  • @bouyaharumichi7294
    @bouyaharumichi7294 2 роки тому +7

    why it feels like a darker version of marriage of Howard and Bernadette from big bang theory 😅

  • @udoyxyz
    @udoyxyz 2 роки тому +23

    Come on! How can he behaves with her that way! She is so cute ...

  • @richardcalisi9188
    @richardcalisi9188 2 роки тому +13

    these shorts are way better than these nominated oscars.

  • @danip6648
    @danip6648 2 роки тому +251

    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.

    • @missz7075
      @missz7075 Рік тому +23

      Not all men are like this, I unfortunately married one but I have friends and family members that are good quality men

    • @jamielandon1273
      @jamielandon1273 Рік тому +44

      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. 😒

    • @niza3470
      @niza3470 Рік тому +15

      Hmm relax
      It's about a grieving man in denial.

    • @niza3470
      @niza3470 Рік тому +6

      @@jamielandon1273 ikr😂😂

    • @lovearttherapyalways
      @lovearttherapyalways Рік тому +1

      @@niza3470 hmmmmmmmmm... You RELAX!

  • @AnnemieM
    @AnnemieM 2 роки тому +4

    On that happy note, I have to go on with my day. Well done.

  • @zantas-handle
    @zantas-handle 8 місяців тому +1

    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?

  • @asterix19991
    @asterix19991 Рік тому +6

    Everything was great but I could see the twist since the first interaction between them :/

  • @ninadbhatkar2127
    @ninadbhatkar2127 Рік тому +2

    Inability to put anyone before Ourself? 🤔 That's wrong. 😮 Ask a Mother. 🙏

  • @martinwyke
    @martinwyke 2 роки тому +8

    He seems like the faulty one.

    • @zantas-handle
      @zantas-handle 8 місяців тому +1

      He's grieving his dead wife! Is he not cheerful enough for you?

  • @MachiavellisThePrince
    @MachiavellisThePrince 2 роки тому +8

    A lonely wife tries to rekindle a dying marriage when she discovers a life-altering omelette.

  • @bobbytheblade2550
    @bobbytheblade2550 7 місяців тому +2

    If we could, guys would be rebooting their women quite often.

  • @tman4237
    @tman4237 2 роки тому +8

    He is the forever lonely one....

  • @johnbee7729
    @johnbee7729 2 роки тому +10

    Pretty wild view of our future. Robot spouses for all who desire one. Great movie. Thanks

  • @ahannas
    @ahannas 2 роки тому +6

    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.

  • @jazzyj6640
    @jazzyj6640 2 роки тому +4

    This is giving Black Mirror.

  • @janeaparis
    @janeaparis 2 роки тому +8

    Sadly, that is what a lot of people will want. Someone, an AI/Human robot that they can use and control. That is all.

    • @michaelquaid4679
      @michaelquaid4679 Рік тому

      Well yeah, 80% of men in the current day are ignored by 90% of women.
      There's more lonely men and male virgins than ever before in history.
      Extreme feminism and the Advent of social media has caused hypergamy on steroids.
      I'm just saying, obviously if it becomes available there's many MANY lonely men who would enjoy such companionship

  • @xuyash
    @xuyash Рік тому +2

    I knew she was far too beautiful to be a human being

  • @toneyhiddin4301
    @toneyhiddin4301 2 роки тому +8

    I liked the story. I just didn't appreciate the giveaway so early when she cut her finger.. so unless a person wasn't paying attention to the fact she didn't bleed.. that ending wasn't a suprise

    • @martinwebb1681
      @martinwebb1681 2 роки тому

      It wasn't meant to be a surprise, what was obvious to us was not obvious to the robot wife, and that's the point of it all she didn't know she was a robot even after cutting her finger.

    • @antred11
      @antred11 Рік тому

      There were many more clues than that. I don't think it was meant to be much of a surprise.

    • @lizzasimpson7237
      @lizzasimpson7237 8 місяців тому

      It looked like she was bleeding though. When I accidentally cut myself, I don't start gushing out blood, it doesn't squirt everywhere...

  • @jeeperscreatures
    @jeeperscreatures Рік тому +1

    good morning I made you coffee....Never heard it once....Pure Fantasy...only in film.

  • @serendipitysisters84
    @serendipitysisters84 Рік тому +4

    She wants a divorce and he says his work is the most important thing? 😮

    • @VDH1953
      @VDH1953 8 місяців тому +2

      She is his "work."

  • @MiceHendrickson
    @MiceHendrickson Рік тому +1

    Mini Black Mirror. Absolutely great. So well done🎉

  • @miriamchalmovianska863
    @miriamchalmovianska863 2 роки тому +13

    The saddest relationship...

  • @momof2796
    @momof2796 2 роки тому +12

    as if it only happens to robots

  • @GRosa250
    @GRosa250 Рік тому +1

    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.

  • @EbonyR260
    @EbonyR260 2 роки тому +8

    Is anyone going to mention how he looked like HE was glitching with that fluttering of his eye at the dinner table!!?

    • @gemstar7286
      @gemstar7286 2 роки тому +5

      That would have been crazy if he was also a robot but didn't realise .

  • @driftingmelodies
    @driftingmelodies Рік тому +4

    Let's vote ..i want part 2 of this !!!

  • @AlexandriaSWest
    @AlexandriaSWest 2 роки тому +3

    Nicely done but the twist was spoiled at 1:16 into the film. Editing it out so that we didn't see the wound would make it more intriguing. Also maybe it was just me but it could use subtitles for the male actor during the first half. 😉

    • @martinwebb1681
      @martinwebb1681 2 роки тому

      It was done that way on purpose, that was the whole point of showing it, what was obvious to you and I and most other people was not obvious to the wife, she had no idea she was a robot even when she cut her finger, we knew she wasn't human but she had no idea.

  • @myfairlahey5738
    @myfairlahey5738 2 роки тому +4

    At first I thought he was just an a-hole! What a twist! And that pertinent question at the end: what makes us human?

  • @VDH1953
    @VDH1953 8 місяців тому +2

    "The Lateness of the Hour" - The Twilight Zone episode 44, originally aired 2 December 1960.

  • @ThisIsJessPaul
    @ThisIsJessPaul 2 роки тому +14

    If it was a twist to be revealed, I figured it out when she cut her finger in the first scene, so it was a long short of non-suspense (and I'm not exactly a well-versed film buff}.Well shot, good lead actress, crappy dialogue and writing.

  • @sharonnewton4374
    @sharonnewton4374 2 роки тому +2

    He may be a narcissist. Poor woman!

    • @zantas-handle
      @zantas-handle 8 місяців тому

      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. But oh no, let's just blame the grieving guy eh.

  • @brad2064
    @brad2064 11 місяців тому +1

    The themes explored here are brought to life in Ridley Scott’s epic - Blade Runner.

  • @cecerchio
    @cecerchio 7 місяців тому

    It still doesn't explain where they live if outside conditions need to be dictated

  • @Jay16872
    @Jay16872 9 місяців тому +1

    the reveal was too early when there was no blood on the hand cut.

  • @cheers2023
    @cheers2023 Рік тому +1

    I'm almost 5 minutes in and I want her to divorce this dude asap.

  • @fraidoonw
    @fraidoonw 2 роки тому +2

    Modern Life is getting even worse than this. the modern slavery, alienation and loneliness....let's go for Nature and Heart!

  • @BlueSky-vb5ih
    @BlueSky-vb5ih Рік тому +3

    I wonder why most Tech guys are narcissist. Something to think about it….

  • @AllistairSow
    @AllistairSow 2 роки тому +3

    i’m just here to note that the keycard tone complemented the synth-chord progression from 8:42 to 8:45