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Wonky, poorly framed,
off kilter hokum is essentially what came to mind when watching "Blind"
a nineteen seventies coming of age short film that's short on coming of
age and even shorter on directorial skills. Maybe I was expecting
something more from director Stephen Dest here.
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He has the
right idea when it comes to this type of film, keeping the
locations fairly minimal so as to preserve the sanctity of
the location and said time period, but beyond that there's
really nothing with "Blind" that hasn't been done in other
films of this ilk. The character even goes so far as to
discuss the glories of masturbation for about five minutes
to emphasize the boom of the announcement that his dad had
died. But that has little effect and just feels oddly
misplaced since the relationship with his dad is fairly
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When
they're not arguing about lifestyles, and hair cuts, his
confrontations with his dad are oddly shot as his father can only be
seen waving his hands from the frame of a door shouting at the top
of his lungs trying to deliver the dialogue as best as he can, while
our protagonist does little more than to look in his general
direction to verify we are seeing a conversation unfold. Somewhere.
Coming of
age, however short, typically come with a message. I'm not sure "Blind"
even has one beyond rants about masturbation and brief musical numbers
and montages.
Watch the short here and decide for yourself.
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