Best Friend - Animation Short Film 2018 - GOBELINS
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- Опубліковано 7 лис 2018
- In a near future, a lonely man is addicted to a product called ‘’Best Friend” which offers him perfect virtual friends.
Réalisateurs / Directors : Nicholas Olivieri, Shen Yi, Juliana De Lucca, Varun Nair, David Feliu
Contact : friend@gobelins.fr
Musique / Soundtrack : Arthur Dairaine Andrianaivo
Award : The best Student film Award in View Conference 2018
Année de production / Production year : 2018
GOBELINS, l'école de l'image, Moïra Marguin : mmarguin@gobelins.fr
Contact festivals : Miyu Distribution, Luce Grosjean - festival@miyu.fr
Société de distribution : L'Agence du Court Métrage
Website : gobelins.fr
Facebook : gobelins.ecole
Twitter : gobelins_paris - Фільми й анімація
the thing that disturbed me most was how these supposedly 'best friends' only stood by and watched while the main was being attacked...and yet he still prefers them over real people
Cos they were just an illusion designed for his desire.
I wonder what's so hard with getting a real best friend :/
@@nadiaalibaig Sorry for the previous comment. I realized it was pretty bad. Getting to what you said, *"Finding A Best friend"* is pretty hard for sure especially in todays society.
The people lacks trust into eachother just because they fear the outcome of disappointment from that person that's why our care and love for eachother has been affected badly. These are really the main pillar for building a good and stable friendship with someone and that's why it has become a hard task.
Another thing is that people usually misunderstood the qualities of a best friend to look-for in a person. A person who gets you involve in bad means or getting you against your parents or destroying your mind is considered to be a friend in make-up but that is not the case. Especially youth doesn't realize that and after time they start to regret their choices.
Each person has it's own nature and you can't change it, you need to adjust in that to know whether that person is good or bad for you then you can proceed further. As always trust your feelings, most of the time it guides you well. 👍
@@shariq6121 I don't entirely get what you mean...
But then how can you explain people communicating with each other as they wait in line, this short animation reflects severe addictions and mental health issues in my opinion.
@@nadiaalibaig Depression and other mental diseases surely come through loneliness and as the person in the video has no actual reality friend but just an illusion deep down he knows that it isn't real but he's so addicted to it that he wants it to be ever-lasting.
“heyy arthur”
aw shit. here we go again
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lexi stevens 😂😂
*“I have a plan.”*
These are the types of horror that scare me, the dystopian vibe, fake loved ones and friends, addiction to technology always makes me sick and this is why this animation is just amazing
reminds me of the consequences of Apple's Vision Pro
NEURALINK.
Like you’re in my head😂😂
Arent you addicted to technology?
It's scary because it's real and this is probably our fate...
One thing of note was the fact that other people in the crows had the same implant but were still socializing with others shows that him becoming addicted was through overusage and his own lonliness
Honestly we see them socializing, but I'm not sure it is with others, from my point of view they are all talking to their "best friend" and not to others
@@whitelight2195except we can see there implant
@@whitelight2195 at 4:23 those 2 guys are definitely talking to one another, so it's similar to anything else that can be addictive in frequent amounts, most people can turn it off but it seems like he kept it on constantly
@@whitelight2195 there is a black woman holding the arm of a white dude and looking at each other they literally couldn’t be talking to a friend because they’re that close and as we saw later the “friends” are holograms and when the homeless guy shows up the friends move to the side like with how the girl hologram is at Arthur side and not right by him in the line because she would glitch out. There’s even a mother and her child, and two girls point blank looking at each other talking. At some point it becomes obvious our main character is just an addict and not everyone else is like him he even stands out by the way he’s the only one looking scared. Not everyone is going to become an addict man.
People are saying he would've learned his lesson after nearly being killed but in reality we too would try it again i like how the creator was honest in the ending
True, cuz in the future, we could be permanently blinded by new tech
@Ashley Ward thats a lie temptation is hard to resist and its not a matter of being a sheep or not you are human you act on instincts and irrational thoughts and action, if however you are you'll just come crawling back again in the future
Ashley Ward ok conspiracy theorist
So then with this ideology it's doesn't matter how hard we try we only do what we can do, is good to know your limits
A good example of this is drug or smoking addicts who get health scares yet they still continue nonetheless
The sad part is that he didn’t even learn his lesson
I agree though, it's hard to stop doing things like that or for example, drugs. Once you get hold of something that makes you feel good, you never stop taking it
This comment is stolen
Maybe it was because of Kami, we seen the looks he gives to her. Not cause of addiction, interaction or anything. We saw and heard of how much Kami means so much to him. 3:16 he "I really thought I was gonna lose you." to her, 4:00 He screamed her name, even reaching his hand out to her and 4:13 he shouted "SHE'S MINE". Whenever Kami disappears or near, he would go to desperation just to see her. He could have real friends already but if he did, He won't see Kami anymore because he has 'friends'. She's so precious to him so much he even decided to get a new one, just have her again. This is just my answer to the reason
thats what makes it "realistic"
in the real life the addicts dont learn the lesson
4:35
I’ve watched this a few times but I just notice how in this scene, his tears are vibrant yellow. Shows just how much he’s been using the product
It’s like drug overdose
I can see where you are going with this, but he did also just take the eyedrops and they have a pretty vibrant dye so it also could be that
The way his eyes roll back and that "ahhh..." he gives when he uses the eye drops is just like a junkie getting a hit.
that´s crazy i never noticed that
idk why, but this video makes me depressed
The fact that the guy who almost killed him looked like an older version of our protagonist kinda shows how he will turn out because of his addiction
Plot twist: Arthur was attacked by his future self.
And that's a theory
@@droveyydunkeyy3653 a game theory 👁️
dev 002 Do You Mean A Film Theory?
@MASON !!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA
OMG maybe his future self was trying to save present him from falling too deep into the rabbit hole
The fact that being lonely hurts so much that he got addicted to that little taste of what being loved/cared for felt like, even if it wasn't real
Nooooo being alone doesn't hurt at least in my case
To be honest, it's kind of like drug abuse. Once you get your hands on what you thought could help you, will only make life worse and more depressing though, there are lots of people to help when this happens
Well in todays world full with social media and tech its no wonder people would resort to such things
@@lukapaic7560 Yeah but, some people help those with things like drug abuse but, in this world, they all have drug problems and no one is stopping it...
Why am I addicted to phones and stuff? It’s literally like 4 am, I wish I could stop.
Notice the genius design of each "Best Friend" the device has.
Each of them are meant to be the motivation, assisting type with positive attitude. From Cami's casual retro-tech design, to a surfer bro, a wizard, a task-managing ball, a cheery girl, and a game controller.
You can tell that each of them are meant to be the type of "friend" everyone wants.
I like the little details that you might not notice on the first watch. It seems Best Friend is more than just a virtual friend package, it's essentially a modern cell phone. It includes calls, messaging, camera, videos, and anything else you'd find on a phone, perhaps even social media. It just so happens that the virtual assistant/s that come with the product function as "friends."
I like that the message isn't just about loneliness caused by addiction, and that addiction being fuelled by that loneliness, but also about social media in the modern times.
Although anyone find it weird that such a modern piece of technology doesn't have the ability to call the authorities if the user feels threatened?
True.
Plus, imagine a function that could detect the amount of adrenaline in your system (or stuff like insulin if you want to get even cooler), and automatically call the authorities/hospital if the levels get too high or low.
Cool, eh?
@@dylatron4533 Sort of like a Smart Watch that detects abnormal heartrate.
3019 kids commenting about how this is relatable.
Or maybe 2025...
Yikes
Probably be in a new language
so true
😂😂👍
them: "we are your friends"
also them: watches as your head get cut by a maniac
@medvedpotato break out of the virtual world
@medvedpotato its not so much the logic and physical rules behind it but rather the message that it send to the audience. Of course they couldn’t do anything, but that’s not the point. It’s the irony of the situation that affected people.
I feel like it's about addiction. People you meet through drugs or the drugs themselves feel amazing but in a pinch will sit and watch you die.
In the case of people I have seen that for sure but the drugs can't do anything.
Please folks, their lives do matter, yes they do, they did, had and always had, because their lives do matter, regardless of their exterior and interior, we are here in this world with the purpose of evolving internally, with or without God, because it is a fact, that nobody is born perfect and good, that is why we have to sow and reap positive fruits regardless of whether we will die or not, due to corruption, apathy, negative thoughts, had people who saw no meaning in life this is it, that's why we have to seek to unite, empathize, be united as a whole, and produce positive fruits for each other, that's in my opinion, stay in peace , their lives matter, regardless of the opinion of others, if someone wants to talk and share their feelings and thoughts of their conscience, feel free, and by the way don't get carried away by your own mind and body, that's why we are here in this world, pair to evolve, not to satisfy the flesh, to heal our outer needs, but to seek knowledge, intelligence, wisdom, empathy, self-control, pure love, unity, etc., because it is obvious that we want a paradise, we who we have to build our paradise, I am saying this, regardless of whether there is a God or not, whether there is Life after death or not, because we are here, to obtain the inner evolution, so that in addition to building our character, we can create an environment and a good world where there will be no diseases, no deaths, be it natural or accidental, that's it, and never let yourself be carried away by these negative stimuli of your mind, but so that you can develop as a great living and collective, and if you want to share what you feel, and what you think and that's okay, I'm not going to judge you.
Still it’s better than fake real friends who runs away instead of standing in support of you
Did you notice when she gave him the recommendation for the one-star rated machine? He listened to her, and he was led to a shady space where he got attacked. I think a main idea of this short is that a true friend would not put you directly in danger.
Here comes colour theory, yellow can mean happiness and lies. Which is brilliantly displayed here, amazing job by the creators!
The irony of mass amounts of people socializing, yet are still lonely. I loved this.
@Natasel Shit! Your right!
Had no clue what this was about. What you said makes sense.
it’s creepy as hell, talking to robots who completely don’t understand what you need...
@@alicelu5691 if they did then what?
I dont think that was the point of the short film, i saw it more of an addiction problem
Did anyone notice that his tears were yellow towards the end? I think that it was a creative way to show how much he uses the liquid for his friends
Correction:"friends"
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Sausage Shark _everyone notice it_
Its kinda hard to miss
TheNormalGuy wtf
it's scary how this is becoming more and more relatable and I'm falling down that hole...
It matches a lot of my nightmares and horrors and thought (especially from time i found character ai ) that i cant ignore like what is the meaning of life and all of it if robots can do it better than us? They seriously are getting better at making people feel loved appreciated and etc
Its not real. And dont fall down ❤
This really hits close, especially because he didn’t try to stop after nearly dying, everything you could ever imagine can push you beyond your limit but addiction somehow always wins, no matter what, sometimes it’s just like that, you have to take to step yourself, nothing can push you to do it, YOU have to push yourself. This was an amazing experience to watch
❤
This was like an episode of Black Mirror condensed down to 5 minutes
it's better this way
dude bro I swear i thought the same thing
or Love Death & Robots
I thought the same. How this is not a Black Mirror episode?!?!
@@roberttraylor9318 but wich episode the one with the dumbass strips naked?
The man who tried to kill Arthur had many scars on his face which suggests he was very much more addicted than Arthur.
it was literally arthur himself showing himself how he would look like if he continued that addiction.🗿
Y o j I n.요진 so deep
He was not trying to kill him just scratched him to get that yellow battery. But I do not doubt he was ready to kill for his technological addiction
""kill""
Bitch imagine having a criminal record saying:
- addicted to *friends*
This reminds me of when i was once an addict. It was our "cure" for our "happiness". It was like a rollercoaster ride that we couldn't stop. We kept wanting more and more of it, no matter the consequences. We thought we were in control, but in hindsight, we were completely out of control. There are a lot of people who go through it too, so I say "we."
I think an interesting thing is that, we see in that huge line to the machine that, while everyone also has the yellow dot indicating they have the Best Friend, they're not talking to themselves. They're turned to each other, looking each other in the eyes and even touching each other. They're not completely isolated and dependent like Arthur is, which is even sadder because that means he's voluntarily pushing himself into relying on nothing but the Best Friend. There ARE people he could connect to, but he just doesn't allow himself to.
*Will no one talk about how rich "Best friend" company's owner is?*
I wonder if that person uses it. I mean in a world like that won't that person be lonely too.
Maybe it’s AI
@@christinaMJ Possibly. But wealth is a social lubricant. Chances are they have it far easier finding the time/resources to spend with/on people than people like Arthur, who doesn't seem to exhibit that kind of wealth.
Elon musk with his neuralink lol
aprilmoon I was about to say this
1:10
I never saw this before but Arthur’s cake only has one slice when he’s in reality.
Edit: just saw this now & wowie that’s a lot of you, thank you so much!
Woah
That's a damnn good eye
Bruh
You're a keen observer
VERY good catch! I can't count the number of times I've watched this and I never noticed.
I remember watching this for the first time in 2018 as I was about to go to sleep in a hotel in Costa Rica with some high school friends and being so blown away by the beautiful animation and storytelling. I recollect this moment as one of the most influential on me aspiring to become an animator.
Also at the time this felt as a black mirror episode, but now I totally would see this as a Love Death and Robots episode.
The fact when the man attacked him and the friends could not do anything really shows how much real friends mean, ones who got your back
@clink Take it less literally. Yea they couldn’t help because they were illusions, but it’s also representing how fake friends don’t do anything for you or help you.
It’s irony, there an illusion, how could they even know he was in danger, and even if they knew they could do nothing.
Except when they don't.
Very true
And that he had to pay to keep them around
The ending had me like “Oh yay he doesn’t have it any-“ *closes cabinet* “WHYYYY WOULD YOU GET IT ON THE OTHER SIDEEE”
Cuz he's got friends on the other side.
@@estellevu8076Oh goddam , is that a disney?
@@estellevu8076 Doctor Facilier, nice to see you again!
Bodogato ShadowStorm it’s a phrase from The Princess and the Frog
The depressing part about the scene was that after Arthur got assaulted by a best friend addict he literally learned nothing and didn't learn his lesson.....
I noticed, by the way, a detail that was not described in the comments. Other people, despite the fact that they have a “Best Friend”, still communicate with real friends, only the main character is completely buried in virtual friends. So I would call the idea of the short film not “technology is killing society”, but the idea of loneliness, as lonely people simply have no other choice.
何年も前にこのアニメを見つけて以来、何度となく思い起こされては見に来てしまうほどにお気に入りの動画です。
主人公の“アーサー”という男性の境遇などを読み取ると、現代社会人の抱える重圧や依存が垣間見えるのがとても秀逸です。
以下は“自分なり”の解釈を適当に書き記したものです。
・“アーサー”という名前から、親から過度な期待を押し付けられているような印象を受ける
・主人公の所作や言動から“根は優しいが、人付き合いが不得手で孤独な人物”であることが伺えられる。現代よりも進んだ時代にありながら家族や友人から祝ってもらえない様子や、歌うことに夢中で予備のナノマシンを踏んでしまうところからも読み取れる。
・Best Friendの“利便性”よりも、“自分と対話してくれる存在”として依存している主人公とホームレスが、スマートフォンあるいはSNSといったものの象徴に見える。
・ホームレスは主人公のような(寂しさを煩わせるものとして依存している)人の成れの果て。孤独を埋めるために何かに依存しすぎて破滅した人
・ホームレスのこめかみに付いている端末が他のものと異なっている。これは
“規格が古いものが付いていて、かなり前からBestFriendに依存している”
“何度も端末の取り換えを繰り返した結果、引き剥がせないように固定化された”
“他社から引き剥がした端末を無理やり埋め込むための非合法？な機器”
のような様々な考察が考えられる。いずれにせよ、彼がアーサー以上に依存してまともな思考回路を保てない状態にあるのは明らか
"Everybody loves you, but nobody likes you, and that is the loneliest feeling in the world"
-Bojack
I don't understand ¿?
@@Sprite-od4xl You never will
I'm acquainted with that feeling, sadly.
i cant exactly comprehend what that means, yet i somehow clearly understand it
@@lolzcataclysm511 s0 eDgY 😜
3:45 I just realized that those scars represent how many time he’s gotten those “best friends” things implanted onto his head. Good Lord.
And torn out. The scars probably mean other addicts tore out his other implants.
Denizen _ At first, I believed that when he was elbowed in the head, that attack caused the cuts.
H. L. , it only knocked the honeless mans hat off so the scars were visible.
Plus, it looks like he got a different implant, maybe one that was interchangeable instead of renewable, if you know what I mean.
Exactly 😶
The most creepiest thing about this animation is the fact that all of this could be real in a couple of years, is like a happiness drug, like the social media has been on this last years, we want connections, relationships, etc.
A thing that wifi or metaverse will never replace
Exactly man. See the scene at 1:29 where Arthur is singing with his BestFriend, but in reality is actually singing to no-one 😢
The fact this is becoming a reality💀💀💀💀💀💀
Best friends that can’t even help you when someone’s attacking you 👌
Should have brought his 40
That's because they aren't really there
Sounds like my friends
brickfighter 13 you don’t say
LazyLawson hahaha
I think that the man who attacked Arthur is supposed to represent the man he would become if he continued using that technology. At the end it's revealed that Arthur has gained a scar, just like the many the other man had.
Christopher Ramsey the scar was on the other side of were the different man cut.
nah bro , the mirror just flips it in the last scene , it’s the left side of his face
Christopher Ramsey a sharp view. Like it.
@@oliverclowsoft8241 why did he need the device and not eye drops?
Oh.. Now I get it.. Maybe that's how it will be in future
As someone who struggles to socialise with real people and daydreams a lot about being in relationships I can feel comfortable in this is very relatable.
i feel like the mirror scene is the initial scene where he starts to like, lose everything.
he constantly stays perfectly symmetrical on the line in the middle of the mirror. both sides are completely identical, but one has best friend.
3:44 all those spots on his head are his past best friends. He probably had many stolen or broken. Thats why he was crazy for one
I actually didn't think of that....
A real a person I mean or a illusion ?
I thought Arthur just gashed him up good.
@@fuego5350 you my best friend?
@@playerml1558 no
This animations avoided so many cliches by making him just going back his friend at the end
Yeah it was honestly really refreshing! There’s so many shorts that essentially say “technology bad". I liked the ending because it made sense.
It was more realistic that he just went back. You would have too.
Yep. Many other shows like Batman Beyond go with the serotonin nonsense that undermines the moral.
We need actual stories and people, not some petty excuse.
@@dragonairdragon6173 of course, but also happy and cheerful =/= realistic
@@nocctea This short said anyway "technology is bad", he didn't return because the tech is okay, he just stays addicted in the end, he is not okay. The man who attacked him? He had maaany scars on his head, because before he put out that thing but then re-used it again again. The man who attacked him is his future.
I watched this video when I was just a little girl. Maybe I didn't want to accept it and I didn't want to understand it, also because I lived as an outcast from all the children. In fact, from there I began to create my own world, paracosm is the exact term. Now that I've grown up and I'm understanding the dangers of my addiction to the imaginary world, this video is much clearer to me. I avoided it and many times UA-cam offered it to me, I was afraid to see myself in that character again and I think this proves how wonderful the work behind this project is ❤️
This terrifies me and makes me feel sad at the same. It hits harder than it should, and that's saying something because I already have a best friend.
I'm watching these videos as inspiration for a fanfiction I'm creating, and to also get research on the topics. This short is great.
I watched this at a very young age on accident so it probably explains my very deep understanding of this and I tried to find it again
I am re-watching this because of the recent trend of A.I stuff. Definitely aged well
honestly,, that creepy guy couldve just taken the eye drops instead of the actual thing
Maybe his thing was broken?
He prolly broke
He was crazed. And I think his head thing was broken.
They scan the eye drops in order to personalize it so he would need to get a new one.
Those scars on his head were likely from lost applications of "best friend" and if your thing in the head is broken or out of charge you'll never going to be able to recharge it. So he wished for his "working" "best friend"
Poor guy. He’s so lonely that he can’t live without those eye drops, and it’s only sinking him deeper into addiction. This is too real. Having social anxiety and not being able to make friends with people really sucks.
I actually dreamt this concept some other day. It was terrifying and I want to forget those past moments that I've experienced.
it will probably gonna happen,loo what elon musk has created
Buddy asks for help, I know it is very difficult to overcome these problems. But the sooner you start working with a therapist, it will be easier to learn how to live better and happier.
Tbh i feel it’s his fault for not trying to make friends or relationship with people.
I am not able to make friends too.... I feel everyone is way different than me.... I feel like all the people are connected with a line and i am the only one who is out... The one who can't see this line so i can connect like them.....and, sorry for the bad english....
My friends 🙂
I remember when I first watched this back in high school I almost fainted from seeing this. I was that disturbed. The part that really disturbed me the most was when the homeless dude used a sharp glass piece to rip off the main character's dot thing. That really disturbed me.
This video is a genius, because it's similar so to drugs. It somehow gives him relief and happiness, but it doesn't do anything good to you. Like how the "Friends" just silently watched him get beat up by that robber guy; in the man's mind they make him happy but they're useless in the real world. (Bad grammar sorry)
Don't you think that the man who atacked Arthur looks kinda like Arthur himself???
Hugvy Akelley I mean they’re Asian so
@@opticfloyyyd BAHAHAHA yes we all look alike dont we?
It’s probably to portray parallels between them.
Hugvy Akelley I think it’s to show how they are both addicted or something
To me that guy was who Arthur would be in his future.
I thought this was gonna be a cute little short film about bestfriends but I guess not 😭😭
A Z Z Y Y same •-•
Omggg i was so shocked 😭😭
Same... And I didn't even get thr point...
Miguel Antonio Clavijo Gimenez nobody reads the desc ROBLOX kid
Ikr..
Did anyone notice how the reason he uses so many is probably because he’s using it up on SO MANY “friends” instead of just one?
Eso tiene sentido
The way the guy who attacked him looks like a future version of himself...the scars he has from other cips ...they correlate with his first scar.Its what he will become.
I didn’t even notice this. Great catch.
This is both depressing and interesting
Two thousand likes and no replies hmm
But depressing above all
I thought of it more as DESPAIRFUL
Just depressing
Isn't this what Facebook is all about?
i thought this is about some guy who is in a friendzone, damn this got dark real quick
The friendzone is a made up concept that dosen't mean anything
@@pamelavergara3771 ok. And? “Friendzone” is a way to describe someone who has romantic feelings for someone else who only regards them as a friend, in a platonic sense. It’s a term which actually has a conceivable use in the modern world, though contrived.
Yeah, I thought he was depressed or something, which was me reasoning about how tired he looks, but dang. The whole concept of realistic virtual 'friends' is terrifying
Saameee
@@pokaay3163 You’re right that many people still use the word in the modern world, but it shouldn’t be used in the negative connotation that is associated with it. People who act platonically towards someone with ulterior motives shouldn’t be criticized for trying to be a friend.
Sometimes I go back to see this animation and I’m still impressed everytime
Comming after Apple glass announcement and get shocked when I find that film 4 years ago
I recall reading someone's comment "I thought the homeless man was gonna show him the meaning of life by becoming his real friend. Boy was I wrong." It really caught my attention because I didn't see it that way when I first saw this.😮
I mean the homeless man's appearance kinda gave it away.
I don't mean to be mean... Hahaha but as a person who lives in a third world country... If you see anyone on an alley or somewhere dark and lonely it only means trouble. So yeah, I imagined he would get mugged (not what happened though, i thought he'd take the yellow liquid or something... I did not understand his chip didn't work).
I imagined that too. But I was wrong
Even better, he wanted 'friends' so maybe he should have just been his friend and he wouldn't need his button anymore either
....yeah...be friends
Feels like that one episode of Black Mirror... except that the main character didn't learn his lesson this time
which one?
aysu I'm thinking of the one with the grain.
SamusTea I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING OMLLL
Lol
@@zzz-cb8yi ep. Entire History of You (not sure what season)
It's funny how extroverted people think introverts can turn a switch and make friends
As a person who had a "friend" in characterAI. I can relate to this so much
The fact that the hologram girl is not even program to think about his safety is really scared me, Everything is safety first but the creator just programmed her to just literally pick up a really low rate machine in the place like that, just to have him buy more of their stuff.. And the fact that they don't even program 'contact help if the costumers is in danger' and let them just standing there, watching their costumers(or friends..?) hurting and dying from something... God, it's so scary.
The creator of this 'Best Friend' products is a real monster.
Or incompetent.
If you can't market safety value, you'll be pushed out of the market
@@cassandrabelyeu2419 ikr, But this is more like a drug dealers. There are no safety values, they never care their costumers, just do everything to make them buy more of it.
That's all they do and it's exactly like this.
Yeah, as a software programmer myself I find it really reassuring that it hurts a real company's bottom line if my code doesn't have the necessary safety measures in it.
I wouldn't want to work anywhere near a programmer with that drug-dealer mentality.
If you see them get so careless about safety on the consumer's end, you know their back-end code is like a barrel full of snakes and barbed wire.
Don't touch it, don't edit it, don't use it, just burn down the building.
welp.. thats was a deep one to think about too, Thanks for mentioned man
its really realest to the creator of some product irl too, some just don't really give a shit about their costumers if their things selling well, they just do more and do everything to make people buy it more. and in this animation its not just a product but more like a service product that the costumers will always use it for a long term so its mean that their have to really care about their costumers a lot.
But in this animation it like you said, they dont even have any safety program service for the costumers
this is cruel as heck yo
That's laissez faire capitalism baby
I think it's over looked how expensive this addiction is. Every pack is 60 dollars, and Aurthur had like 4 packs in that one night.
sneakyASMR • 60 dollars won’t be much in the future
Still cheaper than cocaine
60 bitcoin, not dollars. 60 bitcoin is around 500,000$ at the moment
@@TheWildery are you telling me that it's even MORE expensive????
@@fregglecore9533 facts
scary how close we're getting to this point.
He loves his virtual friends more than his life.What if he had real friends.....
I think it's funny that people keeps saying that he hasn't "learned his lesson". What lesson was he suppose to get out of this? If anything, it's more of a reason to get back to his virtual friends. Arthur ironically got attacked by a real person, and had a bunch of real people walk around him when he's having an episode. It's no surprise that nothing is different. lol
People completely miss the allegory of addiction, & what drives someone further into it. It’s a perfect example of how ignorant a large portion of society is to the struggle of self destructive habits & why they’re used if someone is barely able to cope.
I guess to him, yeah, it'd just be a reason to keep having "best friends," but clearly these friends can't help him when he's hurt or give him authentic love. Real people can, it's just hard to find the ones who will.
It’s because the people in the world he lives in are so used to having these imaginary friends that are always so happy, and they are so addicted to it that they can’t live without it and don’t know how to interact with other real people
Agreed, real people suck
That virtual reality is Arthur comfort zone. It’s hard getting out of your comfort zone.
3:45 Pretty symbolic how they look almost identical if you remove their hair from the equation, almost like an omen of what he’ll eventually turn into if he doesn’t stop.
Yes! This is in point.
Nice catch!
Hey congrats, someone else actually noticed
Woahhh!! Interesting.
Maybe these scars shows how many times other people tried to snatch that bestfriend capsule from him (thief)
"In the near future" Bro, this is the present
in 3:44 you can see how the guy that attacked the main character has a bunch of scars on his face, showing how many of those "best friends" he has had, being truly addicted to it. damn.
I thought he actually had friends and was really tired at first until she started glitching...
This is really a biggest nightmare of mine now
Wasn't it obvious when he blew out the candle?
Timid uwu I thought it was very cartoony to be honest
What glitching.?
@@blackheart456 at the beginning when the battery in his eyeball was low
only thought that at the end, when he got a new chip
All the comments ive seen so far aren’t giving the main character enough credit. Yes he’s addicted to this scary technology, and yes addiction is bad. But it’s his loneliness that created and feeds that addiction to being with. And that lonely feeling caused desperation and his desperation led to his addiction. He would’ve been alone on his birthday if not for these holograms, so I really sympathize with him. That being said everything about this animation is so impactful. It’s very well done.
Also it shows plenty of people who who have the same tech and are socializing with friends and don't have the same problems.
@@Masiyooo Facebook. Twitter. Myspace. Instagram. Handheld devices. People claiming "I can't live without the web." We're enslaving ourselves to technology. It's becoming the death of all of us
@@amalwais6896 but here's an argument: they're fun.
Already had that thought, the justification of such technologies and products being "At-least it gives some people comfort and companionship", some using the elderly and such as an example. These are not excuses, this does not justify the cost that has to be paid for such products to exist, there are better alternatives, better ways, REAL SOLUTIONS. ENOUGH WITH THE JUSTIFICATION OF HALF MEASURES.
Sympathize isn't the same as giving credit, everyone has reasons to be bad, even though for some, its much greater, but if they don't strive to be better, I won't appreciate and give credit to them, only sympathize.
The fact that I went out of my way to search for this video should say how memorable it is, amazing job
The horrifying part is that this kind of thing is actually coming true now, with the advent of these new chat AIs
" *Heeeeyy Arthur* "
"D.W!!!!!???"
Howdy
stay the fuck away from me
HELLO ITS ME... *ARTHUR*
hey its me Vsausce
I feel y'all ignoring the fact that we he confronted the wrong guy and was shoved after making the mistake, no one cared that his head was bleeding nor did they bother to even see what was wrong or why he was freaking out; he isn't the only one at fault since society proved that when he needed them most they didn't care or bother to help him which influenced his need and dependency on the holograms since he still believes they're always there for him
Kamran R don’t have to be liberal to see it
I'm a communist
@@kevonrattigan406 liberals and communists are really close. They always say it is societies fault not individuals fault. Which is bs. We all have a choice to make.
Just.. don’t put weird stuff in your brain.. that’s the message!
In a crowded street corner, if someone suddenly shoved me and hurled accusations at me, I'd shove them away too- the bleeding head doesn't help his image.
But I do agree that the fact everyone else there is oblivious to his plight, too caught up in their own world. That's kinda sad and I've seen that shit happen irl. Saw a girl robbed of her phone and she had run through a train station chasing the thief and no one helped her until she ran into me and my friends.
Honestly, a lot of the time reality already feels that way. Loneliness in company, the desperation to be in company, but not of other people, the terrifying reality that people will turn on you. Miserable, yes, but true to life.
this reminds me of Apple's Vision Pro - I feel like this will be one of the later consequences of overindulging in the digital world, up to the point where people lose interest in the real world. It makes everything seem easier and perfect but ruins your life, but you still feel addicted to it
I don’t wanna be that guy, but who else wants this to be like a movie on Netflix?
Not on Netflix because they'll probably ruin it but yeah. A full movie or show on this would be dope. The world sorta reminds me of Psycho pass.
Black mirror is kinda like this bruh... It shows how advanced tech might probably ruin us in the future
Aishwarya Nair Exactly! Nosedive, Playtest, Ashley Too, Hang the DJ, Striking vipers and even Smithereens are describing the same kind of reality.
@@sarahr3813 yup
@@jacobbudd2011 I don't know it could make a good basis for a black mirror episode
I think at the end it means that somtimes even if we know that our friends or our relationships are fake with people, we can not just let is go. Not because we can't do it, because we are afraid to be alone
@Y Z thank you❤
And also because that is what everyone is doing so if you don't, you will be treated like you are the freak.
I actually did that. I was just tired of fake people with fake smiles, they weren't there for me when I was at my lowest point. So I finally let it go. I'm starting over now.
@@bonxlinx well there is no such thing as a perfect life, somtimes we feel the most happy ,we pass great moment with our friends familly and we wish it never ends but some other times life can be hard we lose who we thought they'll never leave us we break up with who we beleive that they were part of our soul but we are still breathing and nothing has stoped that mean we are born to fight we have fun some day we cry some others and life is still going
Those who left they werent made for that place god make us meet them to learn from them some lessons and when there mission is done theyll go, we should not be sad for that but we should be greatfull for the lessons that we've learned, maybe it will take time to understand the meanig behind it and also it will be hard to forget them but this it the purpose of live to experience and learn how to be strong.
@@radjaametahri5279 I was always awere of that. Shit happens. The best thing we can do is try to cope with it and then move on. The thing is deep down, I always knew those relationships were never meant to last forever. When I was alone, I was trying to understand what was the meaning behind all of this. And when I did, I did what I should have done a long time ago. I'm much happier now. Friends and relationships are awesome. But I rather have those things with real people. I never wanted to have tons of people around me. Just a few friends that sometimes I can talk to is enough for me.
moral of the story: If you have imaginary friends that are slowly making people insane to the point someone carves them out of your head...JUST BUY NEW ONES
What gave me goosebumps was that the man who attacked him had MULTIPLE BestFriend scars! 😢😢😢
I really love how there is no redemption. This is just a look into this guys life, a man at his lowest point.
He loses everything, literally ripped from him.
He doesn’t deal with not having his friends anymore. He simply replaces the dot, and falls straight back into the same routine.
It’s beautifully tragic, yet so simple. I love it.
That summed it up pretty well.
At 4:34, the entire crowd has these devices. Meaning that even if he wanted to try to find real friends, he couldn't. Everyone else isn't interested; they only care about their imaginary friends.
His age being 30 is no coincidence. At this age it is almost impossible to escape friendlessness in modern society.
Or are being prevented from taking by person(s). But, hey... just my personal situational experience. 🤷🏼♀️
It is one of my favorite short animations on this site.
It’s dystopian as hell and frighteningly realistic on some level with companies feeding off of people’s loneliness and desperation.
5:00 did he finally learn the value of real friends?
5:06 alright nevermind
Ikr?
Value of real friends? We never see his "real friends", it's implied he has none. The point was about companies exploiting human emotions for profit, not an anti-progress one.
@@leonguide93 Well, you can have a "Best friend" but he for sure was disconnected from humanity, at some point after losing his best friend, you see a scene where everyone are just hanging out with their *Real friends* and he is the only "crazy one" , he got to the point where he didn't give a damn, he wanted his imaginary friends even if it required to punch real life people or be rude towards them.
@@ilaya1211 there are some people who have company there, but there are also people by themselves, in the end they're all standing in the line for fuel for the "best friend" product, they are all in need of a virtual best friend. I would not say that just showing other people in the line having friends is a proper context narrative to say the main character also has friends. I'd say its main use was to put in contrast his desperation to advance the plot.
@@elianamachuca6918 you definitely are completely unable to put yourself in someone elses shoes
Character AI got me like
it's amazing. it is just five minutes, and yet you still feel everything, from the sense of impotence to the fear and pain to the need, the addiction. it's a masterpiece.
I thought near the end of the video the guy would finally learn he didn’t friends in the form of holograms. Boy was I wrong.
Yeah I was really hoping the twist would be he made a real friend at the end :(
Wouldn’t be true to human nature, we can’t just stop like that, more often than not we do want we want
Shanice B. Lol me too
Same
I knew he was going to get a new one thought he scene made me think he might not have. He was too far into his own addiction to not get a new one
Did anyone notice that the girl in the beginning never finished her sentence
what does that mean
death
Yess
what does it mean
You're so silly. Were your friends and that's what friends are for right? You can call me-
WOW i totally relate to this film! when i stop my meds, all my friends disppear as well.. 😅
This is why it’s important to go out and make/meet actual real friends.
This short film is really scary, and like Black Mirror it shows what would happen in a society that values more superficial comforts over human needs. I have heard something similar happens in Japan: some adult men feel alienated from society because of overworking and high expectations from their families, and some can develop toxic habits like playing date sims to deal with loneliness, and even wanting to marry virtual characters.
oh geez D:
I think those people are called Hikikomori
@@driftwood4367 not just hikikomori. Those are a just recluses. Japan has a really big problem with their high expectations in general; across the whole country. Its one of the major factors in their high suicide rate.
I'm kind of like that...hikokomori but born american
...also I'm aroace and autistic so that has a lot to do with it. I don't need need a relationship of any sorts to survive...as long as i can devote my life to science.
3:46 those scars on the man are foreshadowing of the constant use of friends, truly one of the greatest foreshadowing
This should be a Black Mirror episode men GREAT JOB!
Actually this is not a "man", Gobelins is a french very famous school of animation, this was made by some students group :D
i kind of is already :D
Классная аватарка
the symbol that popped up around 1:03, isn't it the same one from the Arkangel episode of BM?
@@mimar999 its an expression
MAN this is unsettling😨
Good thing being addicted to escaping reality can never happen in real life,
Right?😶
A part i found really disturbing is how the guy that harassed Arthur had lot's of scars on his face, similar to the one Arthur got at the end of the video, and his red badge on his head covered in metal, implying that his badge was stolen/removed multiple time...
It just shows how this thing is just a Drug that some addicts, like Him or Arthur, need to "survive", just like real life...
Another sad part, is the fact that almost every person waiting in line like arthur, on the first time we're showed the machine that sell those things for the eye, are with someone... So everyone has fake freinds but also real friends but Arthur doesn't
I just love how this animation is made and i'm happy i found it
It's cool how you see people with normal relationships, and then there's Arthur. It is still normal to make real friends, but Arthur chooses not to.
Yeah but "real" friends are never there for you, they backstab you, use you and secretly hate you to be fair, its hard meeting new people when you're out of school/college especially when you're a naturally shy person. If people in the real world hate you, then having virtual friends isnt such a bad idea
Don't be like arthur
@@fullmetal1013 I think you need better friends.
@@diarmuidlyonsnolan8687 dont have any
@@fullmetal1013 Sorry to hear that
SPOILER: I'm glad that it had a realistic ending of him just going back to what he's used to and his "safe place" instead of using this situation as a trigger to motivate him to start fresh without relying on the virtual best friend. I think it reminds the viewers that even though they expect that a change is possible, it's not easy for them to change overnight, and even after what seems like a huge situation that could've motivated him to change, most people will end up going back to their "easy way out". I think that this short film is good for more people to watch.
I agree with you're statement ☺
True
I think otherwise. Nothing changes unless you at least try.
and it fits perfectly with the short film format, it would be difficult to relate unless you did something like a montage, as soon as he gets his tech riped out, he experiences so much fear and isolation which is what the Best Friend promised to combat so, of course, he would go back to the normalcy and comfort, there's also the implication of addiction too...sorry not the best at analysis...
But how did he got his second pod?
That was definitely the most disturbing short film I’ve seen so far. Amazing job!
Its like a addiction, you can't live without it.
That's some good ass voice acting
Fr
Ikr it's gold
"Alone ..in a crowded World.. where any random stranger could have been a really good friend " wrote this few days ago n here i am finding this beautiful work that translate it ♥️
I would be an addict for sure, cant fool myself on that matter.
The visuals in this are absolutely stunning... this is some talented animation.
u also got notification now thats amazing
The sad thing about Arthur is that he alone has no friends, so Arthur did not abandon the supposed best friend product because he does not want to be alone he wants to be with his supposed friends he wants to feel loved and not rejected
Yes it's the best thing ever
I agree
One of the best animations I've seen.
Plot twist: the virtual bestfriend has a boyfriend
@Jarius Spears I didn't come here to be assaulted like this
Jarius Spears, He deserve respect, bruh
Our boi, Senju
Sorry Senju, I tried😂
@Jarius Spears but he stole my cells tho