Sci-Fi Short Film “Iteration 1" | DUST

After waking up in a bizarre facility, Anna is forced to work together with her literal past lives in order to escape.
"Iteration 1" by Jesse Lupini
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Anna wakes up in a strange white room. She has 60 seconds to escape, and when the timer hits zero she drops dead, only to reawaken in the same room, alongside a shadowy impression of her previous self. Stuck on repeat, Anna must think ahead and learn from her mistakes to solve a series of puzzles and escape this dystopian maze with the help of her past lives.
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[@maladjustedmaverick6619]

This actress is phenomenal. She conveys personality and a wide range of emotions very vividly with so little dialogue...

[@vikingodin1986]

Ginger snaps

[@elizabethbennet4791]

thats katharine isabella or as i like to call her "ginger snap"

[@fredflintstone9657]

AND she is cute!

[@briscoethecollie1510]

nice set of curves 12 seconds in, yeah she is cute, she was in Supernatural a few years back

[@sanna8283]

Agree!!

[@justtryitwithgege6346]

Honestly I would have failed so many times. A quiet room and a bed.. I would have slept straight through it lol.

[@azizziparov8468]

Sekic

[@caitlinhanmore]

Not me

[@dingo1666]

Me too. No point in wasting energy if you have a bed and can have peace without straining yourself.

[@vnelson000]

The temptation was not missed by the A.I. but after an iteration it came to the conclusion that sleeping wasnt a productive choice.

[@thisislife2383]

The point is you know that there is no end, but they don't. They hope to do as many doors as possible to fine of a way out

[@sneakersheik2418]

Who else thought she was supposed to climb the tree?

[@squisher0]

She was

[@phaedra9698]

Or use it on the door. Cutting through the trunk didn't make sense.

[@Nicole-fb6fr]

She probably would have escaped for good if she climbed the tree

[@marvinbush7304]

Yeah, at first I thought that she was supposed to climb the tree. That's what I would have tried to do. But I certainly didn't think that she was suppose to attempt to cut it down. That just seemed so unnecessarily destructive to me.

[@matteloht]

If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail...

[@WallaceX80]

I wanted to see when someone climbs the tree, sees the maze, and goes insane.

[@wernercollins1319]

use the axe as a first step into tree, my first thought

[@elizabethbennet4791]

nah in that case then they could just crawl across the ceiling until they see a way out

[@terrabiker]

@@wernercollins1319 why use the axe on a really tough large wide tree , when the door is like max 2 inches thick ;) Logic...

[@dailycompetitivecoding8565]

We are doing that by watching this video

[@wernercollins1319]

@@terrabiker You maybe didn't understand my logic, you use the axe as a one step ladder to climb the tree, to see which way to go...then you know which wall to axe ;)

[@hugowoesthuis]

Fun fact: It's kinda how AI learns

[@sharif47]

Machine Learning

[@defaltmarkowicz527]

Built an A.I for flappy bird, this expresses what that A.I went through

[@nayuki2020]

Literally the only thing I thought the video was referring to. Seems no. LOL

[@k.m.z.hardesty]

This is true

[@SubscribersWithoutAnyVid-bd1dv]

Just realized it Edit: but AI is not limited by the time, they just keep going until there's something make this end

[@Wordzwurth]

The axe becoming available should be a huge clue!! Going from room to room is NOT the way out. The axe gives them the ability to bypass the "puzzles" by breaking through the walls. If there are "endless" rooms, no matter how fast they chop or how many of them are chopping, they will never chop fast enough. THEREFORE, the axe proves the room puzzles are not a solution but a mere distraction... the way out... is UP!! CLIMB THAT TREE!!

[@paintedpony2935]

Climbing the tree will just bring you to another cubicle. I think this is a representation of the frustration and futility of the masses, due to the endless manipulation and mind-fucking of corporate life. Aren't we already living in cubicles performing meaningless tasks? Break out!

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

What about DOWN ? Chop through the floor... The test center machine learning Sim-World wouldn't expect you to cut down through the floor. The Buddha would sit under the tree, clear his mind, and touch the floor. No longer can the voice command him to die every 60 seconds.

[@zistorbar]

@@SeaJay_Oceans going further into the maze also makes you a longer road to get back where you were

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

@@zistorbar stopping the voice and 60 second kills... that should be their goal... don't play the game - change the rules.

[@Wordzwurth]

@@SeaJay_Oceans nice

[@earlpotter2795]

"The Enrichment Center is committed to the well-being of all participants. Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all."

[@ArcherWarhound]

The cake is a lie.

[@Jean-Denis_R_R_Loret]

I must say it, I quickly tought about portal when watching this.

[@MarkVartanyan]

Portal 2 :D oh yes!

[@david203]

@@ArcherWarhound They said there would be cake.

[@paulhaire3919]

Terrific quotation

[@smrchny]

This maze looks like a light version of "Сube"

[@tronalddump2267]

Cube lite

[@zORg_alex]

A positive one. Without gore and total mess.

[@malavoy1]

Closer to the "talos principle". The multiple copies that end up helping with a large job are like the recording device used in that game.

[@tomasotreasaigh111]

'The Cube' with Philip Schofield? I think they are gonna change the name of that show to 'The Lube'...

[@briscoethecollie1510]

Was just about to say that, what was the thing with that anyway? I swear I saw all three films and still none the wiser

[@Wordzwurth]

Seems to be symbolic of our daily rat races in which we run around in circles trying to find a meaning or a way of escape. We do the wrong things over and over until we eventually learn from our mistakes which only leads us to the next challenge. If we are lucky enough to find someone along the way, we can work together toward common goals. The truth is, no matter how many problems we figure out, there will always be more, and regardless of how far we get, we all eventually run out of time. I think the moral of the story is; enjoy your life while you can and use your time wisely or you might end up spending your whole life "popping balloons" for no reason.. Unless, of course, you enjoy "popping balloons". In which case, pop them all you want!!! It's your time.. Spend it how you like! - CHEERS!

[@JustinLHopkins]

Or, it’s literally just people in a crazy, alternate dimensional puzzle of some sort. Not everything has to have a deeper meaning.

[@nia6849]

This is a symbolism of our universe and our daily lives are some type of computer simulation

[@beyourself4996]

Wordzwurth thank you for the explication.

[@dhrumilbarot1431]

words of wisdom brother

[@mamataynjay]

Very well said

[@SuperAtheist]

I would have used the ax on the door.

[@sugarbabylove1000]

I was thinking the same

[@janvanruth3485]

my first thought also

[@raphidae]

Why not try the key that worked on the door before first?

[@TonyMcGarry]

The ax wasn't available until the Tree room and it only had the entry door. Sure seemed like a Black Mirror story. Loved it.

[@Hydroculator]

@@raphidae The door with the balloons had a keyhole next to it. It was the only door which had one.

[@jeaneljaylamputi2215]

The actress is phenomenal. She got me well-invested into her character as this puzzle solving heroine like Chell in Portal. I have to admit, I have a soft spot for puzzle solving and video games... made me fell inlove with her quickly with the 'player one' antics one is supposed to experience when playing progression type games with simple rules but with diverse challenges and having moments that sometimes makes you question your actions and the game itself but you still end up grinding up the levels. That quirky nature of the whole film itself is just wow... unfortunately this will only make me watch more videos on this channel. Curse you, DUST!

[@stephanepoirier5582]

Her name is Catherine Isobelle. She does off-beat characters or stories. And like wine she gets better with time.

[@KayKay114]

@@stephanepoirier5582 Katherine Isabelle. She's been on my favourite actress list for 16 years or so now. After I first watched Ginger Snaps.

[@mike-zq9fl]

I like how they symbolize the process of Reinforcement Learning of AI with human beings trying to find the solutions to a problem in the most efficient way as possible.

[@edbailey7533]

What a great ride! I loved how the woman's personality evolved with each iteration, how she and the man first sought connection, and then continued on their quest. Together. Humans need connection--no matter the type, and a quest--no matter the outcome. This film shows that so beautifully.

[@johnrogers9481]

Yes, yes, yes and yes.

[@briancossey9724]

It shows we will never get ahead man or woman if we don`t work together we have no future if we put man against women we were designed as a team each with their weakness but together can accomplish the impossible

[@KutWrite]

@@briancossey9724: But the end showed it's all meaningless. Where would they ever get to but another cube with another silly "challenge?"

[@wonderosity]

KutWrite no, the meaningfulness of life is in relationship...and now they are together

[@swingambassador]

Get Schwifty, silly, she is doing better than the guy.

[@TRabbit1970]

“...f@#$ it.” Best response in the video. Bar none.

[@RassTheKing]

9:15 I really felt that on a deep level.

[@Highspeedfutzi]

I love the expression on her face.

[@shaunablack1671]

My favorite part 😂🤣😂

[@vijayprakash4054]

😂😂😂🤣

[@amida0956]

This is like the showdowns between me and my alarm (snooze) every morning...

[@Marqan]

I loved every second of this! Definitely one of my favourite shorts! In no small part thanks to the actress, she was perfect!

[@phoenixrises1311]

Well said! Now I have to watch" Ginger Snaps!"

[@AnthonyMiyazaki]

Another DUST video to mess with our brains. Completely awesome!

[@benevolentdictator2315]

They are collecting our responses to develop a template on how to adjust the mindset of the aggregate observer by creating story lines to adjust our attitude for manipulation. This DUST program is funded by a Soros front disguised as the CIA psych-op unit out of Langley. A form of crowd control for the future. The AGW farce is an example of the template being tested in reality to affect social sentiment in order to by-pass critical thinking by emotion.

[@jackie-we4ep]

benevolent dictator I’m sorry. What? 😂

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Portal meets machine learning... Oh, we have a problem when ATLAS can play portal in simulation and beat every challenge in minimum time... Now G.I.A. is thinking with portals ! :-O

[@justsomeofmyfavs]

@@benevolentdictator2315 Of course zero evidence for the bogus funding statement. Like with all loony conspiracy theorists. I dislike Soros very much, but this is the stupidest shit I've ever heard. "They" my arse.

[@graffiti73]

the best part I think and I laughed out loud was when she got fed up and rolled over and said "F**K It! 🤣🤣

[@sikandarabbas]

Sometimes tools provided to you doesn't work the way they seem. You must learn to use them in different ways to find your way

[@michaeloguntuase8803]

The dude who wrote this script must be someone who had constant nightmares.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

????? Why are you wishing such horrible things upon someone.

[@AaronHorrocks]

Or had played Portal.

[@wren7195]

@@AaronHorrocks Or chronic illness patient. Believe me, it's like this. Least she had a really nice quilt on the bed.

[@Handbook08]

I have constantly dreams like these. Not as a confined space as this, but same logic. I keep dying and coming back. Not scary, but just...disappointing when guy A, for example, shoots me from the side and then I die. Next, I already know where he is and then shoot. Other examples with exits and routes are similar. This is similar across dreams too, it seems i have a memory stored for them, and I’m just one character.

[@MarkoDeLaVoota]

ayahuasca user? perhaps 🤔

[@genehayes3736]

Very good short! I like that everyone gets to interpret this for themselves. I personally thought of programmers testing AI to see how well it "learns". Many simulations running at the same time... And if you're the AI, you probably don't know what is going on or that you are just a simulation. Until you learn it that is...

[@KirsiKitten]

That was my first thought too, Ive been watching a lot of Code Bullet and I was really reminded of that process.

[@curiousgamer9343]

That part "Many simulations at the same time" reminds me of the quantum computer coz that's what they do.

[@giacomobrambilla175]

I think futures ai will be trained in this kind of simulations

[@rohangupta1115]

Reinforcement learning😂😂

[@MaakaSakuranbo]

Nah, it's an odd bonding ritual that lovers on the planet of Iomia go through. Their memories are partially wiped and they face those challenges, eventually meeting each other and facing challenges together. And through that, a deep bond of trust and cooperation grows.

[@CHARLIE-MF-BROWN]

First thought after seeing the axe... chop open the door lol.

[@raphidae]

You'd not try the key you still have and which worked on the previous door?

[@CHARLIE-MF-BROWN]

@@raphidae Eventually though, yes... Gotta admit, after I get bored enough, that would probably seem like another good alternative to try lol.

[@E-plunksna]

me too haha

[@OHFORPEATSAKES]

same

[@kushxmen]

@@OHFORPEATSAKES There was only one door, the one she came in through.

[@donsamokwan7958]

I love this lady's acting, she's great. And I watched this film a few times well it still gets me wondering

[@JZ909]

A delightful amount of meaning in an absolute lack of explanation. We know what this is about, even if the scenario is unexplained and bizarre. Great piece of art!

[@jessiontherox5577]

She said 20. He said 62.. U mean to tell me it took him a whole 62 times?? I was yelling a the lady the first time she hit that tree.. Lord

[@Aurinkohirvi]

Yeah and funny that they happened to break in the same room same time (neither of them had earlier iterations there). I think you would try them walls very early in the 1st room already. Arriving axe room it would have been plain as day to try the wall or the door first.

[@CathySW]

He might have started from further away, though

[@AdnanAli-rb3lt]

He probably spent more time trying to cut the tree, before noticing it's regeneration.

[@TragerM]

I could have sworn he said 16. Damn it, now I need to re-watch that part

[@bethclemensen2102]

@@nothingsurprisesmeanymore YES. Obviously, cutting down the tree was a distraction.l First seeing it, I thought to climb the tree. Saw the axe,, thought to go for the door! At a certain point, stop playing by "their" rules. !!!!!!

[@eastmanwebb5477]

If you liked this movie, I encourage you to watch the movie "Edge of Tomorrow: Live. Die. Repeat.”

[@mephistounderwood4917]

or Ground Hog's Day. I'm not a fan of that brainwashed, scientologist mouthpiece, of puppet you all call tom cruise. I don't like anything about him. Especially how he treats his exes. Brainwashed his children so that they would have nothing to do with their mother, all while getting a divorce. If the average Joe did that, the judge would have thrown the book at him and awarded custody to the mother by default. But because he was rich and had the full force of the church of scientology (a brainwashing, morally bankrupt cult that uses underhanded and illegal practices to coerce their opponents into leaving them alone and/or giving them what they want,) he got away with it and Nicole Kidman got screwed over, royally. You want to know what a complete ass he is, just watch some of the vids that have come out about scientology. FYI: Note how I used capital letters for Nicole and Ground Hog's Day, but not tom cruise, scientology, nor church of scientology. It's not a typo, it's intentional and an intentional sign of total disrespect. I believe scientology to be dangerous and they have certainly shown no concern about destroying families through their destructive brainwashing methodology. I think the best thing that could be done there, is to raid them, take all the members and put through a psych eval, then through a deprogramming treatment if necessary. The leaders who are responsible for the brainwashing should be jailed. That entire religion was the brainchild of l. ron. hubbard. He was a Sci-Fi writer, who dishonorably discharged from the navy after he mistook a part of Mexico as an enemy and opened fire on Mexico. Before that he had opened fire floating logs and other harmless debris, believing he was firing on an enemy. He was obviously a deranged and troubled person. He made up that religion using nothing but his imagination and convinced people that they are all infested with spirits of evil aliens who flew around in space ships that look exactly like a DC-10 aircraft, called thetans (named after the ancient Greek letter theta.) Also, unlike other religions, you need to pay to be taught the next level towards your ascension, which they call clear (meaning you're clear of thetans,) but there is always some new, more powerful thetan that needs to be cleared, which costs more money with each level and the teachings of which, get more and more absurd. Sorry. I tend to go off on tangents...

[@deuteriumtritium9700]

@@mephistounderwood4917 why would you hold so much hatred against someone you don't even know? YOU are clearly the one who's disturbed.

[@deuteriumtritium9700]

Yeah, that's a good movie.

[@bellanolia1759]

@@mephistounderwood4917 dead with laughter you need to get a life u can't go around with so much hatred specially for someone u don't know imagine if it was someone close to u?

[@Ukitsu2]

And the manga is even better, try to read it: 'All You Need Is Kill', it's a lot more "DUSTish".

[@SevanniBlack]

When she made it through the door I felt like I was watching a new version of cube.

[@Guido_XL]

That is what also sprung to my mind when I saw this. It is very reminiscent of the Cube movie trilogy.

[@PalmettoNDN]

As a former fireman who's also worked in EMS and law enforcement, I was like NOOOO!!!! What are you doing to the tree??? You've been given a breaching tool!

[@pawelwiatr2134]

Groundhog Day and Cube in one movie

[@jihedjaouabi7623]

9:23 That would be my reaction since iteration 2 if it was me in that situation

[@fredflintstone9657]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@drgeoffangel5422]

Rivetting Sc Fi , in the last shot you realise that someone is studying the behaviour ! Well done thank you!

[@jeaneljaylamputi2215]

That bed 'rage quit' part is golden. Just GOLDEN!

[@djinnisequoia]

This is a brilliant concept. Also, I feel the actors chosen are particularly expressive and relatable. Great work!

[@GeoffBournes]

Deep. I see how machines could do this to humans . Artificial intelligence wouldn't really care one way or the other and just carry out various endless exercises and computations solely based on algorithms designed by us.

[@bahadrbaserkok3335]

Portal ?

[@Arendium]

Who says it isn't like that already

[@user-td1zo3tv9p]

@@Arendium, came to log in and write the SAME comment so I'm lead to believe we already ARE enduring this phenomenon. Only difference is that, unlike in the movie Groundhog Day, some of us tend NOT to learn from our previous experiences while others DO! Which end of the spectrum are YOU working from? Inquiring minds wanna know. Overnout. At least until the NEXT Iteration, that is. Hahahahaha

[@Arendium]

@@user-td1zo3tv9p Me? I believe I am new mind, but with the possibility of trascending in just one human life. An odd and apparently experimental case.

[@dorinemort6359]

Heard this in a movie once " If ya keep on doin what you've allways done-you'll keep on bein what you've allways been"

[@littelprettyangel1]

Human usually being curious discovers and invents new things and at a new level by challenging his own & his anscestors efforts and thinks that he is at the peak of Knowledge but he is actually still at the corner of the universe of Knowledge like a child exploring things (of this Expanding Universe.)

[@j.d.3597]

That was insane! I LOVE IT!!! Brilliant piece!!

[@joshuaehl1481]

I came back just to say how good this was. Impressive imagery, great shots and your cast did amazing.

[@mercysdesire]

Would love to see a full movie out of this. Reminds me of the cube. Kind of. Brilliant concept 👏🏻👏🏻

[@seamus9305]

Reminds me of reoccurring dreams I've had that would play over and over until I confronted a situation.

[@davidkennedy1077]

Dust, delivering the good stuff yet again. Another short that really makes you think.

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

Weird. Why do humans assume tha tree+axe means cut it down?

[@johnrogers9481]

Some will. Some won't.

[@Jack251190]

Well it was either that or wall plus axe, as we saw. Not sure what your point is really. An axe is a tool, it is within human nature to recognise patterns and we recognise what an axe is for.

[@TragerM]

The audience, which is us, is seeing it from the outside in. She is the one on the inside and some what the previous iterations taught her, you take the tool and you interact with what is there. She didn't know any better until a couple of iterations later. Regardless she did learn and that was the point for that room I suppose

[@sharif47]

Because "Axe the tree" means cut down the tree.

[@meggi8048]

my first idea, tear down the wall.. break out.

[@MegaRudeBoy69]

Katharine Isabelle, she was also great in the movie American Mary.

[@KebabMusicLtd]

She is no different from a computer animation locked inside a game (like Sonic the Hedgehog). They have 60 seconds to complete each task, or they go back to the start. If they succeed to the next level the 60 second count starts again, or maybe it doubles. The player (or the girl animation) would feel a sense of accomplishment at the presence of other clone animations helping her, and then a sense of accomplishment in succeeding to the next level, and then again a sense of accomplishment that there are other people (like the guy) who she has the possibility of meeting, and so the game goes on. All such games are ultimately pointless as all you succeed in doing is starting again at a higher level, where the task may be more difficult, but that thrill of having succeeded is what keeps the game alive. Notice that she asked him his score (62) and told him hers (20) This was one of the better DUST videos I have seen so far.

[@KennedyKioli]

first thing I'llbe projecting to my students on Monday morning class. beautiful and original. :)

[@quillmaurer6563]

9:12 so relatable! It took quite a while to see where they were going with this, but in the end I see some of the best commentary on life I've ever seen put on film. Stuck in an infinite loop, once you fulfill one "challenge" in life you're just faced another one, all with no end goal, at least not one our capitalist society that glorifies working ourselves to death promotes. To get anything from life we must bust our way out to find some meaning somehow.

[@florencepierce1864]

Wow! I was just agreeing with another post from 3 years ago on how they should climb the tree: I think they should do that After finding each other by breaking through walls. After all, we’re a combination of pack/herd animals & we need all need help. But I was so caught up in the drama I hadn’t thought, yep, that’s all of us in this life, sometimes trying to work out the seemingly random details & connections, sometimes bashing futilely away with brute force, sometimes giving up & going: “Nah! F**K It!!!” before getting up again with renewed vigor. And sometimes, just Sometimes- we see All the Connections, like we’re getting a glimpse behind the curtain at the inner-workings of the Universe & (just for a second) we See (& Understand) Everything. And then it all goes away & we go back to putting our heads down & bashing through walls & not understanding Anything!

[@tangobango9653]

‘Iteration’ is the process of repeating. I luv the simplicity of the room...the future.

[@thehoodsomali4970]

You Guys all need to think Better: What you need to do in a Situation like this is when you get far enough into other rooms bring the bed with you, so you don’t have to respawn in room 1 so you can make Progress! Gotta move Smarter, Gotta move Harder #TheBox

[@ellijahstefonson3067]

The hood Somali that very smart actually lol 😅

[@amiinaabdi8188]

Or have the man drag the table to nearby rooms while the women scouts above or runs on the roof of the maze

[@milescochran2915]

Very wise!

[@farhiaabdi8861]

Interesting

[@caseyolsen5395]

Lmaoo is that last sentence a Roddy Ricch line from the box. 😂😂😂

[@DeconvertedMan]

thats one hell of a video game. chop down door with ax. try key first.

[@stratpac]

They do that in Texas all the time!!

[@YouHolli]

Portal. The games name is Portal. Check it out.

[@RangeWilson]

I'm like, "Damn, girl, haven't you ever seen The Shining? Don't chop down the damn TREE!"

[@ArielCotton]

I've said it before and will say it again, this would make a freaking fantastic VR game. I would spend hours playing.

[@primed3622]

And this, my friends, was how real-life Portal was born.

[@ankoutechnica8211]

Highly engaging and entertaining! Acting and cinematography were good, scenery was sparse but effective, and the storyline intriguing. Kudos!

[@punjabsoul]

Moral of the story humans do need coexistence to work and to survive

[@hardlyrecognized653]

This one made me cry. It moved me for some reason.

[@Boggey3000]

Remember that old flashgame "Click" or what it was called? Were you helped yourself click on cones, cubes and other puzzles to advance to the next room. One room you basically had to hold down a button to open the door to let your next self though.

[@vishnupriyatharshini7981]

It's like life lessons, until we learn it we keep on doing the same thing... Life is somewhat MYSTERY and HISTORY... Sometimes we have to learn from our own, sometimes from life of others... But the truth you have to live the life... We can't hide or escape from what is happening... Whatever has to happen definitely it will happen...but it all for the good, it ends well if we make it perfect.. 🙂🌷

[@sweets2thesweetshop]

😖😭

[@bearc1373]

I've been going through problems and dust has helped me🙂thank you🇺🇸

[@maxcruz5936]

This actress is AWSOME!! Love all her movies

[@evanmercer3690]

That was amazing! It's the same processes we set up for computer learning. Such a good idea putting a human in the same situation.

[@petermcrory5194]

stellar :) great acting, editing, filming, and concept.

[@GunDrone]

Quantum mechanics experiment gone totally wrong. i love it.. :)

[@jtreal]

That's life! If we learn from our past mistakes we can move forward in life!

[@Skullmonkeys44]

i'm sorry marvel, dc i'm sorry split, glass i'm sorry matrix but if this video gets to be a trilogy movie. i'm so gonna watch it. heck a series why not ? this has so much potential... damn

[@Zarithos]

#1. Oh girl in a room with a timer. #2. Ground Hog Day? #3. Oh! Machine Learning!

[@david_oliveira71]

I felt the point there was, "do not obey the laws. Defy the system and find another way, your way. A creative and unconventional way." Oh yes. Great video though. Loved watching it!

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Cringe

[@llamaglitter]

Sine I finished Black Mirror, I have been binge watching these videos. I love them. They are very creative.

[@story_time25]

I think this video shows that there is no destination for success, after every step another step is waiting for you

[@patrickvangelder1367]

Residence Evil : Alice has to find a way out of the complex that is boobytrapped. When she succeeds she finds a ditch filled with dead clones. Seen it already.

[@lumberluc]

Lady: 20 Man: 62 Man maybe dumb, but at least we're persistent.

[@clarkent7574]

God played the joke on man first. Adam Amen.

[@CollectedEve]

Just bc it took him 62 tried to get to THAT point doesn't make him less intelligent. He likely tried many more rooms than her, being there were multiple options.

[@SystemofEleven]

I mean he could have just said "feck it" and rolled over to nap a lot more times than her...

[@gregdingo]

@@BoopSnoot maybe most things were created by men because women were mostly barred from participation until recently.

[@emixonalgaert4376]

That's about me xD

[@JeffSmith03]

My first thought when I saw the axe, "come on, the tree is not your goal!"

[@forestlittke4649]

Millla Jovavich~ Resident evil, She had to repeat scernarios over and over UNTIL she escaped. Same plot as our girl in this show. She was perfectly cast for this,

[@zed804]

Love it!! How many people thought of the game Portal when first seeing this?

[@1SeanBond]

Wow so awesome!! So great to see my favorite Canadian girl!! Katharine Isabelle!! A great performance in this short A+ ...👍👍✌🇨🇦

[@michaelm4550]

Yes!! Another canuck 🇨🇦🇨🇦 🍁🍁 funny enough , a movie called The Cube is similar and also Canadian

[@TragerM]

Maybe this was before she became the girl we saw in ginger snaps. Haha, what explain why she was so homicidal wouldn't it?

[@1SeanBond]

Cube yes that was like this!! Cool stuff 👍✌

[@gr33ntimer15]

I'd love to see a feature length film or TV show with more back story and more characters

[@toxik1769]

Every puzzle movie convined with every Time loop movie

[@trooperandcooperale3057]

At some point you got to axe yourself the question, what's it all about?

[@eliseeng1709]

...wow.

[@colornine84]

She couldn't see the forest for the tree.

[@trevornelmes9331]

That's just depressing. Rather like Groundhog Day. Reminds me of our lives. The futility of it sometimes. No escape.

[@davidortega264]

There is always a scape, you just have to be smarter

[@emilienmare1508]

Maybe instead of looking for an escape we should be looking for a way in?

[@davidortega264]

@@emilienmare1508 explain that pls, my brain cries

[@emilienmare1508]

I struggle with this myself but I guess instead of searching for a way "out of life" we could be completely immersed IN life. Completely aware of the magic of life, of every moment, every sound, every sensory feeling or emotional feeling, to truly be alive and to also really feel alive, what it's like to live and feel. Or like in the film to be truly immersed in something, life solving the problem in every room for them.

[@davidortega264]

@@emilienmare1508 that makes sense, you should write a book confucio.Sorry for my english i am from chile xd

[@floridaprepper751]

I first saw her in the movie ginger snaps in the early 2000's. A very good actress.

[@sephyrartcore9523]

2 minutes in and I subcribed to the channel. Can't wait to discover more of these shorts

[@rb032682]

wow that tickled my brain a little

[@violetbunny4548]

would be a good representation of thinking out of the box

[@macadamianut1196]

If y’all ever make a movie I’ll be there to watch it as soon as it comes out I’ve been binging these for so long

[@beerfairy1983]

I can't put my finger on why exactly, but I really liked this one... It actually slightly reminds me of 'The Cube'. Also it was very slick and very well acted, filmed and produced. An instant favourite.

[@BigGift1]

Arlington Steward: Your home is a box. Your car is a box on wheels. You drive to work in it. You drive home in it. You sit in your home, staring into a box. It erodes your soul, while the box that is your body inevitably withers... then dies. Whereupon it is placed in the ultimate box, to slowly decompose.

[@treeshasarkar4841]

when she hit the wall it was literally "out of the box"!

[@vaniarlander4213]

I thought I saw them in another similar film. Maybe this was an unused portion of that film. Also it’s very much like our day to day life. What have you learned thus far. How much of it is chance and do you like yourself enough to join in with what you have done before. You were, and have been, always mindful of helping the you that would progress. Otherwise you must start over. It was encouraging.

[@johnneotaku4life]

This was excellent. Uniting and organizing can makes life's complexities a little less burdensome.

[@yashizuko]

Dem black mirror vibes

[@ReedCBowman]

Thanks for finally not squashing the end with your Dust outro. Music matters.

[@DrachenGothik666]

Gives a new meaning to the phrase, "Think outside the box..." LOL

[@scubaguy007]

This depicts the life of an addict really well.

[@avival66]

Original and good acting...bravo...l loved it💗💘💐🌼🐾🍄🌾🌲

[@marianneodell7637]

Loved it! Get outta that damned box! I have to say,though, that my first inclination was to CLIMB the tree,not cut it down... Might that have made any difference?

[@madaroad0311]

this should be a series......its good

[@Stasiaflonase]

This was fun and frustrating at the same time. Well done!!

[@anafreitas1646]

Psychologically brilliant, truly awesome. The acting, layout, production, etc, etc, etc was amazing as well, very complementary to the idea(s).

[@krishcshah]

It feels scary to be there..! SPOILER ALERT: You already are! The Iteration is your new day She is living you Everything she does is your life And the maize is the rat race we all are in.

[@FFF-xz6wn]

Congratulations, you understand this worl!

[@user-do8bk6kb9u]

maize = corn. maze = . . . well, maze. :-)

[@ADMNtek]

her facial expressions very accurately represent me whenever i have to reload a game over and over.

[@selvabavaani]

It reminded me of Cube and Edge of tomorrow. Loved her reaction when she got fed up!! 😹😹😹