The Gift
The Gift
| 08 April 2010 (USA)
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Directed by Carl E. Rinsch, 'The Gift' was created as part of the "Parallel Lines" Phillips Cinema campaign. Set in a dystopian future Russia, The Gift is a sci-fi short that features a mysterious gift, a determined robot servant, and a tense chase sequence. More than 20 full CGI shots were produced for the short.

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Kirpianuscus

A film who gives to viewer all freedom to imagine what he want. few clues ( from Russia to the word "unicorn" and a robot's sacrifice, a mix of Sci. Fi and dialogues in Russian ) and a lot of misteries. seductive scenes . and nice run. a beautiful end. and nothing more. for many viewers, a dessapointment. for me, a bizarre film with nice details. and if you do not expect too much from this short film, it could work for you as a not bad , not memorable short film with references to the political murders from Russia history and futuristic but not useful for understand the plot characters. in fact, an iron box. and a word. a car accident and the decision of a servant robot, maybe, part of a conspiracy.

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f-27753

This is the very unique and perhaps mysterious film. There is a box which has a unicorn inside, and the box is carried by people one after another. Yet, once they touch the box, they are involved in some accidents and finally lose their lives. You shouldn't miss the ending, which reveals what the box means. The most astonishing things about the film is the fact that the story develops in a very thrilling and exciting way. Usually, the unicorn, which is the key word in this film, reminds you of the fancy stories with the pretty unicorn. In this film, however, the unicorn is an invisible object which forces you to consult your imagination, and furthermore, the story full of action and bloody scene doesn't provide you with the nice drama that makes you feel good. Thus this film tears apart your stereotype toward the word, unicorn. To sum up, it is a remarkably irregular story with unicorn, but its uniqueness makes the story possible to distinguish from any other stories.

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Mintroll

A world described in this film is not real, but a fantasy with a sense of reality. In the time, some of the characters such as a dog and servant is a robot. There are some different points from out real life. On the other hand, a main uses a train as a way of transportation. Seeing the existence of trains, I guess it is a not so far in the future incident. The mixture of real and unreal thing makes me think it can be true in the future.After watching the film, there remains a lot of questions. Where is the time? Who is the man? Who is good or evil? And what is a gift? Only one certain thing is that the gift has a key because it is always on the screen. Many questions give us room to think, and it widens our imaginations beyond this short film. The quality level is so high that I will think it is not strange to be told this is one scene of a long film.

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Wisty

A man is on a train and carrying a wrapped present. He goes forward and finds masked robots. And he goes forward more, a robot animal comes to him. After he gets on a long escalator, he comes up on the ground. There are many robots and they look as if they rules everything. A man enters a house and gives an old man the present. However it is the factor of tragedy.First of all, I was surprised by the visual beauty. The image is so clear and I feel I'm there. Also it was shot at a real place, the Sobor Vasiliya Blazhennogo and audiences may think it will happen in the future.The first time I saw this film, I couldn't understand the very meaning. What's unicorn? What's the box? However I can understand it completely.

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