@@intoodeepnow, Seeing that you "needed to see this" resonated deeply with me since I felt the same way as a single older woman. So I just thought I'd say hello! Kori W (Random UA-cam stranger 😉)
Forgetting and also not appreciate what you have. People always focus on the next best thing not realizing the great things they have now in their life.
instead, we should use our 'envy' as a guide on what we can try on our own lives which is how we learn anyway we learn by getting 'inspired' by what others do in life
Lovely film. I’m a 74 year old woman. I look back on raising 2 sons. Many times I would see couples that I envied. Big beautiful home, fashionable clothes. luxury cars, and carefree with plenty of money. My husband and I saw many hard times. Unemployment, rental homes, junker cars and a constant lack,of cash. Eventually we worked our way up and became successful. We were happy with well behaved children. We never went hungry and always had a roof over our head.I lost my husband 17 years ago. But I now have a beautiful home, retired and no need for money. Both my sons are college graduates. One is a doctor. Many of those folks who had everything are now divorced, have children that are addicts, are living payday; to payday. What a fool I was to envy them. We were poor but had everything. I just didn’t realize it. We were happy . Now I’m alone and look back on those hard times and wish I could do it all again. Moral of story: Don’t live your life wishing for a different life. Enjoy the one you have and never envy others.
We don’t usually pay to see a short movie. It is both economically profitable and strategically smart to put the content on UA-cam so that he can gain money and promote his work at the same time.
I feel neighbors window is an analogy for Social media where we are always comparing our lives with other's happy moments not realizing that it was 1 split second they smiled out of 24 hours of their day
I feel it has nothing to do with social media at all, people that think profoundly enough to write like this rarely have social media accounts. Social media is a vice, and the upper teir of society dont really deal with it
Even before social media people have been envious of others when they fail to appreciate the life they have when other people would kill for the life they have.
I might be overanalyzing this, but I find it such a great metaphor for how we use social media. We get addicted to watching other people's lives through that tiny window, learning just a small portion of what their life is like, and still wanting to have the same stuff, lifestyle, experiences...
I feel the same way after watching this film. I think it’s inevitable that we compare our lives to others because social media is so easily accessible within one tap.
One thing I took a while to notice was that the last few shots are the only time in the short film where the entire family is on screen. Every time they're shown on camera up to this point they're always split up in separate shots, but the ending symbolizes that Alli is finally content with the life she has
Dude that was … insane. The message here. They were jealous of the young couple as they were getting older, seeing grey hair, so busy, yet the young couple was watching them jealous of what they have. A family, kids, laughter etc. it’s like a way of saying don’t take what you have for granted and appreciate what you have. Absolutely … goosebumping masterpiece that was
Older couple were taking their situation for granted based on the younger couple’s youth while the younger couple were inspired by the older couple’s growth. I’d say
This short film tells the human story so well. Enjoy what you have, whatever stage of life you’re at and never ever be jealous of others. Beautiful story with huge meaning bravo 👏
This happened to me! I would always watch my opposite neighbour. A rich woman with a great mansion. I always admired that she's so rich and she has everything she wants. So I would often watch her on my little bedroom window through her large house windows. Until one day, I actually talked to her, and she told me how lonely she is since her husband died and all her children left. She told me how she admires our large family. The agony!
When I lived back in Spain in the first flat we had, we had a neighbour that we called ""La mirona" opposite of us. She would hide behind the blinds (in Spain everybody has blinds, that's the things that truly keeps people out of your business) with a pair of binoculars. She was completely obsessed not only with us, but with every single neighbour. She was a wealthy lady (we moved when we couldn't afford rent anymore) but she had maids to do all the cooking and cleaning, her husband was at home only at night, her son had already started a family of his own somewhere else... She had nothing to live for except spying on everybody in front of her. At that time I felt she was a nuisance, but now I look back and I feel compassion for her. My life can be shitty but there has things on it, not only that huge nothing one day after the other.
Thank you for this, a little into the film I started thinking someone was going to commit suicide, which I don't want to watch. Seeing this comment made me comfortable to finish out the film.
This is like what social media do to your life. You start following these accounts of people showing-off their cars, houses, travels...etc. Then you start thinking that they are living the happiest life ever, while you are stuck with your humble house, used car, boring job. This leads you to be captivated thinking that happiness is in materialistic life style.
One more thing which people missed. They always had dance parties, surrounded by people most of the time but the lady had no support when needed the most. That's a harsh reality.
great point! Hmm, just Maybe-she asked for final goodbyes alone. Maybe-friends are on the way over. I believe: it is a reminder of alonenesss in vulnerable times, as you gleaned.
@@P_Belle Are you trying to find logic here? I have just mentioned a hidden message.. If you try to find logic, just think, they both used to look at each other's apartment all the time but never saw the other one looking? Not even once??
Although it is possible for an individual to neurologically condition and modulate themselves to a more pleasurable state, that is only if its needs and wants that is warranted by its brain is satisfied. Soon, we will have the technology to wirehead our own brains to happiness and superintelligence. We don't need to materially hoard anything anymore to satisfy ourselves, our technology will create the ultimate utopia in our brain. Neuroutopianism will soon be a thing.
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I have no idea how this appeared in my feed, but I am thankful I watched. So well made. Profound. The importance of gratitude. Thank you for sharing this with the world.
All I can think is there are a lot of talented actors, producers, writers, directors, camera people, who are doing brilliant, creative work and we are stuck with 9 versions of the Fast and Furious
The older envious couple cried over the time that passed by looking at the young happy couple. The young happy couple cried over the future they won't have by looking at the older envious couple. Moral of the story: each step of your life is different. Try to enjoy all of them.
The metaphor of looking through another person's eyes/ window....so outright and true in this short. I loved it. I mean there was beauty, sadness, anger, and grief wrapped into growth all in one. For me, the fact that she went to help the grieving wife showed how invested in the neighbors life, without even knowing their name, she had become. But how even in her grief, the young neighbor shared her kind and almost appreciative description of a life the mother hadn't felt in while. Well done to the actors and writers.
well yes but no one actually cares . if they dont like their lives,then they should change it.for example these people shouldnt have had kids if they are tired and sad because of it .
@@katriinmeesak6815 I get what you are saying, but using this isn't a good example. Like what if they wanted to have kids, but as their children got older the job of taking care of them got very tiring. And youth is something they used to have, but now they don't which might explain the longing to be the other person.
@@seanaceleecabeso407 “Throughout the first years of our lives we were forced not just to internalize a few aspects of capital, but to build up a structure of internalizations. As our capacity for coherent natural self-regulation was systematically broken down, a new system of self regulation took its place, a coherent system, incorporating all the aspects of self-repression. We participated in capital’s ongoing project of colonization by colonizing ourselves, by continually working at the construction of a unitary character-structure (character armor), a unitary defense against all drives, feelings, and desires which we learned were dangerous to express. In the place of our original transparent relations to our world, we created a structure of barriers to our selfexpression which hides us from ourselves and others.”Jay Amrod and Lev Chernyi, “Beyond Character and Morality: Towards Transparent Communications and Coherent Organization.” Howard J. Ehrlich ed. Reinventing Anarchy, Again (San Francisco, California: AK Press, 1996), 321
Can you explain how that is human nature and not a socially learned characteristic? Understandably, our current social tendencies are not all human nature.
The last shot is so powerful 19:11. It places us in the perspective of the young couple, a side we haven't seen until the last moment emphasizing the theme of the film: we don't appreciate what we have until we know that others wants what we have.
I am a middle-aged woman and I don’t miss being a young woman I’m a very experienced middle-age woman and I enjoy the experience that I’ve gained and I enjoy sharing it with the man I love everything is better with time baby everything is better with time
Absolutely... I think we all go down that road when we realize we are getting older. I remember when I realized I was the old guy at work, it was devastating to me, but once I stopped comparing myself to the young guys, I started using my experience to my advantage. Now I know that, experience and wisdom trumps youth anyday (spoken as a old guy). Lol
@@sushilsharma4202 then that means they have something missing within themself not so in a marriage. I’m not middle age yet but I’m not young no more but I’ve experienced my youth and now experiencing my life now and looking forward to the future. And I feel like I’m not missing anything cuz I was wild in my youth lol. So I’ve done many things already so been there done that! Now I’m just enjoying myself with the man I love and ppl I love. I think ppl who think or feel they r missing something is cuz they rn in life aren’t were they want or maybe they have not experience enough.
It’s all mind set. And where u want to be in your life. My parting days r over. I don’t have energy for that! Lol. I miss being young only cuz then u don’t have so much worries and of course u look more youthful but besides that I don’t care too much. I’m happy where I’m at in my life now. So I’ don’t look back. But I think sometimes ppl get lost and need a reminder that’s all.
I love that last shot; finally the perspective from the opposite side, and with that, a change of perspective from the viewer. An excellent short movie with a lot of established character depth in just 20 minutes. Bravo.
I can’t help but to think there was more to this last scene than that. It ends with the husband asking for her how was her day, then the wife is slightly off frame while he is standing there holding the kid. She comes back to frame but is a shadow, the light is off her. Was this meant she was still disconnected to her family despite everything that had happened that day? Did she fail to make the connection that she should be happy with what she had instead of missing her youth? Or did she mourn the neighbors death because she was morning losing her youth again, as they were reliving and remembering their youth while they watched their neighbors? Something about how the wide is more of a shadow she seems disconnected to the beautiful scene of her husband holding their kid.
This one was perfect! Sometimes we have everything we need to be happy and we still complain about things and dont appreciate what we already have in our life.
This film is extremely powerful.. Social media has become our neighbour's window that we cannot take our eyes of it .. but it secretly fills us with resentments and regrets in our own life when we see other people's external success, achievements, adventures and happiness without knowing the whole story behind it .. While our current life might be a dream life to someone else to have
Simply the best short film I have ever watched. It's a unique story that makes us reflect on how we live our lives, paying more attention to others and completely forgetting what we already have.
I think it's beautiful the neighbour cared so much to comfort the younger woman, even though it was awkward. I was in a public park near a beach in Australia alone hours away from my home at the time when I got a phone call that my Mum died. I fell to the ground sobbing and people just stared at me like I was weird - no-one cared, they were most likely judging me. Even a kind word from a stranger would've been comforting.
the best thing about this film is how you actually relate to every aspect of it throughout. like in the beginning I thought having kids were hard indeed and being young is a gift. and by the end of the film I thought living a healthy long life and having a happy family is what actually matters. absolutely amazing
It’s because EVERYTHING matters and NOTHING matters. If you want the family life, family will matter. If you want an untethered life, freedom will matter. You just have to know what you want and be honest with yourself about it. So many people rush to make a family knowing full well they don’t want a spouse and kids.
@@SP-fw1xe agree. I’m so tired of this saying «the only things that matters in life is to get married, live long and have kids». No, not everybody wants that. And not everybody is suited to have children. This movie is not about that at all. It’s about trying to find happiness with what you have, cause just because everybody elses life seems «perfect» it doesn’t need to be.
This short film really moved me. I think it's human nature to compare, but things are not always what they seem. Social media proves this more than anything. Everyone is smiling, vacationing, and showing their best life when, in reality, no one's life is perfect, and life is hard for all of us in one way or another. Love your life for what you have instead of hating your life for what you don't have. Or at least try to.
The shot at the end with her window and all the windows of other people's apartments is so beautiful and poignant. I often find myself glancing at people's windows and wondering what the rest of their lives look like
I'm looking forward to watching this while eating my lunch. You say that there's a shot at the end where other people's windows are shown. Must be a large apartment complex.
I need you to know that your comment on the windows cracked up in shards of glasses on the patch red inside sockets two across which lied the glisten of the moon in colored smear, all transparent again in me.
Just as you’re looking into someone else’s life wishing you have what they have that someone is also looking into your life wishing they have what you have
I am a web designer with a very mid-level moderate salary. I have enough to pay the bills but not enough to buy whatever i want, go on lavish vacations etc. I have a friend who is a surgeon with a degree from harvard. She will make 300k next year, she has a house in a big city, she can get any job she wants, but no time to date or settle down. I once thought how wonderful it must be to get any job you want with that degree and intelligence. She once told me how wonderful it must be to do what I enjoy and sleep in, and not be stressed, and have a wonderful marriage. I realized I have a lot and should be thankful for it.
I think a lot of films don't need to be long full length. This would of lost meaning and purpose if it was an hour and half long. I think a lot of film should strive for the 30 min mark.
Do u think i care about myself i have no life im just on youtube all day my routine is the same wake up Eat Sleep UA-cam Procrastinate for a few Daydream UA-cam all night till 3 am Sleep
My mother said to me once, Every time you think life is unfair, every time you complain about how tough it is, every time you cry and ask, why me? just remember there's someone out there that can only dream about having a life as good as yours.
for GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only begotten SON that whoever believeth in HIM should not perish but have eternal life"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 3:16."But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 1:12. hi! JESUS loves you and died for you if you accept HIM! HE rose from the dead to show us that death cant hold HIM! repent and start living your life for HIM and when the time is right HE will get you to Heaven❤❤🌈
🙋🏽♀️ Every video I watch I often read comments for a longer time thn I watch the video, we have no idea how much we can learn from one another if we take the time to.
I watch a lot of these short films on UA-cam. So many of them are brilliant. Then I go to a movie and most of them are just crap. Why aren't these talented film makers on UA-cam being hired by Hollywood?
@@patriciareilly530 there's a channel whose moderators name is Chris Stuckman. He's in the industry and he explains why this is unfortunately the case with high budget films. Despite his information opening my eyes quite a bit I still wish these short films were optioned by larger studios so they could possibly make feature length films.
This is life. When you think your life is awful, there's other people that willing to trade everything with that. Appreciate everything that you have before it end or you lose it.
That basically means 'just settle for your life that you're not happy with, because some have it worse'. But some have it better. You have the right to change your life if you're not happy. You are responsible for your own happiness. No one else.
Я заплакала. Ведь у меня тоже рак. Но сейчас сижу и думаю - ведь у меня и любовь была и дети выросли. Я счастлива! Я оба окошка. Фильм тронул душу! This film touched my soul with happiness! Thank you!
...especially when you _ARE_ unhappy or somehow otherwise in whatever way in your own life, and you wish you had that other life, that other man, that other woman, what they have that you have lost...or whatever! Somehow, it all boils down to how the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence... until you hop over the fence and see it for yourself from that other perspective! We're all guilty of that "What if..." scenario!
I'm a 69 year old grandpa who has been married to the same woman for 40 years and this movie helped remind me how blessed I am even though sometimes I look at the younger generation with a touch of envy.
Hey Warren, I want to thank you for your honesty. I think every generation will always envy the next or another. That being said, we need to understand that there will always be people in each generation that are ageist, meaning they discriminate based on age, which means people will not listen to you because you mentioned your age. In short, this is an example of the phrase "the grass is always greener on the other side"
It goes to show that even if someone else's life seems perfect, there is always more beneath the surface. Always be thankful for what you have. Don't take anything in this world for granted. We all wish for a perfect life. Sometimes you can't see it, but it can already be perfect just the way that it is. Having all the money or time in the world can become meaningless when you loose the people you wanted to share it with.
Made me realize the situation that me and my wife are in. Made me realize that I was getting jealous or envious of my old days but I sometimes forget the effort she puts in for the kid and me. We had a fight recently for a stupid reason. And we haven't talked for a day now. I guess I have to lower head for now and say sorry.
Didn't like the last sentence... What do you mean by : "for now", This is not a competition. You both need to fight the circumstances not each other. Both need to remain humble.
@Class Clown It irritates me, too, when people misquote, and then attribute the quote to the wrong person on top of that! And you just know this person is copying and pasting that all over the place.
@Ken Rawley Please edit your post (upper right corner, tap the three dots, make your changes, hit the little blue arrow). You have misquoted, and also attributed the quote to the wrong person. The quote is "hard battle", and the person is not Louise Hay but Ian Maclaren. Thought you'd like to know! 😊
Sad part is this is happening everyday the difference now is its not a window but social media. So invested in someone else’s life you forget to cherish and love yours
I believe it was Theodore Roosevelt who, brilliantly, said “comparison is the thief of joy”. We forget that a lot on our daily lives, specially after social media. Thanks for the reminder. Brilliant film.
"The film is rooted in real physical experiences, but it can also be seen as an allegory about social media - the way we see into each other’s lives and take away an idealized view that never really tells the whole story." -- the director Marshall Curry said this in an interview. Sooo you are right!!
We always feel that happiness is somewhere else, when, if we only could see ourselves from a different set of eyes, we would realize it's already in our hands. Beautiful story.
Very well said. We must remind ourselves to be grateful for our blessings, the people who love us and we love back. We have the choice to be happy every day, every moment.
i like journaling for that reason. i write about my life and looking at it on the page, makes me realize where i'm at and what i should be grateful for.
It is completely and totally unfair that I didn't have to pay for that. Probably the most real, emotional, moving piece of film I've seen from the past 30 years.
It was only 20 minutes. It would be completely and totally unfair for them to charge you to watch a 20 minute video. It probably wouldn't be so good anymore if you had to pay for it.
It was a bit predicable. I knew the young couple was going to say that they had been watching them too. And with all the skeletons around I knew someone was going to die. They also had the same plant in the center of the room, implying the symmetry between them. But I enjoyed it.
I swear i experienced something similar. Except we werent neighbours but the younger couple were relatives. Except no one died but they got divorced and my seemingly mundane marriage with kids is still intact. Thank God. This short film was quite moving. I wish it was longer
When you feel grass is greener on neighbors side, when social media suck you out by seeing other ppls happy moments, when ppls travel diaries make you feel you stuck at home , when perfect figure of a human body makes you hate looking at ur self in mirror its important to remind that we r breathing and eating where else ppl cant even do that, it's important to get up in morning and see ur family breath when some ppl don't have families, its important to live in moment and thankful to be able to live in that moment.
the only weird thing i noticed here is, if both these couples were window stalking each other (idk how else to put it), why didnt they notice the other one stalking them
Maybe because they both did it secretly and paid attention to not being seen by the other, because they also were ashamed of watching them. Or because they only were watching the other window when something was going on there and so the couple that was being watched, was focused on each other and the moment instead of looking out of the window?
Because they turned of the light in the rooms they where looking from, therefore the other couple only saw the light area and not where they where stalking
Just downstairs lives a couple, my hubby’s best friend and his wife (who later became my friend as well). I would always admire how beautifully they live, I still do. The way they cherish each other, hold hands and take walks together, not hesitating to embrace each other in their arms irrespective of who’s watching. My dear hubby is a good man, hardworking and aimbitious, prioritizes his family (his parents and sister) above everything else. The only thing I wish he could be is more sensitive to my emotional needs. I agree that we don’t have much in common to engage with each other most days, but sometimes I wish for him to be more attentive towards me. It’s in the little things like frequent but subtle touches here and there, occasional and sudden kisses and hugs, or simply sitting with me looking, at me without using his phone. At times, I feel so lonely in this foreign land despite being married and living with the love of my life. And I can’t help myself watching out this window, admiring the happy couple that lives downstairs. Am I asking for too much? Is the pasture really greener where we water them?
exactly, we always tend to criticize ourselves because of the things we don't have, but sometimes when we see other's misfortunes, the realization naturally comes
Unfortunately, it should'nt have to come to that before you appreciate what you do have, but all too often it's exactly what it takes to realize it. Moral of the story...Don't wait until you lose something to truly appreciate & realize the value of what it means to you!!💜We ALL waste far too much time worrying about what we don't have & not near enough on appreciating what we do have.💜
For the months leading up to my 30th birthday I was constantly complaining how old I am getting. Then 1 month after turning 30 I was diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer. It was a QUICK reminder of how grateful I am to have gotten to live to 30 years old, and at the same time a reminder at how young I really am and how much life I still have to live. I loved this video. It hit very close to home for me. I'm so glad this randomly popped up in my recommendations.
Greetings KP thanks for allowing us into your world. I am so thankful that you are still here on earth to share. Continue to let your light so shine. You are still here because there is a purpose and destiny on your life. You are appreciated. Stay Golden! Tracy
moral of the story : "what you have seen on your friends Instagram feeds/stories is not always captivating as you think it is, then, enjoy your own real life."
This movie is such a beautiful example of the meaning of sonder; the deep realization that every person out there has a story, a life, a struggle, joy's and pains, just as much as you do. Each life is as complex as yours is. Wonderfully done!
"you are comparing your insides to someone else's outside" - my therapist
I love that.
Brilliant.
So true. Sometimes it's so relatable too
True words have been spoken!!!
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While one couple were missing their youth, the other were dreaming of their future.
This really moved me.
Me to.😥
I needed to watch this, It really struck a cord with me even as a single older man.
@@intoodeepnow, Seeing that you "needed to see this" resonated deeply with me since I felt the same way as a single older woman. So I just thought I'd say hello!
Kori W
(Random UA-cam stranger 😉)
@Parvez Khusro Very nice observation, beautifully stated.
she was missing the past, while the young girl was missing the future
The actual reason for unhappiness is not not getting what you want but forgetting what you already have
Not not getting.
@@keim1oesch thank you so much🤭🤭😆😆
Forgetting and also not appreciate what you have. People always focus on the next best thing not realizing the great things they have now in their life.
Death by triteness from the kumbaya philosopher. Life is not kindergarten-simple.
Contentment is the realization of how much you already have.
The grass looks always greener on the other side.
That is the comment I was going to. Started flipping through, here it is. Best summation I could think of.
The grass is greener where you water it 😊
If you think that the grass is always greener on the other side it's time to start using a mirror for a fence.
Maybe you should stop peeing on the grass in your garden if other people's grass looks greener to you.
Exactly what I felt while watching the film.
“Comparison is the thief of joy”
So true.
We are ok until we compare ourselves to others.
“Comparison is the thief of joy,” attributed to President Theodore Roosevelt
Masha - you are the thief - stealing without crediting - capish?
@@randygibbons7817 we are not ok even when we don't compare ourselves to others - just like the people in this film who are weak and conformist
instead, we should use our 'envy' as a guide on what we can try on our own lives
which is how we learn anyway
we learn by getting 'inspired' by what others do in life
Once in a while UA-cam will suggest a hidden gem. Wow
Arun Sahu right. This man did in 20 mins what some fail to do in 72
Who is cutting onions around here? sniff...
Since when is 6 million views "hidden"
Whoadie right.... it was in respect to algorithm suggestion.
I stuck around because of your comment, glad I did.
Lovely film. I’m a 74 year old woman. I look back on raising 2 sons. Many times I would see couples that I envied. Big beautiful home, fashionable clothes. luxury cars, and carefree with plenty of money. My husband and I saw many hard times. Unemployment, rental homes, junker cars and a constant lack,of cash. Eventually we worked our way up and became successful. We were happy with well behaved children. We never went hungry and always had a roof over our head.I lost my husband 17 years ago. But I now have a beautiful home, retired and no need for money. Both my sons are college graduates. One is a doctor. Many of those folks who had everything are now divorced, have children that are addicts, are living payday; to payday. What a fool I was to envy them. We were poor but had everything. I just didn’t realize it. We were happy
. Now I’m alone and look back on those hard times and wish I could do it all again. Moral of story: Don’t live your life wishing for a different life. Enjoy the one you have and never envy others.
Wow. Thank you.
Thank you
What a lovely life you have, I hope you stay happy and healthy
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i love to call you a friend! Have a pleasant life. (love from India)
We all look at each other's lives through a window, wishing we had their house but we don't see eveything behind their closed doors.
How dope is it the guy who won the oscar actually uploads the film himself for all to see on youtube for free.
That's awesome!
That's so nice of him
Yeah, but he also get payment by YT by views, am I right?
@@syafarahzable He has no ads and probably has a very low cpm because of the nudity and swearing, but that could be true.
We don’t usually pay to see a short movie. It is both economically profitable and strategically smart to put the content on UA-cam so that he can gain money and promote his work at the same time.
I feel neighbors window is an analogy for Social media where we are always comparing our lives with other's happy moments not realizing that it was 1 split second they smiled out of 24 hours of their day
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I feel it has nothing to do with social media at all, people that think profoundly enough to write like this rarely have social media accounts. Social media is a vice, and the upper teir of society dont really deal with it
Even before social media people have been envious of others when they fail to appreciate the life they have when other people would kill for the life they have.
I just wanna be rich and spoiled is that too much to ask for?
@@jaewhite2462 it definitely can be seen as a representation of social media though
I might be overanalyzing this, but I find it such a great metaphor for how we use social media. We get addicted to watching other people's lives through that tiny window, learning just a small portion of what their life is like, and still wanting to have the same stuff, lifestyle, experiences...
I feel the same way after watching this film. I think it’s inevitable that we compare our lives to others because social media is so easily accessible within one tap.
Wow..
If i happen to meet a man of my dreams i won't have children....i just want to enjoy each others company ...support ..love without worries....tq
Wow, this.
@@shirleycameron7718 What if he wants children ?
Perfect example of "everything seems beautiful from a distance"
Someone else is praying for the things you take for granted.
Solid quote to live by
Well said
That is so true.
Exactly
Very true.
The way that last part was shot really brought out the emotions that young couple must have felt while watching a future they wish to have together.
Yeah, it's truly brilliant indeed
The change of perspective
Yeah like her ass!
One thing I took a while to notice was that the last few shots are the only time in the short film where the entire family is on screen. Every time they're shown on camera up to this point they're always split up in separate shots, but the ending symbolizes that Alli is finally content with the life she has
i agree jungkook
All she had to do was draw her drapes
Dude that was … insane. The message here. They were jealous of the young couple as they were getting older, seeing grey hair, so busy, yet the young couple was watching them jealous of what they have. A family, kids, laughter etc. it’s like a way of saying don’t take what you have for granted and appreciate what you have. Absolutely … goosebumping masterpiece that was
i wouldn’t say jealous, more like admired
Older couple were taking their situation for granted based on the younger couple’s youth while the younger couple were inspired by the older couple’s growth. I’d say
Yes I totally agree. I think the message is to treasure every moment of life with your loved ones, as your loved ones may one day be taken from you.
Masterpiece is correct. Poignantly conveyed.
lmao why dont t they just get blinds or curtains its not that crazy, just shut them down when they start getting freaky
This short film tells the human story so well. Enjoy what you have, whatever stage of life you’re at and never ever be jealous of others. Beautiful story with huge meaning bravo 👏
This happened to me! I would always watch my opposite neighbour. A rich woman with a great mansion. I always admired that she's so rich and she has everything she wants. So I would often watch her on my little bedroom window through her large house windows. Until one day, I actually talked to her, and she told me how lonely she is since her husband died and all her children left. She told me how she admires our large family.
The agony!
I call bullshit.
The message is the grass always looks greener on the other side.
@@timm8998 the money was greener too
@@sharkshakesloool
When I lived back in Spain in the first flat we had, we had a neighbour that we called ""La mirona" opposite of us. She would hide behind the blinds (in Spain everybody has blinds, that's the things that truly keeps people out of your business) with a pair of binoculars. She was completely obsessed not only with us, but with every single neighbour. She was a wealthy lady (we moved when we couldn't afford rent anymore) but she had maids to do all the cooking and cleaning, her husband was at home only at night, her son had already started a family of his own somewhere else... She had nothing to live for except spying on everybody in front of her. At that time I felt she was a nuisance, but now I look back and I feel compassion for her. My life can be shitty but there has things on it, not only that huge nothing one day after the other.
They didn't realize the inside of their window was just as beautiful.
Mina Mayes ♥️💙💚
I agree, but I also laughed because I imagined the crazy frog saying this
This comment sums it perfectly
I don't have a window
Thank you for this, a little into the film I started thinking someone was going to commit suicide, which I don't want to watch. Seeing this comment made me comfortable to finish out the film.
6 months in this Pandemic, this story feels even more real when we´re all locked up on our living rooms, gazing at each others lives.
Yes 😿🌈
So true! Gazing others lives through TV, Facebook, Instagram, UA-cam, Zoom .....
And they can even hug each other! I was thinking: what a privilege without masks!
creep.
omg so true
This is like what social media do to your life. You start following these accounts of people showing-off their cars, houses, travels...etc. Then you start thinking that they are living the happiest life ever, while you are stuck with your humble house, used car, boring job.
This leads you to be captivated thinking that happiness is in materialistic life style.
The grass is always greener somewhere else 😢
People need to realize, that the grass is greener where you water it...
This is so good
Right itd been helpful to put that attetion into communication in the bed room. It was obvious they both just need some
i like your comment..... it is so true
Love this
Wow, that one is wise!
One more thing which people missed. They always had dance parties, surrounded by people most of the time but the lady had no support when needed the most. That's a harsh reality.
Yup
An astute observation. You are spot on. That young woman was completely alone. Where were all the friends? Sad!
U can b a movie viewer. On UA-cam or something...
great point! Hmm, just Maybe-she asked for final goodbyes alone. Maybe-friends are on the way over. I believe: it is a reminder of alonenesss in vulnerable times, as you gleaned.
@@P_Belle Are you trying to find logic here? I have just mentioned a hidden message.. If you try to find logic, just think, they both used to look at each other's apartment all the time but never saw the other one looking? Not even once??
your life = someone's dream
their life = your dream
"always appreciate your own life because someone doesn't have the life you have"
Although it is possible for an individual to neurologically condition and modulate themselves to a more pleasurable state, that is only if its needs and wants that is warranted by its brain is satisfied. Soon, we will have the technology to wirehead our own brains to happiness and superintelligence. We don't need to materially hoard anything anymore to satisfy ourselves, our technology will create the ultimate utopia in our brain. Neuroutopianism will soon be a thing.
Can i steal?
@@boysteacher3818 Gaben@valvesoftware.com
@@boysteacher3818 We have this technology now BUT THIS GENIUS EQUIPMENT is ran by EVIL PSYCHOPATH SADIST....Called psycho tronic operators....global 🌎 nightmare...Revelations 📖 13 all..giving us..Daniel 📖 chapter 7 vs 21...
Ask your 📱 or 💻 for these King 📖 James gospel scriptures....
96th group civilian misfits on mental disabilities..
Great idea. 100% agree.
I have no idea how this appeared in my feed, but I am thankful I watched. So well made. Profound. The importance of gratitude. Thank you for sharing this with the world.
We always compare our internal to other people’s external, not realizing that it’s no comparison at all.
Such a deep thought!!
Whoaa there that's a great thought
This comment is so underated
Wow... That's just so beautiful
wow you put it so well!
All I can think is there are a lot of talented actors, producers, writers, directors, camera people, who are doing brilliant, creative work and we are stuck with 9 versions of the Fast and Furious
So so true!
The truth is we need 9 versions of the Fast and Furious to compare. One cannot exist without the other.
True sir 🤣
Wow.. this comment!!
🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀
social media has become our “neighbors windows”.
Exactly
this is so true:(
Spot on
Wow yes
Word!
Half an hour later and I’m still crying. You straightened me out, Marshall Curry. You put my life into perspective. Thank you for that.
the sad part about this is that sometimes it takes other people to let you know how great your life is, instead of just knowing that yourself
Unfortunately :'( sometimes
congrats on 2 comments w big likes on this
wow
woah :
I think this happens because we do not take a step back (once in a while) to realise it. Most of us, we live life head-on. Lesson learned.
The older envious couple cried over the time that passed by looking at the young happy couple.
The young happy couple cried over the future they won't have by looking at the older envious couple.
Moral of the story: each step of your life is different. Try to enjoy all of them.
Yes! It made me cry
Well said 👏 Toni
Well said 👏 Toni
You think they’re old? Damn that makes me feel ancient! 🤦🏻♀️
@@gripplehound please don't take it too seriously.lost in words
I'm impressed on just how clear they're eyesights are and here me can't even recognise someone five feet apart.
😂
Go see a doctor lol
😂😂 You should not joke at serious times, lmao
You need glasses my sir
@@Julie_jul and you need sense of humor
The metaphor of looking through another person's eyes/ window....so outright and true in this short. I loved it. I mean there was beauty, sadness, anger, and grief wrapped into growth all in one. For me, the fact that she went to help the grieving wife showed how invested in the neighbors life, without even knowing their name, she had become. But how even in her grief, the young neighbor shared her kind and almost appreciative description of a life the mother hadn't felt in while. Well done to the actors and writers.
“People are the best show in the world. And you don’t even pay for the ticket.” - Charles Bukowski
Or, " Life is the best show in the world, and you get a guaranteed ticket."
wow
Well sometimes ya do...
Buy the ticket, take the ride. H.S.T
I love bukowski
I am just surprised that the neighbors never found themselves watching each other. Just perfect timing
Maybe they did. They just play dumb
Cause the main caracters watch while the kids are not around and the neighbors when they are around, at least that's what I understood
@@kevinluna5878 makes enough sense to me, actually
@@mv2271 they positive did. But they just pretend not to know about them watching
In the podcast this was based off of, the neighbors never saw them back. It was just the mother and father watching them.
“The grass *isnt* greener in the other side, it’s greener where you water it.”
This is a great quote!
Eden love that comment
Some great quotes here but i'd never heard this one, thanks 🙏🙏
Very well said
My
Friend !
Did you just quote a justin bieber lyric
You never know what one is going through, we just imagine that they are in a better position than us
While you wanting someone else's life, someone out there is wishing for yours...
Nope. Not mine.
@@pinkfreud62 They are you just need to look hard
When things go bad do they still wish for it?
well yes but no one actually cares . if they dont like their lives,then they should change it.for example these people shouldnt have had kids if they are tired and sad because of it .
@@katriinmeesak6815 I get what you are saying, but using this isn't a good example. Like what if they wanted to have kids, but as their children got older the job of taking care of them got very tiring. And youth is something they used to have, but now they don't which might explain the longing to be the other person.
“Comparison is the thief of joy”
- Authored by someone
true
That's been my WhatsApp screen name for months
@@NonanoN-er6de Oh nice.
I first heard this quote from Elon Musk, but I don't think he's the author.
Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt :)
@@seanaceleecabeso407 “Throughout the first years of our lives we were forced not just to internalize a few aspects of capital, but to build up a structure of internalizations. As our capacity for coherent natural self-regulation was systematically broken down, a new system of self regulation took its place, a coherent system, incorporating all the aspects of self-repression. We participated in capital’s ongoing project of colonization by colonizing ourselves, by continually working at the construction of a unitary character-structure (character armor), a unitary defense against all drives, feelings, and desires which we learned were dangerous to express. In the place of our original transparent relations to our world, we created a structure of barriers to our selfexpression which hides us from ourselves and others.”Jay Amrod and Lev Chernyi, “Beyond Character and Morality: Towards Transparent Communications and Coherent Organization.” Howard J. Ehrlich ed. Reinventing Anarchy, Again (San Francisco, California: AK Press, 1996), 321
Human nature: we always tend to wish for the things we don’t have.
Literally
Mikael Finstad we are never happy with wat we have.
Can you explain how that is human nature and not a socially learned characteristic? Understandably, our current social tendencies are not all human nature.
‘The grass is always greener’
@@carak__ the neighbour's grass is always greener
The last shot is so powerful 19:11. It places us in the perspective of the young couple, a side we haven't seen until the last moment emphasizing the theme of the film: we don't appreciate what we have until we know that others wants what we have.
Your life is someone's dream.
I hate that saying. I don't give a fuck about what others are dreaming as long as they're not dreaming about destroying my life.
@@peacock8394 lol what
Such a beautiful thought. Thanks for reminding me
@@peacock8394 Life hasn't been kind to you, has it?
No, it's not lol
well, maybe. Who knows
she was missing youth, while the young girl dreamed for a future with her husband.
I am a middle-aged woman and I don’t miss being a young woman I’m a very experienced middle-age woman and I enjoy the experience that I’ve gained and I enjoy sharing it with the man I love everything is better with time baby everything is better with time
Absolutely... I think we all go down that road when we realize we are getting older. I remember when I realized I was the old guy at work, it was devastating to me, but once I stopped comparing myself to the young guys, I started using my experience to my advantage.
Now I know that, experience and wisdom trumps youth anyday (spoken as a old guy). Lol
@@purdusterdoggett3134 Cool, but I have met some people who feel they are losing something while being happily married.
@@sushilsharma4202 then that means they have something missing within themself not so in a marriage. I’m not middle age yet but I’m not young no more but I’ve experienced my youth and now experiencing my life now and looking forward to the future. And I feel like I’m not missing anything cuz I was wild in my youth lol. So I’ve done many things already so been there done that! Now I’m just enjoying myself with the man I love and ppl I love. I think ppl who think or feel they r missing something is cuz they rn in life aren’t were they want or maybe they have not experience enough.
It’s all mind set. And where u want to be in your life. My parting days r over. I don’t have energy for that! Lol. I miss being young only cuz then u don’t have so much worries and of course u look more youthful but besides that I don’t care too much. I’m happy where I’m at in my life now. So I’ don’t look back. But I think sometimes ppl get lost and need a reminder that’s all.
I love that last shot; finally the perspective from the opposite side, and with that, a change of perspective from the viewer. An excellent short movie with a lot of established character depth in just 20 minutes. Bravo.
I was kinda expecting she would wave to the just widowed neighbour... But no, this was perfect.
Grass is aways greener on the otherside.
I noticed that too. Loved it.
Dontchya wish is was greener though
I can’t help but to think there was more to this last scene than that. It ends with the husband asking for her how was her day, then the wife is slightly off frame while he is standing there holding the kid. She comes back to frame but is a shadow, the light is off her. Was this meant she was still disconnected to her family despite everything that had happened that day? Did she fail to make the connection that she should be happy with what she had instead of missing her youth? Or did she mourn the neighbors death because she was morning losing her youth again, as they were reliving and remembering their youth while they watched their neighbors? Something about how the wide is more of a shadow she seems disconnected to the beautiful scene of her husband holding their kid.
This one was perfect! Sometimes we have everything we need to be happy and we still complain about things and dont appreciate what we already have in our life.
she was missing the past, while the young girl was missing the future
Cosmin,superb zis
@@gabitza1234 mersii :3
101℅
Right
That's deep
Same as myself. I wish to have baby, while some people look at my family and think how happy i am.
This film is extremely powerful..
Social media has become our neighbour's window that we cannot take our eyes of it .. but it secretly fills us with resentments and regrets in our own life when we see other people's external success, achievements, adventures and happiness without knowing the whole story behind it ..
While our current life might be a dream life to someone else to have
Obay, that's some wonderful insight there.
@@juliealexis7438 Thank you
So true. I quit social media 4 plus years ago :)
Maybe part of the reason for all the negativity and hatred in this country are due to envy of other lifestyles.
@@Tepig099 that's a great action
"People are like butterflies . They can't see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can."
I like that saying!🦋🦋🦋
Wow, true but so sad fact.
Naya Rivera saying or am I crazy? Lol
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Sakto,
Simply the best short film I have ever watched. It's a unique story that makes us reflect on how we live our lives, paying more attention to others and completely forgetting what we already have.
I think it's beautiful the neighbour cared so much to comfort the younger woman, even though it was awkward. I was in a public park near a beach in Australia alone hours away from my home at the time when I got a phone call that my Mum died. I fell to the ground sobbing and people just stared at me like I was weird - no-one cared, they were most likely judging me. Even a kind word from a stranger would've been comforting.
❤️✨
You are loved ! ... Heavens will smile on you and always be there to comfort you
Sorry❤😢
I guess you’re better now.. cheers!
Maybe the felt sad with you, but just didn't want to invade your privacy
They both thought the grass was greener on the other side.
Yes you are right, till they not understand there problesm...
After they realise and feel bad...
Moral: don't prejudice to other person..
Sometimes having grass is all that matters
Chris brown
Whoa
trooo
the best thing about this film is how you actually relate to every aspect of it throughout. like in the beginning I thought having kids were hard indeed and being young is a gift. and by the end of the film I thought living a healthy long life and having a happy family is what actually matters. absolutely amazing
It’s because EVERYTHING matters and NOTHING matters. If you want the family life, family will matter. If you want an untethered life, freedom will matter. You just have to know what you want and be honest with yourself about it. So many people rush to make a family knowing full well they don’t want a spouse and kids.
Or finding anybody doing worse than you at life to make you feel better about our miserable lives. You see that daily on the social media
U like being a predator peeking ur neighbors?
@@SP-fw1xe agree. I’m so tired of this saying «the only things that matters in life is to get married, live long and have kids». No, not everybody wants that. And not everybody is suited to have children. This movie is not about that at all. It’s about trying to find happiness with what you have, cause just because everybody elses life seems «perfect» it doesn’t need to be.
This short film really moved me. I think it's human nature to compare, but things are not always what they seem. Social media proves this more than anything. Everyone is smiling, vacationing, and showing their best life when, in reality, no one's life is perfect, and life is hard for all of us in one way or another. Love your life for what you have instead of hating your life for what you don't have. Or at least try to.
The shot at the end with her window and all the windows of other people's apartments is so beautiful and poignant. I often find myself glancing at people's windows and wondering what the rest of their lives look like
I'm looking forward to watching this while eating my lunch. You say that there's a shot at the end where other people's windows are shown. Must be a large apartment complex.
There's a word for that feeling: "sonder."
I like to as well, I’m always curious as to what lives everyone else is living in. It’s mostly through car windows though.
Like on freeways
I need you to know that your comment on the windows cracked up in shards of glasses on the patch red inside sockets two across which lied the glisten of the moon in colored smear, all transparent again in me.
Just as you’re looking into someone else’s life wishing you have what they have that someone is also looking into your life wishing they have what you have
So true people only see the outside they don't understand what is going on inside.
Thanks for explaining 😊
True..its heart touching story
Facts. That why we should all be grateful for what we each have
I am a web designer with a very mid-level moderate salary. I have enough to pay the bills but not enough to buy whatever i want, go on lavish vacations etc. I have a friend who is a surgeon with a degree from harvard. She will make 300k next year, she has a house in a big city, she can get any job she wants, but no time to date or settle down. I once thought how wonderful it must be to get any job you want with that degree and intelligence. She once told me how wonderful it must be to do what I enjoy and sleep in, and not be stressed, and have a wonderful marriage. I realized I have a lot and should be thankful for it.
Short film director: I wish I have the money to make a full length movie.
Normal length film director: I wish I have an Oscar.
😅
This is the best comment here.
Give this man a thousand likes
I think a lot of films don't need to be long full length. This would of lost meaning and purpose if it was an hour and half long. I think a lot of film should strive for the 30 min mark.
@@RadioForYahweh True. but it still depends on the story. and more subtle details are great to see
The last shot made me begin to think that the actual neighbors' window was theirs all along.
Honestly, we all are so focused on what's happening around us that we ignore ourselves most of the time.
Because we all wanna change ourselves
Do u think i care about myself i have no life im just on youtube all day my routine is the same wake up
Eat
Sleep
UA-cam
Procrastinate for a few
Daydream
UA-cam all night till 3 am
Sleep
I need to touch grass i need to go out but im not going too because im not selfish
@@-criedjupiter-8464 literally UA-cam is so addicting.Also, go out and touch that green grass and be a little selfish.
Exactly
My mother said to me once, Every time you think life is unfair, every time you complain about how tough it is, every time you cry and ask, why me? just remember there's someone out there that can only dream about having a life as good as yours.
Beautiful!!
Deep.
well said. you are lucky for having her.
Truer words were never spoken
Doesn't really make me feel better only knowing that some have it worse than me
.“Comparison is an act of violence against the self.” Iyanla Vanzant
This is so true. And yet we tend to compare every single aspect of our lives...
Exactly
❤ 🙏
🙌🏾👏🏾👏🏾Fact!!
beautiful
I think the ending would have been really great if she looked over and saw the other lady looking back.
A moment of silence to appreciate UA-cam for recommending this to us
Thanks Dora! 🙂
Amen. This is a beauty.
Why.i fifn understand any of it tho
for GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only begotten SON that whoever believeth in HIM should not perish but have eternal life"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 3:16."But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"-the Gospel of JESUS written by john 1:12. hi! JESUS loves you and died for you if you accept HIM! HE rose from the dead to show us that death cant hold HIM! repent and start living your life for HIM and when the time is right HE will get you to Heaven❤❤🌈
Right cuz this was beautiful
everytime i think i am sad, i come back here and then *think again*
Agreed 👍
Mee to
Not everyone has something to be thankful for
Who else is living for the wisdom held in _this_ comment section??
You have no idea. I am taking notes🤣
😆😆😆
A realistic movie perhaps 🎥 🍿
🙋🏽♀️ Every video I watch I often read comments for a longer time thn I watch the video, we have no idea how much we can learn from one another if we take the time to.
@@ngarumurray 😂😂
Breath taking! How valuable our lives are, but yet we don't value it.
Some short films will say so much more than three hour epic sagas. This was amazing.
Wow! What a very nice, genuine, real fact, most important & ever memorable, great motivational🙏 best👍 feedback🙏.
Ya i think too good
I watch a lot of these short films on UA-cam. So many of them are brilliant. Then I go to a movie and most of them are just crap. Why aren't these talented film makers on UA-cam being hired by Hollywood?
@@patriciareilly530 there's a channel whose moderators name is Chris Stuckman. He's in the industry and he explains why this is unfortunately the case with high budget films. Despite his information opening my eyes quite a bit I still wish these short films were optioned by larger studios so they could possibly make feature length films.
Honestly the acting and dialogue in this sounded incredibly genuine, even the kids, good job guys!
The guy who plays the dad and the lady in the other window weren't that good but the mom was amazing
Believable situation. Great acting.
@@desireandfire the dad was a lot natural
The mom is a famous actress! She’s in orange is the new black
@@Megan_Jennifer thank you!! I was trying to figure out how I knew her!!
This is life. When you think your life is awful, there's other people that willing to trade everything with that. Appreciate everything that you have before it end or you lose it.
Dawn Knight well said my friend .
Amen 🙏🏾
What a words✨👏🏻
That basically means 'just settle for your life that you're not happy with, because some have it worse'.
But some have it better. You have the right to change your life if you're not happy. You are responsible for your own happiness. No one else.
Я заплакала. Ведь у меня тоже рак. Но сейчас сижу и думаю - ведь у меня и любовь была и дети выросли. Я счастлива! Я оба окошка. Фильм тронул душу! This film touched my soul with happiness! Thank you!
Wishing you happiness, stay strong ❤❤
I think the movie is all about perspective. They saw what they wanted in other people, and didn't realize what they already had.
...especially when you _ARE_ unhappy or somehow otherwise in whatever way in your own life, and you wish you had that other life, that other man, that other woman, what they have that you have lost...or whatever! Somehow, it all boils down to how the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence... until you hop over the fence and see it for yourself from that other perspective! We're all guilty of that "What if..." scenario!
Ggesd
Cdrjgyhjywwb mmtg
What they thought they wanted. The old saying that the grass always looks greener on the other side!
@@lpperrone ...that's what I said... until you hop the fence and see it for yourself from that other perspective... it might be an illusion!
I'm a 69 year old grandpa who has been married to the same woman for 40 years and this movie helped remind me how blessed I am even though sometimes I look at the younger generation with a touch of envy.
I hope my future husband is as grounded as you :)
Warren Nelson ok boomer
bullshit warren, I remember you from the big war. we were bunk mates and you used to try and sneak in some french kisseys after lights out
Hey Warren, I want to thank you for your honesty. I think every generation will always envy the next or another. That being said, we need to understand that there will always be people in each generation that are ageist, meaning they discriminate based on age, which means people will not listen to you because you mentioned your age. In short, this is an example of the phrase "the grass is always greener on the other side"
40 years of willing Slavery!
Whoever directed this needs to start making full length movies ASAP
Yesss, pleasee
A MUST
*with better actors.
@@lachatnoir1127 and not you
@@opishofiyyah5708 hahaha. Why be so personal? Weirdo
It goes to show that even if someone else's life seems perfect, there is always more beneath the surface. Always be thankful for what you have. Don't take anything in this world for granted. We all wish for a perfect life. Sometimes you can't see it, but it can already be perfect just the way that it is. Having all the money or time in the world can become meaningless when you loose the people you wanted to share it with.
Made me realize the situation that me and my wife are in. Made me realize that I was getting jealous or envious of my old days but I sometimes forget the effort she puts in for the kid and me.
We had a fight recently for a stupid reason. And we haven't talked for a day now. I guess I have to lower head for now and say sorry.
You can do it, stay strong bro. You're the man.
Good man!
Didn't like the last sentence... What do you mean by : "for now",
This is not a competition. You both need to fight the circumstances not each other. Both need to remain humble.
Watch this again with her and at the end tell her what you told us
Hope everything went well there. Most of time we just gv way for our beloved wife. We nvr know how long more given chance with her.
"Be kind. Remember that everyone you meet is fighting a battle." - Louise hay
Actually that quote was by Ian Maclaren, though it's often attributed to Plato
@@knawl I read about the quote from "the secret sheriff of sixth grade" by Jordan Sonnenblick
15:05
@Class Clown
It irritates me, too, when people misquote, and then attribute the quote to the wrong person on top of that! And you just know this person is copying and pasting that all over the place.
@Ken Rawley
Please edit your post (upper right corner, tap the three dots, make your changes, hit the little blue arrow). You have misquoted, and also attributed the quote to the wrong person. The quote is "hard battle", and the person is not Louise Hay but Ian Maclaren. Thought you'd like to know! 😊
Sad part is this is happening everyday the difference now is its not a window but social media. So invested in someone else’s life you forget to cherish and love yours
True
I believe it was Theodore Roosevelt who, brilliantly, said “comparison is the thief of joy”.
We forget that a lot on our daily lives, specially after social media. Thanks for the reminder. Brilliant film.
I totally agree with you, friend!
"don't compare your insides... with other peoples outsides" Thank you Jane
john anderson This is so meaningful!!!
Faqs
Best comment here in my opinion.
Seriously, who said this?
Thats great how u think!
I can’t be the only person that had this randomly pop up on their recommend
Who cares
@@austins.2495 i care
@@austins.2495 you don't
@@austins.2495 UA-cam gods want us to learn some wholesome life lessons
I didn't regret clicking it
Most of us are busy wishing to be like others, not knowing the battles they are facing in the quiet.
Excellent script - direction & acting. I was captive & moved.
If only adjacent facing apartment windows were a subtle metaphor for social media profiles.....
"The film is rooted in real
physical experiences, but it can also be seen as an allegory about social media - the way we see into each other’s lives and take away an idealized view that never really tells the whole story." -- the director Marshall Curry said this in an interview. Sooo you are right!!
I think it is
kinda iis.
！！！！
Public profiles can be very true, or complete fantasies.
We always feel that happiness is somewhere else, when, if we only could see ourselves from a different set of eyes, we would realize it's already in our hands. Beautiful story.
Wow! Really a very nice, genuine, most important & ever memorable, great motivational🙏 best👍 feedback🙏.
@@hansrajbhaitanti thanks
Very well said. We must remind ourselves to be grateful for our blessings, the people who love us and we love back. We have the choice to be happy every day, every moment.
Amazing :)
i like journaling for that reason. i write about my life and looking at it on the page, makes me realize where i'm at and what i should be grateful for.
It is completely and totally unfair that I didn't have to pay for that. Probably the most real, emotional, moving piece of film I've seen from the past 30 years.
I feel the same! I’m literally begging my friends to watch.
Definitely agree!! Beautifully & wonderfully done! Great Job, Team! Thank you!
Should watch more short films then and get out more
It was only 20 minutes. It would be completely and totally unfair for them to charge you to watch a 20 minute video. It probably wouldn't be so good anymore if you had to pay for it.
It was a bit predicable. I knew the young couple was going to say that they had been watching them too. And with all the skeletons around I knew someone was going to die. They also had the same plant in the center of the room, implying the symmetry between them. But I enjoyed it.
I swear i experienced something similar. Except we werent neighbours but the younger couple were relatives. Except no one died but they got divorced and my seemingly mundane marriage with kids is still intact. Thank God. This short film was quite moving. I wish it was longer
I bet most celebrities crave our lives while most people crave theirs.
I don't....bunch of attention seeking slaves being handled every day of their life
@@muzic4lyfe2005 key word MOST
@@alexissummer9529 yeah thanks I read that 👍 isn't it past your bedtime?
@@muzic4lyfe2005 are you 12. have you ever heard of time zones
@@l0verofallthings what are those?
When you feel grass is greener on neighbors side, when social media suck you out by seeing other ppls happy moments, when ppls travel diaries make you feel you stuck at home , when perfect figure of a human body makes you hate looking at ur self in mirror its important to remind that we r breathing and eating where else ppl cant even do that, it's important to get up in morning and see ur family breath when some ppl don't have families, its important to live in moment and thankful to be able to live in that moment.
I think u r an amazing person
Mansi Parmar thank you. You made me cry.
Very true Ma'm ..
Well said, let's be peaceful with what we have
@@techmaniaappsfuninfo5133 thank you dear
the only weird thing i noticed here is, if both these couples were window stalking each other (idk how else to put it), why didnt they notice the other one stalking them
Because it’s not real life
Maybe because they both did it secretly and paid attention to not being seen by the other, because they also were ashamed of watching them. Or because they only were watching the other window when something was going on there and so the couple that was being watched, was focused on each other and the moment instead of looking out of the window?
They both knew.
Because at first the older couple was stalking a lot and then and later the young couple was stalking a lot
Because they turned of the light in the rooms they where looking from, therefore the other couple only saw the light area and not where they where stalking
Just downstairs lives a couple, my hubby’s best friend and his wife (who later became my friend as well). I would always admire how beautifully they live, I still do. The way they cherish each other, hold hands and take walks together, not hesitating to embrace each other in their arms irrespective of who’s watching. My dear hubby is a good man, hardworking and aimbitious, prioritizes his family (his parents and sister) above everything else. The only thing I wish he could be is more sensitive to my emotional needs. I agree that we don’t have much in common to engage with each other most days, but sometimes I wish for him to be more attentive towards me. It’s in the little things like frequent but subtle touches here and there, occasional and sudden kisses and hugs, or simply sitting with me looking, at me without using his phone. At times, I feel so lonely in this foreign land despite being married and living with the love of my life. And I can’t help myself watching out this window, admiring the happy couple that lives downstairs. Am I asking for too much? Is the pasture really greener where we water them?
Moral of the story: It only takes someone else’s misfortune for you to realise how good you have it.
Soo true..
exactly, we always tend to criticize ourselves because of the things we don't have, but sometimes when we see other's misfortunes, the realization naturally comes
True true !!!
I think it is that the grass is always greener on the other side.
Unfortunately, it should'nt have to come to that before you appreciate what you do have, but all too often it's exactly what it takes to realize it. Moral of the story...Don't wait until you lose something to truly appreciate & realize the value of what it means to you!!💜We ALL waste far too much time worrying about what we don't have & not near enough on appreciating what we do have.💜
For the months leading up to my 30th birthday I was constantly complaining how old I am getting. Then 1 month after turning 30 I was diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer. It was a QUICK reminder of how grateful I am to have gotten to live to 30 years old, and at the same time a reminder at how young I really am and how much life I still have to live.
I loved this video. It hit very close to home for me. I'm so glad this randomly popped up in my recommendations.
Be strong❤️
I wish you quick recovery! God bless you and may he give you health! Stay mentally strong and you will get better.
Hope you are doing well. 🇬🇧👍♥️
Greetings KP thanks for allowing us into your world. I am so thankful that you are still here on earth to share. Continue to let your light so shine. You are still here because there is a purpose and destiny on your life. You are appreciated. Stay Golden! Tracy
Be healthy strong fighter
We didn't search this one, UA-cam suggested it.
I just searched for short films.
Tiktok :)
I actually searched for the winner of the 2020 Oscar short film.
@@mcoffefloat samee!
I found it in a tiktok comment aha
Wow! I can see why this won an Oscar. Just 20 minutes and it was so powerful.
moral of the story : "what you have seen on your friends Instagram feeds/stories is not always captivating as you think it is, then, enjoy your own real life."
*You must accept the fact that life is always HARD but you should also never stop being HAPPY and SATISFIED* 💚
@@Ridhi259 yes life is harder than any dick
@@maxschmidt1787 You're being unfair versus Richard 😢
Exactly
Comparison is the thief of joy. We often have no idea what’s going on in someone’s life when we view it from the outside. Beautiful wee film ❤️.
Lucypearla Amen
Yes, indeed.
! #newyork X / #weallwantlove
Hi from india
I 💖 your whole comment. So true.
I can't believe having no curtains can give u a lot life lessons.
Deep
Really Deep
lol..... exactly 😂
Have you watched ‘you’ it can also give one death lol!!
Itu namanya "sawang sinawang", rumput tetangga kelihatan seperti lebih hijau dan segar .. kuncinya selalu bersyukur agar selalu bahagia
It truly deserved the Oscar Great short,great casting and superb directing.Real life dialogue.
Moral of the story - Don't bring your leg near tammer's mouth.
Ha ha ha, this made me laugh!
i couldn't have said it better! that's exactly why oscars don't mean shit anymore
Lol exactly
Lololololol 💀
Hilarious!
Wow, I can see why this is an Oscar winner. Deeply moving. And the final image where we are now looking into their window - wow.
Right?!? That part gave me chills
@Cary Sontag it's not
LMAO. *crap*
@Cary Sontag Yeah, they should have nominated YOUR masterpiece instead...
This movie is such a beautiful example of the meaning of sonder; the deep realization that every person out there has a story, a life, a struggle, joy's and pains, just as much as you do. Each life is as complex as yours is. Wonderfully done!
Probably the best short film I've ever watched. Marvelous job to the cast and crew!
Meanwhile I am looking at both of their splendid New York apartments and wondering what it would be like to live in one of them.
Same 😌
How do you know my salary? :D
someone missed the point of this film 😂😂🤦♂️
Same😔
Exactly....I was thinking about it too...
And I want live there