Cinema Crazed

2006

Rated: Unrated

Genre: Short Mock Documentary Comedy

Directed By: Danny Grossman

Running Time: 9 Minutes

Review by: Felix Vasquez Jr.

Review Date: 4/21/07

MY LIFE IN SUBTITLES: A DOCUMENTARY

Dave Kessler just awoke one morning to discover that his inner most thoughts are being posted in thin air. From who and how? Who knows? Perhaps it’s just a manifestation of Dave’s need for truth, or maybe it’s a breath of fresh air in a life that’s filled with lies. All that we really learn is that Dave has secrets aplenty, and the subtitles are unforgiving inner most thoughts that may be his downfall, or perhaps… his saving grace. Either way: imagine waking up to find these relentlessly putting your thoughts and opinions on display for everyone to see?

“My Life in Subtitles” is a hilarious short film about the lies we lead in life, and how sometimes, it all comes out in the open. Director Danny Grossman doesn’t use the materialized subtitles for the sake of comedy only, he instead uses it as a metaphor for our life and how we’re constantly telling lies to one another. Perhaps they’re lies for the sake others feelings or perhaps they’re lies that we bury within ourselves, but eventually it will all come out.

And with the character Dave, it comes out whether he wants it to or not, and will probably continue leading a life of lies even when his subconscious is telling the truth to others well into his life. This would make a kick ass feature length film. “My Life in Subtitles” is an otherwise original and hilarious glimpse into our double lives, and hearkens back to films like “The Truman Show.”

It's a shame this wasn't longer, because "My Life in Subtitles" has so much potential as a feature length comedy, but within its time frame, it's a hilarious, and fascinating rhetorical question about secrets, and lies, and how they eventually rise to the surface in one form or another.

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