MERGER | Omeleto
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- Опубліковано 11 кві 2024
- A man's job takes a turn for the worst when he stays too late one night.
MERGER is used with permission from Daniel Negret. Learn more at imdb.com/name/nm2316201.
A man is sitting at his desk late at night, alone in the high-rise office tower that serves as his workplace. Working hard, he types furiously, utterly committed to his job and ignoring calls from his wife.
All seems ordinary until the man finds himself fielding a strange injury from his keyboard. Ignoring the warning, he keeps working -- only to find himself embroiled in an ordeal of his own making.
Directed and written by Daniel Negret, this vividly realized horror short is a tightly focused, excellently crafted descent into the dark side of office life, where workers feel compelled to put in long hours of their lives at their jobs, enslaved by their computers and chained to their desks. The narrative takes the idea of being tied to one's job to a literal extreme to fascinating and horrifying effect, rendered with meticulous craftsmanship and a confident build-up of suspense.
The character functions here as a kind of "everyman," and we get little information about who he is, though he's played by actor Jonas Tesifa in a precise and deft performance. Instead, the weight of the film's power and meaning is communicated through excellent visuals, whether it's the gleaming noir-like coldness of the office interiors, the almost clinical use of light and shadows or the compositions' emphasis on the worker's isolation and anonymity. We don't know what this company does, but it feels soulless and almost dystopian in its alienation.
Within this milieu, the man works obsessively, typing away at his keyboard. Yet things turn strange quickly when he cuts his finger on one of the keys. It's a puzzling injury, one that he ignores at first. But soon that small, minor injury compounds, and the man finds himself locked in a sudden and surprising life-or-death situation. It's a symbolic one, as his workstation literally threatens to devour him, but the build-up of tension and the high stakes make it visceral for both the worker and the viewer, and the question becomes how far will it all go.
As it turns out, MERGER ends with an eerie, pristinely crafted denouement about the morning after, told from the perspective of a worker more marginal than the man. It's nearly wordless, yet eloquent in its meaning and relatable to anyone who has felt like they've given their blood, sweat and tears for a job to a company. They've given their life force to their work over almost everything else, and in the end, they wonder what it all was for. The ending has an ominous, chilling answer, one that answers unresolved questions but leaves us queasy at its applicability to our own lives. - Фільми й анімація
See. That's why I don't work past normal business hours.
He has a strong connection with his work. I would hire him right away.
Now that's what I call being absorbed in your work.
And climbing the ladder to get as high as possible...
The job sapping the life out of them.😢
Fair enough ⚠️🩸🥀
This job, you wanna quit, but you can't.
You've worked at this plant so long, you're a plant.
Look at your goddamn boots.
For Christ's sakes, they're starting to grow roots!
Anyone else catch the vacuum cleaner having a human leg at 5:53, apparently having "merged" with a past employee, like the one we were show in the beginning?
Good catch I didn’t notice it
I thought that was the dustbag, but your headcanon is fully accepted and approved!
@@crystalvera9560 What do you mean? It's just a dustbag, isn't it?
April 15 last day for filing taxes! Horror!
Im scared to go work on Monday and use my computer
The haunted desk or The devil's desk :))))
Not a single word, but simply a masterpiece ❤
It gives an entire new meaning to merger. I guess I should be glad that my job wasn't included in the company's merger.
Working is killing you
Great Job! Love the atmosphere and cinematography. I'm wandering doesn't anyone come looking for their missing husband or wife? LOL!.
I felt that there was no real storyline. It felt like just experimental film, or a chance to practise various skills. I felt that they did do well in so many respects.
It is a metaphor for the work taking your life away from you and from your loved ones.
@@eugenetswong It's not so much the storyline. It's more so these folks are trying hard to make art.
I think I understood the moral, and I stop using this letter that is on the keyboard between the letter d and the letter g.
Never do overtime folks. Doesn't pay off.
What a toxic workplace 😂
Hard day at the office
It takes team work and sacrifice, I guess.
Working overtime
and 'Hard Work'
is not supposed to
pay off this way.
Right?
It seems that the Custodian
is aware of this
non-faustian bargain?
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I'm taking the day off.
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✝️
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I’ve definitely felt like that guy some days.
Alcoholism is more fun than Workaholism...
Giving your life to the company!😩
Literally 😮
Yup!!!
what in the meatcanyon is this
howd u get any meatcanyon vibes from this?
This represents corporate merges and acquisitions quite well.
😢
Welcome to modern lifestyle I guess
おしまい(oshimai)
???
Why is he kinda-
Wat