Next Floor (a short film by Denis Villeneuve)

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  • @vernardfields7044
    @vernardfields7044 4 роки тому +778

    For those who may be wondering. All the white chalky substance that's to mimic wall plaster is actually confection sugar and flour. It's a real nice SFX.

    • @jinisteffani8035
      @jinisteffani8035 Рік тому +9

      I was thinking that's what they might have used....

    • @kashirwin
      @kashirwin Рік тому +9

      I would have just busted up some dry walls and….. 😝

    • @insanowasa2401
      @insanowasa2401 Рік тому +3

      Yo sí entendí, es la caída de los líderes del gobierno

    • @xGusstaffx
      @xGusstaffx 11 місяців тому +10

      That’s not SFX that’s practical effects

    • @georgeofhamilton
      @georgeofhamilton 9 місяців тому +5

      @@xGusstaffx Special effects encompass practical effects.

  • @chesscomsupport8689
    @chesscomsupport8689 4 роки тому +5563

    I think I get this film. It's revealing the dangers of shoddy architecture.

    • @njux1871
      @njux1871 4 роки тому +215

      Amazing interpretation, now I finally understand it! Thanks!

    • @wardkerr2456
      @wardkerr2456 4 роки тому +25

      @Peter Phillips Clearly shoulder and peg construction.

    • @RonyPlayer
      @RonyPlayer 4 роки тому

      I would give you a like, but then I would ruin your perfect 500 likes

    • @BrucknerMotet
      @BrucknerMotet 3 роки тому +27

      If only Stringer Bell would have made these kind of crappy floorboards in The Wire,
      he could have escaped Omar and Mouzone simply by scarfing down a hot pocket and tapping his foot.

    • @kyleyamada1313
      @kyleyamada1313 3 роки тому +70

      "the world has enough for eveyones need, but there will always be shoddy architecture"
      -ghandi (probably)

  • @lllcinematography
    @lllcinematography 3 роки тому +3093

    It's always the short films before one gets famous that contains the most pure essence of a maker.

    • @justinkongol0
      @justinkongol0 3 роки тому +73

      Before producers start to heavily influence their work

    • @JohnDoe69986
      @JohnDoe69986 3 роки тому +46

      This guy directed Sicario before this yes?

    • @cineblazer
      @cineblazer 3 роки тому +21

      @@JohnDoe69986 Also Arrival IIRC

    • @NoFeckingNamesLeft
      @NoFeckingNamesLeft 3 роки тому +84

      @@JohnDoe69986 this is from 2008, it predates all his well-known feature films. Sicario was from 2015 and Arrival 2016.

    • @rockets_everywhere7543
      @rockets_everywhere7543 3 роки тому +5

      One of the best examples could be Neil Plombkamp too

  • @DanielRios-vy4ct
    @DanielRios-vy4ct Рік тому +308

    my teacher showed me this in 7th grade (he would show us short films and animated clips that he liked at the end of class) and I remember being struck by the shots and the pace of the whole thing and to find out today that it was directed by Denis Villeneuve makes complete sense

    • @jnnprzleo
      @jnnprzleo Рік тому +16

      more teachers like him please

    • @Stroyastrom
      @Stroyastrom 6 місяців тому +5

      Good teacher.

  • @samburnscomposer
    @samburnscomposer 2 роки тому +776

    This has so much of Villeneuve's style yet is so different to what you come to expect of his films. Mark of a great filmmaker.

    • @bjornunderabadsign
      @bjornunderabadsign Рік тому +5

      It sucked.

    • @Fjgjgjd
      @Fjgjgjd Рік тому +16

      @@bjornunderabadsign You're soo edgy and different, sit down.

    • @thecougarprince
      @thecougarprince Рік тому +3

      Any great artist, you .ight catch a hint of some style and nuance, the the mark of a true creator is that each piece is so incredibly different than the last

    • @samburnscomposer
      @samburnscomposer Рік тому

      @@thecougarprince Not really

    • @thecougarprince
      @thecougarprince Рік тому

      @samburns6015 oh, OK, me so sorry, my mistake.

  • @ZepplinOnFire
    @ZepplinOnFire 4 роки тому +2230

    This short is clearly NOT JUST an essay on the elites and their extreme excess. It is just as much about us. The young women sitting with the elites assumes the role of the audience. She looks on with disgust but by the end of the piece she too is consumed by greed and sloth. To reinforce this, the film opens with camera zooming out from the the Maitre D'. He is looking at the 'Establishment' with a masked revulsion. At the end, the film zooms towards the Maiitre D' with the same expression. Only this time, he is looking directly at us.

    • @orionsbelt7028
      @orionsbelt7028 4 роки тому +35

      Good reading!

    • @pianoboi4842
      @pianoboi4842 4 роки тому +167

      I also like how, at the end, those who are sitting at the table start to steal each other's food since there isn't much left. A great representation of the total absence of morality that greed causes.

    • @GuruShiya11
      @GuruShiya11 2 роки тому +10

      Nice

    • @zacharysmith9367
      @zacharysmith9367 Рік тому +31

      Thinly veiled hell for gluttony? Eventually as they descend further maybe they starve.

    • @rickwrites2612
      @rickwrites2612 Рік тому

      She is one of the elites. That's why she is siting with them. I don't think it implies any sort of outside complicity. It just means if that's the seat you're in you cant try to resist, you have to give up your seat and leave.

  • @Qnexus7
    @Qnexus7 4 роки тому +4057

    “The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi

    • @MICKEYISLOWD
      @MICKEYISLOWD 4 роки тому +5

      There isn't enough for everyone. We need at least 2 more Earth's of habitat to keep the human species going. Right now we are depleting our resources as fast as we can and we have already destroyed our habitat. Climate Change combined with habitat loss means this is the last century Humans will be around. 99% of all species that ever lived are already extinct. Humans are now functionally extinct and we will be going out this century for sure along with 95% of all species alive today. We are wiping out approximately 200 species per day and as we knock them out we lose many species everyday we need to be here just to make it possible for us to live. Climate change is not in the future and it neither imminent...It is here already killing us. Look out for first Arctic Blue Ocean Event(BOE) within the next 3-5 yrs, Economic collapse, Agriculture failures on very large scales and mass migration because this is all coming and the elites have known about this since the 1950s which is why they are making as much money as possible and building enormous underground bunkers the size of small cities. They need to control us and this is why we have lost free speech and homelessness is being criminalised in the USA and here in the UK. I am just waiting now for the Hammer To Fall...!

    • @12beat21
      @12beat21 4 роки тому +49

      "Food is the first thing. Moral follows on." - Bertolt Brecht

    • @soumikbiswasORbabai
      @soumikbiswasORbabai 4 роки тому +1

      BARACKOBAMA it is not. try eating indian pulse soup in daily manner. or beetroots

    • @cinematic_monkey
      @cinematic_monkey 4 роки тому +6

      @@MICKEYISLOWD I think you didn't fully grasp the original quote by Ghandi. "Need" has nothing to do with our way of living. I agree with you on the climate change side, but still it's not valid comment to the quote. What your're describing is mostly, if not solely, caused by greed and selfishness. Cheers.

    • @sneakysnickersnoopy
      @sneakysnickersnoopy 3 роки тому +13

      "The world has enough for every man, just not one man."

  • @MontUHURU_Mimia777
    @MontUHURU_Mimia777 3 роки тому +655

    *The road of excess **_doesn't lead_** to a palace of wisdom--it leads to a **_doomed society._** Thanks Denis.*

    • @hootinouts
      @hootinouts Рік тому

      I concur. As an American, I am growing more and more sick of my fellow Americans who have been growing increasingly obnoxious and drunken with excess. Each day I loathe them a bit more.

    • @juan_matus
      @juan_matus 10 місяців тому +1

      Ooh great creator of being
      Grant us one more hour
      To perform our art
      And perfect our lives
      We need great golden copulations
      ...

  • @memberofthetribe1
    @memberofthetribe1 Рік тому +135

    I can definetly say that the first 4 minutes of this short brought me closer to becoming a vegetarian. AND , this is the best film on greed I have ever seen.

    • @maxpayne930
      @maxpayne930 10 місяців тому +4

      Great film but not quite accurate they missing humans kids as special on the table

    • @doriancarnesi1727
      @doriancarnesi1727 10 місяців тому

      I’m with you***** had to turn volume down****

    • @caringheart34
      @caringheart34 5 місяців тому

      ​@@maxpayne930 They had to omit some things for the elite to make the film possible to thrive in the internet or even EXIST in the first place.

    • @tablescissors
      @tablescissors 3 місяці тому +1

      I’m actually a tad hungry for meat now. Lol
      @maxpayne930 - they hinted at that with the rib cage; fantastic cinematography. I’ll forgive that bit at the end being a bit much.

    • @j.prt.979
      @j.prt.979 2 місяці тому

      It looked pretty delicious to me. Though it started getting a bit ridiculous once they started bringing in the obviously endangered species. Kinda hamfisted metaphor, but it was still a very good short film nonetheless.

  • @gravlaxbob355
    @gravlaxbob355 Рік тому +264

    I saw that short film maybe 10 years ago at PHI in Montreal and it opened my eyes to the genius of Denis Villeneuve. Nice to see it again tonight, it has not lost any of it's allegoric pertinence and it's impact is shattering. Brilliant film really.

    • @danielvalles9554
      @danielvalles9554 Рік тому +1

      Found this after seeing how good Sicario was several years ago and you're correct. Glad I thought to revisit it.

    • @extrantice
      @extrantice Рік тому +1

      shattering huh. i see what you did there

    • @airaobregon-jg9ws
      @airaobregon-jg9ws Рік тому +4

      except the entire concept of this short film was taken from the European movie The Platform.

    • @bjornunderabadsign
      @bjornunderabadsign Рік тому +3

      This comment was written with ChatGPT.

    • @mrj3217
      @mrj3217 Рік тому +1

      What was the point of this?
      I don't get what this was about?

  • @hauntedbytheliving1175
    @hauntedbytheliving1175 3 роки тому +2340

    As someone who has worked in restaurants… I can verify this sentiment.

  • @MartinHobbit
    @MartinHobbit 4 роки тому +1517

    The elites feasting relentlessly, always demanding to be served, ruining societies and entire countries to the ground and not worrying about getting "dirty" as long as their pleasures and desires are being fullfilled.
    At the same time, the working class always have to keep the wheel spinning. Doesn't matter how weird, scary, dirty, shocking or meaningless, just "do your job and don't ask".
    Then, one day, the workers move ahead of the elites and let the rich destroy themselves. Only then the proletariat can finally rise up.
    Yes, this short movie was a magical-realism marxist tale.

    • @mutantm0nkey
      @mutantm0nkey 4 роки тому +7

      but still with that... didn't he assume he was saving his workers time by not breaking the floor down another level by stepping out there by them but by going downstairs and just waiting for them to fall to the next level. And then everything beautifully worked out. If it were his primary intention to make them overeat I did not see any clues given to that theory, so both are just. fin

    • @bitbandita
      @bitbandita 4 роки тому +56

      There are no happy end for us. If the elite disappear today, tomorrow everyone would celebrate, then they would tear each other apart a day after tomorrow.

    • @MartinHobbit
      @MartinHobbit 4 роки тому +26

      @@bitbandita are you telling me that we need someone to rule over us?

    • @o.guimaraes
      @o.guimaraes 4 роки тому +6

      i think you're right on the symbolism there

    • @blackridgeproductions2738
      @blackridgeproductions2738 4 роки тому +30

      Yea I would not say that this is about the proletariate (working class) rising up. It seems almost the opposite. Like the workers and the boss of the workers are actually the driving force taking advantage of the consumers. He looks at us like we are next at the end. He even counts the receipt like he's keeping track of how much they are consuming and possibly how much he's profiting?

  • @earlj.d.6285
    @earlj.d.6285 4 роки тому +333

    Most important scene is at 3:57. The woman looks up to see how far they’ve fallen only to continue in her (their) excessive ways. Beautiful short 🤙🏽

    • @seanchan3559
      @seanchan3559 6 місяців тому

      Hey, it's a sunk cost kinda deal, so…why not keep going!

  • @Garysviewfinder
    @Garysviewfinder Рік тому +36

    It is a really concentrated way to reflect on how human's own greed and lust bring them to their own fate. The theme was carried out super well, even if "next floor" is the only line of dialogue in the film.

  • @DushaAntona
    @DushaAntona Рік тому +9

    Beautiful presentation of human greed and no control over it. They know they are gonna fall through the floor, and yet they keep eating. And that important detail about a girl who at first resists, but in the end starts eating...Thats exactly how it happenes when one person doesn't agree with egocentric desires and arogant ignorance of their family/community. Maybe, she was the reason they were falling one floor at a time, but in the end fell straight into the black whole? Cause she gave up?

  • @tomasm1233
    @tomasm1233 6 років тому +743

    I noticed a young woman, old couple were at first reserved and refraining from excessive eating, refusing to take more than they want eventually their gave in and all become mad if you wish, more like animals. A downfall to a kingdom of the primary instincts. It also shows collective tendencies, psychology of group dynamics. One or several people can be easily influenced by large and dragged down.
    They don't even talk to each other because they're to indulge in fulfilling the urge to get stuffed. There is more to this short film, for sure. Love Denis work.

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 5 років тому +25

      I have seen this a dozen times, and only now did I realize that the young woman was crying as she gave in and began to gorge herself.

    • @lisasimpson8895
      @lisasimpson8895 5 років тому +22

      i'm not sure if the people represent countries or generations. perhaps both? some people could represent third world countries... and the young woman might be the youngest generation, trying to eat less, but once she realizes that no one in that dinner will be saved, she gives in, even though it hurts her.

    • @ReisFamilyWebsite
      @ReisFamilyWebsite 4 роки тому +14

      When they start to take from each other, the downfall is faster and continues. Great analysis.

    • @blackbird8837
      @blackbird8837 4 роки тому +21

      she only retained herself as long as the waiters were watching as she felt bad acting out "in public"..., when she realized that noone - potentially not approving of this madness - was watching she blended in / showed her real face or that under these circumstances even the good are corrupted.

    • @primalfitnesslife
      @primalfitnesslife 6 місяців тому +1

      @@lisasimpson8895 Based on their outfits maybe they represent certain industries like military, banking, etc. The black/Indian guy stood out to me because he looks like a late addition with the seating, and he's on life support. He technically has a seat at the table but at what cost?

  • @tulinhvu5749
    @tulinhvu5749 4 роки тому +995

    To me, the short film represents the endless greed of human in general which led themselves to self-destruction and keep falling deeper and deeper into the dark pit that has no bottom.

    • @TarekMarzouki
      @TarekMarzouki 4 роки тому +23

      especially the elites.

    • @abhishekkumar3679
      @abhishekkumar3679 4 роки тому +89

      @@TarekMarzouki the only thing that separates you from "the elites" is that you don't have as much wealth. If you did you'd be as bad as imagine these "elites" to be if not worse.
      So get off your moral high ground so we can end the problem together. Not fulfil your wet dream of a Marxist revolution.

    • @satisfiedjeremie3006
      @satisfiedjeremie3006 4 роки тому +13

      no shit

    • @m.a.924
      @m.a.924 4 роки тому +6

      This reminded me of my battle with cigarettes. Every time I had a scare I would freak out and start thinking of quitting, then just gave in and continued smoking until the next scare.

    • @bingeplanet4463
      @bingeplanet4463 4 роки тому +2

      @@abhishekkumar3679 such enlighten canalization of the human condition. your 100% correct. the elites are simply supplying a demand that's inside of us.

  • @thomashaigh6098
    @thomashaigh6098 5 років тому +1452

    Villeneuve is a master. Can't wait for Dune

    • @zezinharias
      @zezinharias 5 років тому +2

      What??

    • @lukess.s
      @lukess.s 5 років тому +31

      @@zezinharias his film adaptation of Dune's coming out next year

    • @weirdsideelly3111
      @weirdsideelly3111 5 років тому

      Noooo?is that real?

    • @ElRadioDJ913
      @ElRadioDJ913 5 років тому +2

      Boi can't wait to see the remake.

    • @mouniramano3403
      @mouniramano3403 5 років тому +24

      @@ElRadioDJ913 its not a remake its a new adaptation

  • @WritersCreatorsDefendYourIdeas
    @WritersCreatorsDefendYourIdeas 6 місяців тому +9

    Thanks for the work. Those for whom this film was made are unlikely to watch it.

    • @tablescissors
      @tablescissors 3 місяці тому

      Too much of mommy and daddy’s money to spend on cocaine and elite school protests to attend where they understand nothing at all - only to fight a system, even if it aligns them with demons.

  • @JoyaLewisTheMusician
    @JoyaLewisTheMusician 6 місяців тому +3

    Surprising concept, excellent execution, marvelous short film!
    The frantic speed at which they were eating at the beginning was very unsettling.
    I’m guessing this is social commentary on the wealthy slowly sinking down to lower classes, clinging to what they can get, as the dust piles on them. wow.

  • @cleberrogeriorodrigues9611
    @cleberrogeriorodrigues9611 4 роки тому +775

    Impossible not to make an analogy with "The Platform".

    • @VideoSportsAmateur
      @VideoSportsAmateur 4 роки тому +91

      As soon as I started watching this short The Platform came to my mind

    • @PeBoVision
      @PeBoVision 4 роки тому +106

      The platform deals with how the upper classes consume everything leaving little for the lower classes, while this is a simple illustration of gluttony as a mortal sin.
      Stylistically similar, but not analogous
      The Platform is far more conceptually similar to Parasite.

    • @omoraram
      @omoraram 4 роки тому +15

      Obvious

    • @hampage2005
      @hampage2005 4 роки тому +65

      @@PeBoVision tbh the Platform is far more similar to Snowpiercer, another film by the same director as Parasite, which is literally a horizontal Platform (or since it came out first, The Platform is a vertical Snowpiercer?).

    • @PeBoVision
      @PeBoVision 4 роки тому +7

      @@hampage2005 interesting analogy. I hadn't thought of Snowpiercer for comparison (of course the use of children is far more evil in Snowpiercer)
      Loved the movie, and look forward to the upcoming Snowpiercer series as well.

  • @stevenflores5988
    @stevenflores5988 5 років тому +36

    Ahhhh, I love this.
    Abundant overload of the senses touch, taste, and sound has led these people to fall into a pit of their own making.
    Also, Denis is the man. Love everything he's made so far

    • @tarmbruster1
      @tarmbruster1 4 місяці тому

      @@stevenflores5988 Overload of the senses is right....

  • @brockbenavides7185
    @brockbenavides7185 3 роки тому +219

    This was all practice for the Harkonnen's and the Baron. Even the sound had a point where it was in the same vein as what became key in Dune

  • @BryceLemon
    @BryceLemon 9 місяців тому +1

    Represents greed and the descent into lower nature. Brilliant.

  • @kingalphonso872
    @kingalphonso872 2 роки тому +60

    I feel like that woman who refrained represents people who act humble infront of the watchful eyes of the public, but as soon as she's alone with other greedy people, she shows her true colors.

    • @DJWESS-L
      @DJWESS-L 10 місяців тому +11

      nah, I think it's representing peer pressure. Rather die with everyone, than standing out and try to stop falling.

  • @karcompany5425
    @karcompany5425 4 роки тому +16

    I woke up on a Saturday morning to witness this when I was just 6 years old. I had convinced myself that those who were eating were zombies gorging themselves on human entrails. I tried to explain what I had seen to my parents, but they blew it off as some childish imaginative tale I convinced myself happened. While the film didn't exactly terrify me, I never forgot about the erie feeling I felt from it. Today, I still fill with anxiety when I watch it and even blame it for my misophonia. It's insane how something as simple as an 11 minute film can impact a person's entire life. Glad I found the film. I knew I wasn't crazy!

    • @Hikinggamer23
      @Hikinggamer23 4 роки тому

      What exactly are you referencing Ms?

    • @raksh9
      @raksh9 3 роки тому

      Have you shown this to your parents and explained that this is what you saw? What did they say?

    • @tarmbruster1
      @tarmbruster1 4 місяці тому

      @karcompany5425 You were to young for this. Sorry you awoke to this. I mean that.

  • @TomKotarba
    @TomKotarba 4 роки тому +129

    This is a masterwork. He says so much in less than 12 minutes than most can say in seasons, hours, or hundreds of pages. This works on so many levels and leaves no simple answers, just poses diabolical questions.

  • @earlj.d.6285
    @earlj.d.6285 4 роки тому +180

    7:51 is a subtle but powerful point in the film. The woman who was reluctant on joining in, who even asked to no longer be served, sheds a tear and gives in. Even stealing food from the woman next to her.
    I think the tear represented her true self being disappointed in the choice that was about to be made

    • @aleksitjvladica.
      @aleksitjvladica. Рік тому +1

      Oh no shit Sherlock!

    • @eliog-d3733
      @eliog-d3733 Рік тому +15

      ​@Tinky Winky you must be very sad to be rude for 0 reason like that. Let me tell you you are.

    • @VultRoos
      @VultRoos Рік тому +12

      I interpreted her actions and her expression in a different way. I think the reason she started eating was because she actually realized they were all going to die. She didn't know what a solution was to save herself or anyone on the table, and her eating was her giving up any prospect of finding solutions. All she did up to that point was withholding from participating herself, but it's a Omelas situation. Just choosing not to participate yourself, leaving Omelas, or choosing as an individual to be a vegan or to recycle are all ways to individually not participate. They are good choices to be sure, but you shouldn't choose to do them with the expectation they'll solve anything. They never address the root problems, nor offer any actual real solutions.
      If you knew for sure the end was coming, and you cannot imagine any possible better future or any solution, and the solution that was sold to you your entire life (individual non-participation via methods like recycling) has done absolutely nothing to even slow the end, nevermind stopping it, you might as well give in and stuff yourself while you still can, especially if you have the means currently. Especially since the real individuals who may actually responsible for the vast majority of the over-consumption and their inevitable future seems pretty oblivious and happy in their bubble.
      But her expression is not a happy one in the end compared to her peers, and seems more manic. I interpreted that expression as one of grief, because even as she's finally participating in the feast, she still knew they were all going to die and is already in the process of being forced to grieve for it. The food is basically just cope at that point. It's like a tipping point. You've seen the water rush in onto the sides of your little boat, and you realize that there will be a point of no return--maybe holes could have been patched before, but once a certain number of water has come in, even patching the holes won't be enough anymore. So you might as well give up and spend the last bit of your life relaxing and gorging yourself, even if it comes at the cost of others.
      To be more transparent--I'm talking about the climate emergency and our capitalist economic system, of course. No technology or individual consumer choices will save us at this point. Only a complete overhaul of our entire economic system can both prevent and provide a sustainable support system for the floods, famines, mass death, and refugee crises that are in our future. But when the possibility of an end to capitalism seems impossible or if we keep ignoring the most effective and obvious solutions for ineffective ones of passive individual non-participation, we may all end up as that young woman in the film some day, regardless of our well intentions or who we think our true selves are.
      Edit: I also like that towards the end of everyone's death, everyone actually begins to consume more and behave with even more greed. The whole mentality of oh! If we don't eat now, we might not get to in the future becomes more real. I think this is reflected in reality. There are more and more financial disasters that happen, causing corporations to become even more greedy and desperate, and so each ensuing disaster becomes more extreme.

  • @machineman3004
    @machineman3004 2 роки тому +21

    I can think of this building as a human body , and all the people sitting at the table as your senses used to derive pleasure and fulfilment of desires , the manager can be perceived as the mind which makes arrangements to fullfill your lust which is never ending that is why we can see they don't stop , as they start to travel down the pits of mind the desires and lust start to get more and more darker ( like the food on the table keeps getting more gross , can be seen as our fantasies and desires)thus giving you less time before you fall into the next deeper pit as it goes deeper , the lady sitting on the table can be perceived as your conscience or soul which doesn't relate to what's happening but as it gets deeper and stronger the conscience also gives up , the servants can be perceived as the immune systems of the body meant to keep you in the best shape and give you comforting environment as to serve the body but the desires have already overpowered the mind.

    • @senselessDesires666
      @senselessDesires666 2 роки тому +1

      👁🔥👁☝☝☝☝👏💚💜💙💛precisely

    • @01hZ
      @01hZ 2 місяці тому

      nah

  • @tomtenner2401
    @tomtenner2401 Рік тому +3

    This might be the most creatively unhinged thing Villeneuve has ever made

  • @schaemann96
    @schaemann96 4 роки тому +41

    I noticed that the melody that starts playing everytime they're about to fall, is almost identical to the melody the oompa lumpas sing to Augustus Gloop in the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
    Sneaky Villeneuve, well done.

    • @raksh9
      @raksh9 3 роки тому

      Oompa loompas? Don't you mean grunka lunkas? 😁

  • @philpottkentucky4802
    @philpottkentucky4802 4 роки тому +98

    Eventually the working class can simply stop serving the interests of the rich elite; the head of the waiters notices that the elites will simply collapse under their own weight and hit the bottom.

    • @RobertGarcia-wb4hy
      @RobertGarcia-wb4hy 4 роки тому +1

      What about the animals they're eating? What does it symbolize?

    • @dylan10011998
      @dylan10011998 3 роки тому

      Woah, didn’t even think of that

    • @bazelltv2771
      @bazelltv2771 3 роки тому

      we stop buying their goods, they run out of goods to make, they shut down, they cant make groceries anymore, we run out of food.

    • @lialogia
      @lialogia 3 роки тому +2

      @@bazelltv2771 wow, rich capitalists invented food???

    • @bazelltv2771
      @bazelltv2771 3 роки тому

      @@lialogia Go hunt some food then

  • @FilmSureelist97
    @FilmSureelist97 3 роки тому +40

    I really hope to see Denis make a gothic quirky feature film like this

  • @ethanthomas2416
    @ethanthomas2416 3 роки тому +5

    THIS IS WHY DENIS IS MY FAVORITE. NO MATTER WHAT, ALWAYS IMMERSES THE VIEWER 👏

  • @beaudanner
    @beaudanner Рік тому +30

    I seem to like everything by Denis Villeneuve 😅 The mood and world he paints and the story he tells with the cinematography. So good. It's kind of a masterclas for those trying to communicate ideas visually.

  • @sunnywithpuddles
    @sunnywithpuddles 4 роки тому +12

    For those who haven't seen it, I recommend 'Maelstrom' Written and directed by Denis Villeneuve - 2000. I fell in love with this gloomy tale a long time ago. So stoked to see DV reach so much success, so I can see his films reach full potential. But as you can see from this short and Maelstrom, He has been hitting high markers his entire career. Inspirational. Hope I get to work under him on a film; I should have just inquired when I first saw Maelstrom, although I now have many more film credits to my name.

    •  4 роки тому

      CHRiS P thank you :)

  • @solinvictus1982
    @solinvictus1982 4 роки тому +141

    Surely "The Platform" got a lot from this short, in particular in terms of social critique.

    • @emsavings
      @emsavings 4 роки тому +4

      and Next Floor got a lot from The Grande Bouffe/The Big Feast. Fascinating transition from social satire to political commentary and then to horror.

  • @risapine5930
    @risapine5930 4 роки тому +12

    I remember seeing this on a field trip when I was in grade school so many years ago. it made a huge impression on me that I can't quite put my finger on. I never forgot it and still watch it every once in a while.

    • @HommeTerre
      @HommeTerre 4 роки тому

      4:50 ...
      is it a Katya Kobza joke, magic no ?

    • @kanemclaren5991
      @kanemclaren5991 Рік тому

      Perhaps because earth is a hellish dimension due to our collective behaviour. It’s not the only dimension, there are pure ones, but this ain’t it ;)

  • @janechamblesswright119
    @janechamblesswright119 Рік тому +2

    Brilliant.
    Just……BRILLIANT.
    Thank you.

  • @GratefulOne
    @GratefulOne Рік тому +2

    from the first scene i could see "The Platform" movie reference, what an iconic movie!

  • @akhil.bhardwaj
    @akhil.bhardwaj 4 роки тому +87

    I think what this film wanted to portray was how GREED outweighs human instincts & the sense of morality.
    The people shown in this could've stopped eating (maybe signifying their hunger for power or money or any thing that wanted by society) but they didn't and because of this they kept sinking low and low ( maybe signifying that their greed destroyed them).
    In one scene they all jump to the food table...desperately eating which is shown like they are trying to not let other one eat, maybe that's what the creator wanted to showcase. How greed is destroying us.
    But hey if I am wrong, please do correct me!

    • @irisbianca4688
      @irisbianca4688 4 роки тому +8

      Yees, and the way the table and them get more dirty as they pass to another floor really makes sense when you think of blood money and illegal stuff motivated by greed.

    • @mattrogers5188
      @mattrogers5188 4 роки тому +2

      * lower and lower

  • @808Headaches
    @808Headaches 5 років тому +24

    Wow. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Denis is a master storyteller.

  • @i_i-v8k
    @i_i-v8k 4 роки тому +98

    0:37
    " Good morning 47, your target is a former group of clients of a canibalism cult.
    This is no ordinary contract 47, play smart. "

  • @markus.574
    @markus.574 Рік тому +4

    Wow. A scary, gross, haunting yet beautiful masterpiece.

  • @tablescissors
    @tablescissors 3 місяці тому

    This is wonderful. It reminded me of a horror film with the opposite concept, a world, or rather a prison, where a table piled with food - it rests briefly, in that time you may eat to your heart’s content, after that it passes down to the next floor, the lower the floor the less food, and it is said there are HUNDREDS. Each time, each table, that will be all there is.
    There is a little more to the plot, but that is the constant. And each floor has a hole for the table to drop down through.

  • @mikew8880
    @mikew8880 6 років тому +396

    Shoulda ordered the salad...

  • @joelselibowitz1564
    @joelselibowitz1564 5 років тому +42

    The best film on climate change & other ‘problems of progress’ that I have seen so far…

  • @naamtar22
    @naamtar22 4 роки тому +29

    They consume without ceasing, appreciate nothing, thank no one, refuse to die and to have fallen that far they had to start at the top.

  • @explorerelka
    @explorerelka 8 місяців тому

    Villeneuve has such a unique take on an often staged scenario and commentary in cinema. His execution is perfectly orchestrated. Truly cinematic for not a word is uttered. I will go and see Dune on the big screen for sure now.

  • @black-smithenterprises2251
    @black-smithenterprises2251 Рік тому +15

    This is definitely one of the most creative films I have ever seen and the cinematography was beautiful! Bravo! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @CubeParrot1
    @CubeParrot1 5 років тому +17

    What a wonderful film, had me smiling the first time they fell down the floor.

  • @francessimmonds5784
    @francessimmonds5784 5 років тому +33

    This has to be one of the best shorts I've seen. Certainly my favourite. Everything about it is spot on. Excellent. Bodes well for Dune..

  • @levitt21
    @levitt21 5 років тому +18

    This short film is Dennis villeneuves way of expressing his deep love and passion for barny . The food they eat represents barnys magical marshmallows and the music represents the songs he sings. It's so clear that he's trying to convay a feeling of deep depression in this film. Im so glad that thos came from such a master

  • @speedzero7478
    @speedzero7478 2 роки тому +38

    Very good. I don't know why I didn't hear about this before, I'm a big fan of Villeneuve's work, even when its a dreadful topic.

  • @migionie
    @migionie Рік тому +6

    It’s beautiful and the message I‘ve understand is that the richst wealthiest are doing their nasty. They drag anything and everyone with them and the party continues as if nothing happened. Yes there is a shock but it’s getting noticeable smaller and smaller. And they keep doing the same over and over again, we don’t learn from history!
    I‘m madly in love with this, it’s the best shortfilm I habe EVER seen!!

    • @nightstar11801
      @nightstar11801 10 місяців тому

      I completely agree 👍

    • @piratecat5113
      @piratecat5113 10 місяців тому

      The man looking at us in the end is saying, we're the same. Those filthy rich people are in fact just average persons with too much buying power. You can change the actors, you still will get the same results. Aristocracy is not a bloodline exclusive thing, it's a parasitic way of life, the most widespread human fantasy. Serve me, I deserve it.
      Look at us today, Louis the 14th, the sun king in the apex of his glory didn't have 10 percent of the comfort, heath care, food diversity and travel opportunities we have now. Humans are never satisfied, we always want more.

  • @metaturnal
    @metaturnal 4 роки тому +49

    This is the most expensive demolition contractor in Canada.

  • @MAKEARTNOWCHANNEL
    @MAKEARTNOWCHANNEL 4 роки тому +31

    Loved this. Pure art.

  • @rxblx2442
    @rxblx2442 4 роки тому +39

    Why doesn't the Maitre D ever blink?
    Who is he speaking to over the intercom?
    Is the man with the mustache comatose? Has he refused to eat and they're keeping him alive?
    What is the connection between those dressed as military and those dressed as elites?
    Are the types of animals being eaten significant?
    Is the staff concerned or confused about the table falling further and further out of their reach?
    ...so many questions.

    • @GiveBackAll
      @GiveBackAll 7 місяців тому

      Question 2 - he is speaking to whoever is lowering the chandelier. The dress is to show variety in social groups. The variety of animals is to show extremes and excess. The rest...dunno

  • @m.i.n.9000
    @m.i.n.9000 2 роки тому +211

    I feel like with just this setup there's an entire world being built. the fact that the place is prepared for them to fall thru, the fact that the chandelier lowers and the place doesn't even have clean floors, the fact that the waiters clean them but not too well since they'll soon get dirty, the fact that they have a feeding tube for the guy speaks tons about how many times this was done, probably by the protagonists. I appreciate how she's judgemental in the beginning and then becomes influenced, maybe infected by them.. maybe the peer pressure she might be feeling.. howevaaaa as stu from the ghoul gang might say, I had the feeling that this was an execution (maybe for poaching) and this was their last meal, because of the woman's reaction when she started eating. maybe they were made to choose between dying a slow death eating or a relatively fast death by falling, and the reason they become more voracious is to get it over with. whatever life they have left has become torture. so many things in such a short time...
    enjoyed this gem very much 💎

    • @elijahhaas2682
      @elijahhaas2682 Рік тому +11

      I like this interpretation. It's very different.

    • @ChemEDan
      @ChemEDan Рік тому +14

      Pretty sure they were already dead - some sort of hell

    • @melinteteofil4636
      @melinteteofil4636 Рік тому +1

      Nice and different interpretation, could they not just stand up and leave, tho? Were they in any way chained to the table?

    • @ryuken0088
      @ryuken0088 Рік тому +4

      @@melinteteofil4636 I think you missed the part where he said "made to choose" and "execution"
      At no point in such scenario would you ever be allowed to stand up and leave
      In such a scenario you have no say.

    • @ryuken0088
      @ryuken0088 Рік тому +7

      It also seems with the slight dramatic pause before continuing on just as before there's a slight tension where they kind of go is this alright... Well these people are still doing what we fully expect them to do and looking around for communal approval until he gets it and they all hold hands as they fall deeper and deeper into depravity while making it okay for each other.

  • @ikaarzach8475
    @ikaarzach8475 2 роки тому +1

    Oh woaw !!!! This is exactly how our society is actually.
    Have more and more ! Food, car, big house, everything that the society push them to have.... extreme consomation ....

  • @pasqualedarco1826
    @pasqualedarco1826 4 роки тому +101

    Actor: ''How long do we have to eat?'''
    Director: ''Yes.''

  • @SuperPhagot
    @SuperPhagot 4 роки тому +158

    Is youtube the waiters and we're the customers

    • @catarinacaram8042
      @catarinacaram8042 4 роки тому +2

      Hahahahaha exactly!

    • @fayezm3148
      @fayezm3148 4 роки тому +1

      Notice that it keeps recommending weirder menus every time 😂
      just like this movie 😮

    • @mrsuckitup
      @mrsuckitup 4 роки тому +9

      And we keep scrolling relentlessly downwards!

    • @farid_290
      @farid_290 4 роки тому +1

      oh shit

    • @tarmbruster1
      @tarmbruster1 5 місяців тому

      ​@farid_290 no worries dude. They actually educated us with this one.

  • @RooseveltCoopling
    @RooseveltCoopling 4 роки тому +16

    Greed comes dressed in a velvet glove, greed is not the want to possess everything, greed is simply wanting more than the person next to you". (SUMNER, Bernard, 1995)

    • @bretts9373
      @bretts9373 Рік тому

      this hit home. I remember seeing a quick snippet of an interview with Marc Cuban, and he said he knows he's rich, worth over 600,000,000 BUT Jeff Bezos is worth MORE, and you can tell he's pissed about it, he's jealous that someone has more money than him, fueling more greed. its burned into my memory. He KNOWS he's stupidly wealthy, yet his jealous greed is more powerful.

  • @conorquinlan9444
    @conorquinlan9444 2 роки тому +15

    There’s definitely a sense of circularity here with the opening of the film zooming out from the servers face and the end of the film zooming in. It creates the sense that there is a vicious cycle here of the greedy upper class being immediately replaced by those exactly like them after they are toppled due to their own greed.

  • @danielg2946
    @danielg2946 Рік тому +3

    Stock market explained very well.

  • @pz3j
    @pz3j 2 роки тому +9

    What people and society need are films that will lift our nature and consciousness. We've been bombarded by negativity and it only seems to bring us lower.

  • @maryclaremayo6157
    @maryclaremayo6157 4 роки тому +4

    Incroyable. Ç'est formidable. Merçi bien.

  • @fra94vale
    @fra94vale 4 роки тому +57

    Ciao Synergo

  • @eIicit
    @eIicit 5 місяців тому +1

    Powerful, moving.

  • @SeaHorseOo
    @SeaHorseOo 5 місяців тому +1

    A milestone in understanding collective anticipation

  • @sharathshetty2447
    @sharathshetty2447 4 роки тому +42

    Who all are here after badal recommendation like

  • @LavenderMoon9
    @LavenderMoon9 3 роки тому +8

    one of my favorite videos of all time, excellent!

  • @protector1990
    @protector1990 4 роки тому +80

    I thought of this as a circle of hell, in Dante's Inferno manner, where gluttons are punished by having to indulge in their sin. On every floor, they are given food, and if they resist eating, they would be free to go. Otherwise, they just fall to a floor below, and everything repeats, eternally.

    • @joeschmoe6516
      @joeschmoe6516 4 роки тому +4

      Nah. It's to show that there are plenty of resources on earth, but not enough to satisfy the greed on earth.

    • @adventofnull
      @adventofnull 3 роки тому +5

      I'm a year late but I have to say: it is when all of them finally indulge in their gluttony (and greed, by the way they take the other's food) that the fall becomes unstoppable. Very interesting interpretation!

  • @finnromy6304
    @finnromy6304 4 місяці тому +2

    Man, those are some seriously healthy appetites!!!🤢🤮
    I loved this film❤💯 10/10
    If someone would put Kaleo's Way Down We Go track behind this when they start free-falling that would be so cool and fitting!
    Those good folks in the movie are going way down to hell for the sin of gluttony

    • @tablescissors
      @tablescissors 3 місяці тому

      My guess is they are incapable of getting full - what initially may seem like a reward is turned into a torment, and as they rested briefly in limbo, they eventually passed to true Hell where they are most likely going to “ravish” one another last.

  • @vlogzofprathip7373
    @vlogzofprathip7373 Рік тому +2

    That movie qualitied short film fantastic 😍 work director and best cameraman and hard work mind blowed of editor and actors good work team work

  • @johnniedilangcruz9287
    @johnniedilangcruz9287 4 роки тому +81

    I think this film is about that "Stare". It is "A Stare that loves Greed or Gluttony". The Manager or the Restaurant Owner so to speak, loves "serving" those that are empowered by greed or gluttony that he is willing to follow them to the lowest level of the building along w/ his crew. The thing is, he could have saved them if he stopped serving food. That stare never died even after those he served are already dead! Hence, the ending suggests he is still "looking for"others that he will take down again. The background track at the start felt like he has "an army of food" w/ him. He is actually like those big food chains that served delicious, 'addictive' food growing his empire while actually bringing those that patronize them to unhealthy lifestyle. xD

    • @ezraleslie1361
      @ezraleslie1361 4 роки тому +6

      I like this concentration on this unlikely subject of focus: the maitre d'. What exactly is his function and is he an accomplice of the banqueters or simply the protector and guide of his crew -? In other words is he the handmaiden of gluttony or the guardian of respectability - ? There is something menacing, however, about that stare you identify, almost is if it knows no limits. The mind boggles.

    • @johnniedilangcruz9287
      @johnniedilangcruz9287 4 роки тому +2

      @@ezraleslie1361 I agree. It's a silently menacing stare.

    • @matycee
      @matycee 4 роки тому

      yeah, but what did the film mean?

    • @ProximaCentauri88
      @ProximaCentauri88 4 роки тому +1

      The first background music reminded me of Chinese restaurants where exotic and endangered animals are being served like pangolins and bats which eventually transmitted Corona Virus to Wuhan residents and all over the world.

    • @thelastofthebrohicans
      @thelastofthebrohicans 4 роки тому

      No

  • @Luncea28
    @Luncea28 5 років тому +69

    mankind's rampant over-consumption leads to its own downfall (literally, in this case)

  • @infinitypoker6383
    @infinitypoker6383 6 років тому +56

    I have been looking for this for years.saw it in IFC like 5 years ago.Ive thought about it a lot trying to understand the meaning behind it or what it represents.It was hard to watch at first and stuck in my head I was going through heroin withdrawal and it was so intense to watch.

    • @hrodvithit
      @hrodvithit 6 років тому +4

      The idea of drug use adds so much more to the theme of this short.

    • @miriansalgadoxoxo147
      @miriansalgadoxoxo147 6 років тому

      Ya

    • @passionguitar666
      @passionguitar666 5 років тому

      read my comment

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 5 років тому +1

      Oh wow, that sounds horrible. I'm glad you got through such an awful and intense expy.

    • @HommeTerre
      @HommeTerre 4 роки тому

      Se7ven Capital.

  • @luc.juan333
    @luc.juan333 Рік тому +1

    If this weren't made by Villeneuve everyone would say this is garbage.

    • @Disgustedsaturation
      @Disgustedsaturation 2 місяці тому

      Partially true but i think still some poeple will find this as an artpiece

  • @crowcorvinus3173
    @crowcorvinus3173 6 місяців тому +1

    "Blood is on the table, the mouth are choking, Fire is cooking, but i´m going hungry " - Hungerstrike - Chris Cornell R.I.P.

  • @vjppr0922
    @vjppr0922 Рік тому +5

    Why is this movie remind me of The Platform (2019)?

  • @Aerospacedu
    @Aerospacedu Рік тому +8

    Humanity on display.....the metaphor is priceless.

    • @rimacalid6557
      @rimacalid6557 10 місяців тому

      Wester rich families in particular that survived through the ages benefiting from everything between slavery and wars

  • @Trmtsociety
    @Trmtsociety 4 роки тому +23

    Gordon Ramsay would have a few f words to say about this restaurant.

  • @rebshannonling
    @rebshannonling 4 місяці тому +1

    So lush in audio and visuals.

  • @caelhanwood6402
    @caelhanwood6402 Рік тому +1

    Interesting relationship between gravity and the impulse to satisfy craving.

    • @tyronewashington230
      @tyronewashington230 Рік тому

      Except mass on a table doesn't increase when you put it in your stomach.

  • @infinitypoker6383
    @infinitypoker6383 6 років тому +41

    the message is way deeper than boycotting exotic game for food.

    • @jbasti227
      @jbasti227 5 років тому +9

      I didn't even think of it that way, nice catch. I immediately thought of gluttony/excessive behavior and groupthink/group influence when I saw this.

    • @ibrahimkiraz8421
      @ibrahimkiraz8421 5 років тому

      Thanks sister scientist.

    • @ibrahimkiraz8421
      @ibrahimkiraz8421 5 років тому

      @@jbasti227 Lol

    • @dex1lsp
      @dex1lsp 5 років тому +2

      Class analysis.

  • @emilydesjarlais4068
    @emilydesjarlais4068 2 роки тому +25

    Incredible, thought-provoking film. Misophonia nightmare, but worth it 100%.

    • @aoshi01
      @aoshi01 2 роки тому +2

      my misophonia was out the charts, i had to mute it to be able to finish it

    • @tonimurray3463
      @tonimurray3463 2 роки тому +1

      @@aoshi01 me too!

  • @kiroshinobi9135
    @kiroshinobi9135 2 роки тому +36

    Kudos to this film production crew.
    The food looks great.
    The visuals/cinematography is stunning.
    The choice of background music, sfx etc are good.

    • @SpeakerMangoes
      @SpeakerMangoes Рік тому +2

      That is not food, they are animals

    • @snail64
      @snail64 Рік тому

      @@SpeakerMangoesspotted the vegan

  • @mr.porfi.bs.as.argentina
    @mr.porfi.bs.as.argentina 2 місяці тому +1

    ¡¿Cuánto más consumiremos?!
    Eso es algo totalmente desconocido.
    Mientras tanto, más nos hundimos.
    Eso es algo totalmente seguro.
    ¿Sabremos parar?
    Gracias por invitar a la reflexión.
    Nicolás Martín Mr. Porfi Porfilio Peppe
    Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
    Argentina 🇦🇷

  • @geoben9801
    @geoben9801 11 місяців тому +1

    I'm not quite sure where to begin... Aside from illustrating the consequences of taking shortcuts in basic construction practices... 😮
    But there's a reason why gluttony is considered one of the 7 Deadly Sins. Along with Greed 💀
    Excellent short film 👍👍👏👏

  • @bushfireblond
    @bushfireblond 6 років тому +22

    Reminds me of Jan Nemec’s ‘The Party and it’s Guests’. Villeneuve seems to catch the zeitgeist of the C21.
    Surrealism at its finest.

  • @bernardoelopes
    @bernardoelopes 4 роки тому +26

    "O Poço" do Netflix me lembrou muito esse curta.

    • @jerfesonpecanha1875
      @jerfesonpecanha1875 4 роки тому

      Foi indicado por um canal como mt parecido

    • @isabelladefigueiredo3810
      @isabelladefigueiredo3810 4 роки тому

      A primeira coisa que pensei

    • @eduardojunior4768
      @eduardojunior4768 4 роки тому

      sim, eu vim aqui ver esse curta porque alguem citou esse curta Next Floor em algum site, muito bom ver o que deu a referência pro O Poço

  • @omarc9977
    @omarc9977 3 роки тому +130

    This is awesome.
    I've never seen a "comedy" from Dennis Villeneuve, but I think this very close to that.
    Besides, I must say that it seems to have influences from Jean Pierre Jeunet and Terry Gilliam.
    I love it.

    • @davidthirugnanakumar7888
      @davidthirugnanakumar7888 2 роки тому

      every filmmaker are inspired by others . but it's how you show the story ? and villeneuve is a really good filmmaker

    • @mikhaelmeierii9963
      @mikhaelmeierii9963 Рік тому +3

      @@davidthirugnanakumar7888they weren’t criticizing it

  • @mrcoal69
    @mrcoal69 Рік тому

    This is genus in its purest form, bravo.

  • @joaovictorkelima2551
    @joaovictorkelima2551 8 місяців тому

    This short film alone is better than THE PLATFORM

  • @rameyzamora1018
    @rameyzamora1018 Рік тому +2

    Only meat is devoured, most of it exotic. The dominant life form destroys its world without thought, though it is perfectly capable of seeing what's going on. The Great Filter, eh?

  • @MoonWalkerTexsRanger
    @MoonWalkerTexsRanger 4 роки тому +16

    I was waiting for Lil John to show up and scream at the camera: TURN DOWN FOR WHAT !

    • @dylanfd3735
      @dylanfd3735 4 роки тому

      Why?

    • @unshiftedchimp2153
      @unshiftedchimp2153 4 роки тому +1

      @@dylanfd3735 cause they dont understand that there is a story to this short film and they were expecting a Meme and a shitty one at that

  • @leocoelho4536
    @leocoelho4536 5 років тому +27

    he should do one of those for each mortal sin

  • @dane5624
    @dane5624 Рік тому

    I believe he is a master of lightning. Every frame could be a still. Dune is a master class of the use of light and composition.

  • @sadbuttrue1354
    @sadbuttrue1354 4 роки тому +22

    I see “G-10” eats The World on table.