Next Floor (a short film by Denis Villeneuve)

By Denis Villeneuve
Based on an original idea by Phoebe Greenberg
During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with cavalier servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage. In this absurd and grotesque universe, an unexpected sequence of events undermines the endless symphony of abundance.
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Par Denis Villeneuve
D'après une idée originale de Phoebe Greenberg
Au cours d’un opulent et luxueux banquet, onze convives, servis sans retenue par des valets et des serviteurs attentionnés, participent à un étrange rituel aux allures de carnage gastronomique. Dans cet univers absurde et grotesque, une succession d’événements viendra secouer la procession de cette symphonie d’abondance.

[@chesscomsupport8689]

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

[@njux1871]

Amazing interpretation, now I finally understand it! Thanks!

[@wardkerr2456]

@Peter Phillips Clearly shoulder and peg construction.

[@RonyPlayer]

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

[@BrucknerMotet]

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]

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

[@vernardfields7044]

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]

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

[@kashirwin]

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

[@insanowasa2401]

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

[@xGusstaffx]

That’s not SFX that’s practical effects

[@georgeofhamilton]

@@xGusstaffx Special effects encompass practical effects.

[@lllcinematography]

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

[@justinkongol0]

Before producers start to heavily influence their work

[@JohnDoe69986]

This guy directed Sicario before this yes?

[@cineblazer]

@@JohnDoe69986 Also Arrival IIRC

[@NoFeckingNamesLeft]

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

[@rockets_everywhere7543]

One of the best examples could be Neil Plombkamp too

[@hauntedbytheliving1175]

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

[@immaculateorganicsoaps3533]

All you can eat with a side of an elastic waistband.

[@hauntedbytheliving1175]

@@immaculateorganicsoaps3533 😂

[@rwh328pi]

A

[@DanielTejnicky]

Same here brother. We are locust.

[@ronofthesea5953]

As a dishwasher I was never allowed out in the dining area. Glad now, for that.

[@ZepplinOnFire]

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]

Good reading!

[@pianoboi4842]

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]

Nice

[@zacharysmith9367]

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

[@rickwrites2612]

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]

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

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

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]

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

[@soumikbiswasORbabai]

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

[@cinematic_monkey]

@@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]

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

[@MontUHURU_Mimia777]

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

[@hootinouts]

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]

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

[@DanielRios-vy4ct]

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]

more teachers like him please

[@cleberrogeriorodrigues9611]

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

[@VideoSportsAmateur]

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

[@PeBoVision]

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]

Obvious

[@hampage2005]

@@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]

@@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.

[@tulinhvu5749]

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]

especially the elites.

[@abhishekkumar3679]

@@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]

no shit

[@m.a.924]

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]

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

[@samburnscomposer]

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]

It sucked.

[@Fjgjgjd]

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

[@thecougarprince]

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]

@@thecougarprince Not really

[@thecougarprince]

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

[@memberofthetribe1]

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]

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

[@doriancarnesi1727]

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

[@earlj.d.6285]

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 🤙🏽

[@tomasm1233]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@blackbird8837]

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.

[@brockbenavides7185]

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

[@couqueza4169]

some of them are even bald

[@gravlaxbob355]

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]

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

[@extrantice]

shattering huh. i see what you did there

[@airaobregon-jg9ws]

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

[@bjornunderabadsign]

This comment was written with ChatGPT.

[@mrj3217]

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

[@thomashaigh6098]

Villeneuve is a master. Can't wait for Dune

[@zezinharias]

What??

[@lukess.s]

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

[@weirdsideelly3111]

Noooo?is that real?

[@ElRadioDJ913]

Boi can't wait to see the remake.

[@mouniramano3403]

@@ElRadioDJ913 its not a remake its a new adaptation

[@MartinHobbit]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@o.guimaraes]

i think you're right on the symbolism there

[@blackridgeproductions2738]

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?

[@Garysviewfinder]

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.

[@machineman3004]

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.

[@MIGHTY_YES]

👁🔥👁☝☝☝☝👏💚💜💙💛precisely

[@mikew8880]

Shoulda ordered the salad...

[@meredithellen620]

this made me laugh out loud

[@solinvictus1982]

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

[@emsavings]

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.

[@beaudanner]

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.

[@kingalphonso872]

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]

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

[@comphicnander1962]

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. "

[@thejudgmentalcat]

I thought 47 was gonna waste them all.

[@philpottkentucky4802]

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]

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

[@dylan10011998]

Woah, didn’t even think of that

[@bazelltv2771]

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]

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

[@bazelltv2771]

@@lialogia Go hunt some food then

[@black-smithenterprises2251]

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

[@FilmSureelist97]

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

[@schaemann96]

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]

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

[@fra94vale]

Ciao Synergo

[@lavendermoon9mycashappheyw32]

one of my favorite videos of all time, excellent!

[@conorquinlan9444]

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.

[@karcompany5425]

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!

[@joystickjourneyman]

What exactly are you referencing Ms?

[@raksh9]

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

[@stevenflores5988]

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

[@janechamblesswright119]

Brilliant. Just……BRILLIANT. Thank you.

[@speedzero7478]

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.

[@earlj.d.6285]

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.]

Oh no shit Sherlock!

[@tinkywinky4449]

You must really think you're clever. Let me tell you you're not.

[@eliog-d3733]

​@@tinkywinky4449 you must be very sad to be rude for 0 reason like that. Let me tell you you are.

[@Hoberpopkin]

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.

[@naamtar22]

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.

[@ethanthomas2416]

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

[@markus.574]

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

[@CubeParrot1]

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

[@akhil.bhardwaj]

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]

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]

* lower and lower

[@tomtenner2401]

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

[@GratefulOne]

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

[@MAKEARTNOWCHANNEL]

Loved this. Pure art.

[@808Headaches]

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

[@pamelapower9253]

Brilliant!

[@m.i.n.9000]

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]

I like this interpretation. It's very different.

[@ChemEDan]

Pretty sure they were already dead - some sort of hell

[@melinteteofil4636]

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

[@ryuken0088]

@@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]

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.

[@rxblx2442]

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]

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

[@SuperPhagot]

Is youtube the waiters and we're the customers

[@catarinacaram8042]

Hahahahaha exactly!

[@fayezm3148]

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

[@mrsuckitup]

And we keep scrolling relentlessly downwards!

[@farid_290]

oh shit

[@user-cf9tf4wq8g]

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?

[@AtomicPunk23]

I'm assuming the underlying message is the insanity of living a life of careless luxury while the world disintegrates. This feels like a metaphor for humanity on Earth.

[@sunnywithpuddles]

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.

CHRiS P thank you :)

[@risapine5930]

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]

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

[@kanemclaren5991]

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 ;)

[@mrcoal69]

This is genus in its purest form, bravo.

[@radhikajikaria]

Wonderful short film. Well done!

[@JulianHartwellMusic]

A brilliant little gem of a film! Love it’s portrayal of human desire as that infinitely repeating abyss with no lasting fulfillment..but in its creepy comical way! 😆🙏🏻😅💙✨

[@metaturnal]

This is the most expensive demolition contractor in Canada.

[@MrGREYMATTERS]

Ina word, BRILLIANT!

[@johnwholegrain8115]

Hauntingly good Bravo......

[@francessimmonds5784]

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..

[@RooseveltCoopling]

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]

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.

[@pz3j]

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.

[@anishussain7093]

True

[@BryceLemon]

Represents greed and the descent into lower nature. Brilliant.

[@TomKotarba]

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.

[@Mr_Kenneth]

Utter nonsense.

[@levitt5283]

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

[@vlogzofprathip7373]

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

[@menelaudigibreel5794]

Fantastic!!!

[@maryclaremayo6157]

Incroyable. Ç'est formidable. Merçi bien.

[@Borrox2U]

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

[@luqmxnyonkou5650]

Always come back to check on this short film

[@NJ-vk1dg]

Wonderful!👏

[@bushfireblond]

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.

[@joelselibowitz1564]

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

[@InformantNet]

So this was the inspiration for the Stella Artois commercial I love so much!

[@alecrichards8574]

This is so metaphorically brilliant, bravo

[@pasqualedarco1826]

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

[@protector1990]

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]

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

[@adventofnull]

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!

[@frezzyparker1591]

Thank You!!

[@emilydesjarlais4068]

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

[@aoshi01]

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

[@tonimurray3463]

@@aoshi01 me too!

[@Bezao3003]

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

[@jerfesonpecanha1875]

Foi indicado por um canal como mt parecido

[@isabelladefigueiredo3810]

A primeira coisa que pensei

[@eduardojunior4768]

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

[@GeekAdda]

This movie is all about greed and never ending hunger of us humans. The table crew is Nature and how it's serving us endlessly but also keeping a keen eye on our actions. We as humans are destroying the earth, demanding and ripping it off of it's beautiful aspects just cuz of our hunger. Even the ones who want to change this or fight it, in the end become the part of the system and act as the very thing we hate. And someone of us are silent observers that are acting like deaf and mutes. We are falling deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole of greed. It's making us dirty and ugly, but we are still just thinking about consuming and eating. But soon, if we don't change we'll fall so deep the nature won't be able to catch us. It'll just stand there and watch us suffer. Just like the man does at the end of the film

[@loloch7229]

Beautiful !

[@charlestaylor3195]

That was crazy, and that was excellent.

[@MoonWalkerTexsRanger]

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

[@dylanfd3735]

Why?

[@unshiftedchimp2153]

@@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

[@2011BIRR]

Ahahahaa! Pelevin, Sorokin and Gogol in one!

[@marcusmiller5443]

Fantastic work

[@alitoro6908]

BRAVO!!!!!

[@sharathshetty2447]

Who all are here after badal recommendation like

[@niluboy6483]

But hai kya isme?

[@YouTubeEUserR]

Im

[@SrBanner26]

Who is here after watch Dune 2?

[@daveblack6951]

Perfect!

[@daybreaker1539]

Excellent.

[@Luncea28]

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

[@danielg2946]

Stock market explained very well.

[@sibusisomoyo2004]

What a masterpiece...hands dowm🙌🏽. Denis Villeneuve shifts me to the edge of my seat while I am full of curiosity of what's to happen next.👏🏽

[@72.degrezz9]

This is a great piece of work

[@omarc9977]

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]

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

[@mikhaelmeierii9963]

@@davidthirugnanakumar7888they weren’t criticizing it

[@infinitypoker6383]

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]

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

[@miriansalgadoxoxo147]

Ya

[@passionguitar666]

read my comment

[@WobblesandBean]

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

[@HommeTerre]

Se7ven Capital.

[@karllieck9064]

This is a good one. Bravo.

[@dieutoutpuissant8909]

Excellent !