very good film. bravo.

4:34. brilliant.

An excellent short. Very sad, but people really do live like that. Great perspective and excellent job!

absolutely stunning

Wow. I was utterly mesmerized. Everything about this short is absolutely fantastic.

That are stories, that must be catch from a camera.
Absolutely incredible-great athmosphere, great feeling home cinema.
That is one of my favorite on Vimeo.

Wow. Beautifully shot. Great visual storytelling. Wonderful use of the slow reveal. My hat's off to you.

a wonderfully wide range of emotions is conveyed in this piece...really enjoyed it

What camera did you shoot this with?

WOW!!!
It's just beautiful... in look, sound, story, and acting.
You can really create an emotional experience.
The writing is superb.
Could you describe the shoot and edit a little.
Again, thanks for making such a beautiful picture.
Scamper

Great, beautiful in every way. I really enjoyed it, thank you.

Nice!

Oh man...I love the lighting! This is fantastic!!

Vimeo harbors the most creative storytellers. Thank you for this!

Spectacular. What excellent talent!

wow that was something!

Cute!

There were so many deep emotions with this film. It was amazing... really good job. Nearly made me cry.

Hi Adam, Fantastic job! Im blown away, really....just amazing work.
Im very interested to know what this was shot on and the lighting setup?

Cheers dude.

That was amazing and unfortunately very realistic

Wow. Its pretty rare i'm hooked at a short movie when I watch it on the web... I always fast foward them or something. I am totally blown away. So beautiful, so poignant, so real. I felt almost like it was just a camera with no one else biting that little moment of life.. At the same time, "cinema" speaks very loud on your movie. Amazing editing. Wow.

excellent work!

Beautiful work!

Great film, a reminder of future fact that human, regardless of race, language, religion.
IF one is not terrorized.

amazing..

please, could you tell us a little bit about the shooting/editting?

oh my goodness. that was one of the most beautiful, yet emotionally depressive shorts i have ever seen! its perfect.

Beautiful

Good job Britni West and crew!

honestly..probably the best actual narrative i've seen on vimeo. A+

Bravo
As a nurse I have seen people live like this, I know how it ends

Brilliant!

I hope you will do great things on cinema. We'll all enjoy it!

Good work.

I literally just got my jaw back from lying on the ground...awesome, purely awesome.

this was just wonderful. just so wonderful.

El corto tiene mucha fuerza. Me encantó. Estupenda narración visual. Magnífica fotografía. Consigue congelar el tiempo.

Bravo.

very touching but i wanted a happy ending! well done!

My future unfolded before my own eyes.

Beautiful and evoking.

I couldn't help but wonder if that is my future. Brave filmmaking, beautifully cut.

breathtaking. thanks for that.

Wonderful concept and execution.

Beatiful short!
Which camera did you use?

Great performers!

I applaud you for this. Astounding.

I forgot to mention the music.
Spot on!!!
I remember them from the late 50's early 60's.
Perfect... you must be proud of this picture!
Thanks Again.
Scamper

Spellbinding work from all concerned.

(Food poisoning will get them first.)

Bob

Great

Bravo!

Wonderful, congratulations!
I just wished that this didn't happen in real life...

Superb...
Impressive...
Top tech..
Pro work..
Love it...

There are 39 consecutive positive comments here. That doesn't happen for even the greatest piece of all time.

This was a well shot piece, and the lighting in the kitchen is beautiful. Congrats to the DP.

But it's average in concept. Everyone saying great narrative, it isn't narrative. There is no arc. There are no movements. It's a glimpse. And as a glimpse of what the poor suffer in old age, it gives me very little to work with.

The repetitive "turn the tape" at the end is good, and leaves me thinking. But I'm let down overall.

oh wow that was incredible. I loved the whole look to it. The story was very touching. Really great short!

=( I hope they were okay.

Good job! . Was impressed.

Why didn't the cameraman help out?! Bastard!

I loved the cinematography. so beautifully shot. amazing . all the best

Brilliantly done. Beautiful but sad.

There's just one(or two) words that describe this : Brilliant Masterpiece !

This monotony in old age , made me almost cry...

Keep up the good work!

So professional. You must have had a personal experience of alzheimers to produce such an intense film.

what camera

Brilliantly shot and well crafted film. Good job! :)

Incredibly moving and gripping. Well done!!

I loved this. <3

Very sensitive! Keep filmming!

The lighting is brilliant and the cinematography is second to none!

beautiful.

Alzheimers, senile dementia, just plain old age or whatever was on the mind of wartezenstein (and ?) when this story begins doesn't matter to me. This could happen to any of us. You don't need to know any more about the characters past history to set anything up in this short...just add in your own life story with a few (possible and quite probable) twists. It's a bitch to get old and wartezenstein has captured some of those possible moments in a brilliant and touching manner. My and husband and I were riveted to the screen. Watching this with anticipation and formulating our own conclusions before the next scene. That is what good films do! They stimulate the gears to turn in your brain. Get you "thinking."
In "real" life, (I can only speak to the U.S.), seniors can be and are forgotten. There might be no intervention, no help, no assistance. Left to whither away and die alone.... Sad but all too true.
Wartezenstein, I thank you! May you continue to utilize your (and Britni etc.) talents and dazzle us all once again!
Outstanding Work!!

This piece evokes a lot of emotion and was thought provoking. I think that was the intent of your film and it was successful. The cinematography was also outstanding.

I couldn't take my eyes off of this thing. Everything about this short was soooo interesting. Absolutely beautiful.

absolutely well done.

This is a beautiful film. Very sad.

Sadness is in the eye of the beholder. Love it, thank you!

You're an amazing artist and you're inspirational to anyone interested in film. Congrats on yet another amazing piece of art.-Adam

Mr 'constructive criticism' above obviously doesn't get too many 'nuthugs' himself and is a mite jealous perhaps?!?!?!
As someone who's just joined vimeo this is the first short I've watched and I was very impressed, you have set the bar very high, and the scene where she danced for selly was beautiful...

touching.

Go dog lady!
You and Janet B seem to be right on.
I think our "nuthugger" might not have the experience
of living, observing, writing, capturing, succeeding and failing as much as someone who would offer constructive criticism.
As Janet B observes "You don't need to know any more about the characters past history to set anything up in this short...just add in your own life story with a few (possible and quite probable) twists." She also said "My husband and I were riveted to the screen. Watching this with anticipation and formulating our own conclusions before the next scene. That is what good films do! They stimulate the gears to turn in your brain. Get you "thinking."
I think this picture had a writer who transcended the obvious and allowed us to create their past and to have the story unfold rather than being "telegraphed" by dialogue or visual "signposts".
I'm sure their is some criticism to be made but it's surely hard to find!
Particularly when all the elements were so well done.
Scamper

Awesome filming, great quality, depressing but great little storyline.

Wow... That video hit me, it's terrifying. You are truly an artist. People like you make democracy work.

Utterly compelling. Loved the cinematography but even more I loved the old couple and their story. It hurt! Brilliant.

I caught a reflection of my aging parents in this video. I think you captured the feel of that apartment just right. Also great cinematography - well done. I hope you do more.

beautiful. brought a tear to my eye.

I liked the movie thoroughly. I have been a nurse's aide in a nursing home. I have helped my elderly father and stepmother when my father had hospice care before his death. They had notes everywhere, ways to help remember things. Their gallantry toward each other outlived their strength. My father-in-law in his 90s had a sink like that. In fact I have a sink like that. This is a great film.

Woah this blew up.. glad to see it is getting attention.. Beautiful piece for sure.

Incredible

10/10

Mesmerizing!

so amazing and intimate :)

beautifull piece!!!!!!!!!

This is really amazing. Thank you.

Can I just add...
I think the future tense in this film is as, if not more, gripping than it's deliberate past. Almost immediately we are asked to confront a desperate inevitability, through repetition comes certain dread. What back-story we see of these habit trapped, time ensconced people only serves to heighten the fear that a much changed, impenetrable future awaits them out of the confines of ritual.

Sorry if this reads like a mini thesis, but it's 4 in the morning here and my head kinda just went blah.

Personally, humbly opined, I suggest that the very large bag of basic foodstuff was intended to outlast the appetite (not to say life) of this incredibly well acted couple and its misjudged longevity, or the misjudgment of the length of a twilight year or two, creates the greater tragedy: separate death.
Not to mention that he may likely come back home to the charred remains of a simple plan with a brand new bag of foodstuff and only one mouth to feed.

Thanks Wartezenstein, you really cheered me up.

But your film is bloody marvelous.

That was an interesting short film. It was good, but very depressing...made me sad. The filming itself was nicely shot.

A great snapshot into that world, very poignant

I think Mark Luttman is way off on his assumptions about elderly people with dementia and clearly doesn't have much experience with them. Yes, some can follow instructions but not directions (which directions are you talking about, anyway? He was trying to find an address on the bag). They involve different brain functions. No, elderly people with dementia get forgotten all the time and do not "get help"; we do not live in a socialist utopia.

That said, his comments are worth considering because the believability of the story hinges on his lack of prior experience. Dementia can be very hard to understand and if the plot turns on this, the viewer will either come away very moved or very unconvinced. Within the context of the short, this kind of subject is extremely difficult to address; however, as someone with two elderly parents, one formerly with dementia, I thought it was a very admirable attempt. I agree that the visualization was outstanding, and the acting was excellent. I caught myself wondering if the director got someone with real dementia to play the wife.

If I have one nit to pick about the story it's that there was one tape and it couldn't possibly have lasted all day, but I understand the reason for the contrivance. The best touch: the wife's rehearsal of her dance question and the implication that they were both play-acting for the other's benefit.

I haven't delved into Vimeo much but this is a nice break from all the short videos of people's nosehairs!

I'm really affected by this.

Outstanding! Thanks for this piece of art.

Attended a retirement workshop where they told us you'll live longer if you retire sooner. Makes me wonder what my own long life in retirement will be like....think I'll just work until I drop dead!

What a really good film! too sad. T__T;

wow!

I won't even say whether I liked this piece or not. Technically, it was beautiful, excellent lighting, and camera work, with good editing.

The fact is... the film maker provided an interesting visual experience that provoked an emotional response from the audience.

Well done.

Mark,
I assure you I have "thought" about this project.
First, I believe, it's not a treatise on alzheimers.
I agree with you, I "think" it's a piece of art.
I also "think" you might be looking too deeply into the picture, you sound like a doctor or minister at times.
Perhaps it's why you're taking so much "flak" on your rigid comments.
Your laundry list on "who would do what and when" was kind of set in concrete. I believe life is more "gray area" than fixed one way or another.
You certainly are colorful though!
Thanks

I ache.