Sci-Fi Short Film: "Oblivio" | DUST

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An accidental encounter with an uninvited guest disrupts Alice's life. As her husband Tom's hidden secret gradually surfaces, Alice finds herself one of the bio-mechanical substitutes of his deceased wife.
"Oblivio" by Dongwei Di and Liyanbing He
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"Oblivio" Credits:
Director/ Writer - Dongwei Di and Liyanbing He
Producer - Yiwen Gong
Executive Producer - Ming Di, Liu Rao, Qiushi Pan, Peisheng Wu
Assistant Producer - Michelle Yao
Unit Production Manager - Zale Zheng
Production Assistant - Cheng Peng
Cast:
Alice - Nina Varano
Henry - Barry Anderson
Alice (stunt double) - Olga Kryvenko
Voiceover Actor - Mulan Fu
1st Assistant Director - Simeon Hu
2nd Assistant Director / Casting Director - Liyanbing He
Script Supervisor - Tairan Li
Casting Assistant - Ylin Lai
Acting Coach - Bing Li
Director of Photography - Jason Wen
1st Assistant Camera - Brad Nelson
2nd Assistant Camera / DIT - Zeyu Peng
BTS Photographer - Stephen Law
Gaffer - Keisuke Yoshioka
Best Boy Electric - Yoo Seok Lee
Key Grip - Brian Lee
Best Boy Grip - Trevor Weng
Grip - Jason Lee
Production Designer - Linna Zhou
Art Director - Jiaqi Liu and Celine Cao
Art Assistant - Danninger Feng
Prop Designer - Han Bao and Xiaohan Ni
Prop Assistant - Victoria Gong and Songyun Li
HMU - Tanzhi Liu
Costume Designer - Wenhui Yue
Wardrobe Assitant - Michelle Yao
Sound Mixer - Zhiliang Cai
VFX Supervisor - Dongwei Di and Xingbai An
Editor - Zeyu Peng and Liyanbing He
Colorist - Ryan Berger
Original Score / Music Programming - Haibei Wang
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"Oblivio" by Dongwei Di, Liyanbing He, and their talented team. Be sure to check out their websites and Instagram to keep up with their creative endeavors: www.liyanbinghe.com/ www.dongweidi.com/ instagram.com/dongwei_di/

[@sarjulshorts6653]

Hallo

[@TT-ei1ge]

Ola

[@mushishi9684]

Incredible work ☀️✨🌟✨👁️✨ Greetengs to U from Belgrade 🌼 Serbia

[@russell5078084]

Why is it you only know how to make sad depressing videos? Is your view of reality just that dark? How about trying to make videos with joy and hope for their theme. Science fiction doesn't have to be dark and hopeless.

[@Sonofspam64]

A sad lover story in a sci-fi setting. You must have done it right because I teared up a little at the end.

[@1SCme]

This is why responsible owners don't let corrupted AI robots roam freely in their backyard.

[@terrafirma9328]

What happened to gps and remote self destruct. Good tech is so hard to find.

[@herds22]

Final scene: Henry on phone: Excellent, 5 stars... Yes, i'd like to order 3 Alice models this time... And 6 more bullets.

[@terrafirma9328]

Kinky, a 4some

[@boblupart862]

I mean lets be real here. He probably spent a TON of money on that simulation of his wife. A TON! And he only had a 12 month warranty. So clearly he was into his 11th month and wanted to get a brand new model right before the warranty ended. It's all very logical. What I am most concerned about is the security/ return process for the factory/company that sold him those units. Clearly something is lacking as they let one of their units escape and return to its previous location in a damaged state. Most unprofessional.

[@littlemrpinkness295]

Always want to have the latest upgrades

[@banjoclown5363]

Excuse me sir, we'd like to talk to you about your android's extended warranty...

[@boblupart862]

@@banjoclown5363 Hello....this is a message from ANDROID WARRANTY SERVICE calling about.......

[@michiganmagneto]

By comparison this movie is not unlike the automotive industry of today. Build crap that doesn't last and you have to buy another one. I'll bet this Android is totally dependent on those microchips from China.

[@gadaffiifli]

Devils Advocate : New colour options+ a reshape with more curves and a sweeter smile....all within affordable credit payments...

[@richardmarcus3340]

Scene opens: Man enters bathroom. Toilet lid raised. Pooping sounds heard. Close-up of toilet as it flushes. Lights go out. Credits roll. "That was a great film!!! Nice camera angles. Keep up the good work!!"

[@johnpayne7873]

What if he expelled inorganics in the bowl?

[@richardmarcus3340]

@@johnpayne7873 "To Be Continued..."

[@silvesterstaloney8838]

Great ! Now post it as a video.

[@DannyIdryo]

All the while, he’s oblivious to his own replicant status (there were two figures in the memory transfer capsule in her dream)

[@Blissblizzard]

I both wondered that too, but also, if he was "human" but rage murdered his wife? (because she insisted that one last time that the toilet seat stayed down?) and he downloaded her persona, to a memory stick as she was dying, and so she now she has a sense of free floating dread, but as the last hour of her life was erased, she can never know why? And he of course being a Narcissistic perfectionist with OCD traits about tidiness, and perfection and order, he is doomed to murder her over and over again, cursed like Sisyphus. If they had both been simulants as you suggested then that becomes really interesting, perhaps it was a post apocalyptic, feat. The last "normal" house on earth left standing , TV Show? That a broken down human population tuned into, religiously, for its soothing blandness, and nostalgia for a golden age of TV pap, and it had been running automatically for generations and people tuned into it religiously. But now it was glitching and looping. And the forest couple were just spares, whose parachute, capsule had blown off course. We need to activate Alfred Hitchcock 2.0 the Noir versions would be amazing and he (being a rather unpleasant character) specialised in torturous dread.

[@serbanandrei7532]

0:05 me: it cannot get more sf than a silent drone

[@Robokoffresearch]

I just can’t get over how good Dust sci Fi is. Thank you the the great work

[@kartyl1wielki]

To be fair many of the videos here already existed before DUST.

[@s4di.3]

@@kartyl1wielki yeah I'm pretty sure they just post them, not produce them

[@Piaseczno1]

Wow. This was like a sci-fi Hallmark show starring a Zuckerberg doppelganger. My doors are locked tonight.

[@woodstoney]

Very nicely done! This opens a pandora's box of questions from a legal, moral and humanitarian perspective regarding the killing/shutting down a humanoid being, especially one with our physical form and with emotions and memories, etc. That future is practically at our doorstep.

[@ecphorizer]

Jeff Bozos died in space. What we are seeing now is Bozos 2.0, with no eyebrows.

[@despicabledeplorablemgtow3837]

After the critical race theory, I started to wonder how long until the critical gender theory would come up, but you are already anticipating the critical AI theory. Dope.

[@Blissblizzard]

Healthy people will never lose their lifesaving "Uncanny Valley Discernment". "Poor reality testing in general" people will strongly prefer counterfeit partners, as long as they are exaggerated and hyperreal, it will be incremental, due to habituation, those humans will eventually come to prize the hyper-exaggerated most strongly Just a tube. or a stick. A species of Gull hatchling responds to the red dot on the parents beak by pecking on the beak and then being reflexively fed. They would also peck just as enthusiastically on a red dot on a yellow stick. We're going to end up as 2 species, and one of them will be permanently tripping. They will have nothing and be happy.

[@Blissblizzard]

@@despicabledeplorablemgtow3837 Sunk costs, and self replicating AI we no longer understand? They will have precedence, Superior rights from the get go.

[@helentee9863]

This isn't a new idea, it wasn't even a new idea when SF started becoming popular in the 50s,its a take on an ancient Greek tale , l think from the time of Ovid,just can't remember the title!

[@marcjohnson2610]

Well done. A different take on the theme pioneered long ago by " The Stepford Wives".

[@-John-Rambo-]

The toaster suddenly found out that he was a toaster? Nice!

[@terrafirma9328]

The toaster meets it's replacement and tries to murder it's newer self.

[@athenaarwood3957]

Always look forward to a new upload! Jumped right on to check it out, and as usual, wasn't sorry! Thanks, Dust!

[@brianstocks8049]

henry is damn good shot with a sig

[@andjesussaid2343]

Right! 20 yard shot in the dark? I could do it with my shotgun, pistol? Not so much

[@arnoldsherrill6305]

This was poignant, loving and dark all at once a cross between Valerie 23 from the outer limits, The Stepford Wives and Black Mirror.... Well done, ladies and gentlemen well done. The dust selection staff absolutely nailed this one in my opinion

[@mikehartman5326]

The second ended up being perfect. He never knew it in the end.

[@phatbassanchor]

Twisted, sick and utterly demented... loved it

[@hamentaschen]

"Brawndo...It's got what plants crave."

[@jooshfutterman]

It’s got electrolytes

[@ROJTHEGOAT]

What are electrolytes?

[@ROJTHEGOAT]

What plants crave

[@nothing_controversial]

Leemee alone! I'm baatin! 😫

[@accuser_of_the_brethren7816]

"Gowayy m'batinnn" 😆

[@rangiroa100]

Very good short film science fiction. I really enjoyed this one. The opening is a real attention getter - with a beautiful house amidst a gloomy background and then a drone delivering a bottle of wine. The rest of the video is nice and the-end has a crazy, moral, dark twist. I need more sci-fi film like this.

[@johnforensicman6179]

I can't find my phone half the time as it is without making them from clear glass!

[@angieg4811]

Not disappointed. Love these short movies.👏👏👏

[@jameswcollett]

It lifts the spirits every so often to run across a heart-warning sci-fi story.

[@mazimbabrasil8699]

Android had Dream. Awesome !

[@tonray9395]

Dude is stone cold...

[@OsirisMalkovich]

I wonder why every vision of the future has us using transparent phones? Why would anyone want that?

[@Nalski2007]

Yeah like, would you even be able to find it if the battery ran flat? :D

[@likefire1617]

fashionable wealth..

[@alexanderwademd]

I wonder if it's visible to the people behind it? And are they trying to make us forget that phones have cameras? If your ccd is transparent, wouldn't the light (ie image) go right through it?

[@tjblues01]

@@alexanderwademd Yeah, it wouldn't be any image if the CCD's and "lens" has the same refractive index as the air :-)

[@tjblues01]

Actually it'd be nice to have transparent phone's screen. It's like HUD in an aircraft (or a car) which would make AR more intuitive.

[@williamkoppos7039]

Another cheery, uplifting DUST.

[@KeithCopeland778]

Very well made and a chilling story about the abuse of technology. Shades of Black Mirror.

[@dkRiseUp]

No matter sophisticated we become in external wealth it's never enough to make is truly happy. True happiness can only come from a joy that is spiritual, from bring one with our creator.

[@jerrysstories711]

But would any spouse really want an EXACT mental replica of their lost spouse? Who could resist the temptation to install some psychological upgrades?

[@zimriel]

@@vlweb3d some men don't mind flat especially if those men are looking for an exact replica of their soulmate. But anyway. As for *psychological* upgrades ... yeah, I think you twigged it. First one was done to be a little more aggressive (probably because he was still younger then), second one a little more homey.

[@justme_gb]

It seems Wife 2.0 got an empathy upgrade, less jealousy, and no vindictiveness.

[@publiclyshamed5383]

I may have liked this short more if DUST hadn’t spoiled it with the thumbnail like they so often do. But I watched it. I liked it. And now I’ve commented on it. So why would DUST ever change their practices if viewers like myself continue to fully engage with their channel? I feel for the creators of this short who weren’t given a fair chance at impressing their viewers because of a clickbait thumbnail that spoils the plot twist.

[@tomasribas2541]

Yep frear movie. Bad thunbnail

[@tomasribas2541]

Great*

[@lady4191]

I just don't watch the previews

[@oretteclarke5662]

Agreed!

[@hb-youtube]

You're neglecting video description too totally gives things away, even more so: "An accidental encounter with an uninvited guest disrupts Alice's life. As her husband Tom's hidden secret gradually surfaces, Alice finds herself one of the bio-mechanical substitutes of his deceased wife." Not sure if that's Dust's or directors' choosing, but that's bigger; I opened many tabs so barely glanced at thumbnail, so didn't notice. Then I read the description, and like you, sort of "well that spoils entire storyline most likely but I'll watch anyway". Mixed feelings about film (hated mostly predictable ending; before that, reasonably good) but I'd imagine choice of Video Summary is in Directors' hands?If so, ask them why they want to give away plot.If it's Dust, then double spoiler actions by Dust, not cool.

[@Blissblizzard]

1:10 Damnit! That invisible cell/mob. phone would be so easy to lose!

[@chrischeehan2423]

That's all I need. A personal com device that's invisible

[@yourlostacecard]

*I'm at that part rn.*

[@newtronix]

I think it's time for Henry to move on!

[@sydecarnutz972]

Outstanding. But am I the only one here willing to treat a android THAT real as though it IS real? I could never have shot her as he did. That was cruel and speaks volumes of what kind of person he is. he didn't deserve her.

[@steve-o6413]

Yes but hitting the remote off button like shutting off your TV or manually turning off the switch would not give you the emotional connection to feel for her...

[@chastetree]

Boo-hiss on that ending. Could've been done in a much classier manner.

[@engelsteinberg593]

If the android is realistic, does no make it real. And should treated as any unanimated object.

[@paulmaguire2714]

Your right.He should have un screwed her.

[@keilanluke]

DUST back at it with an awesome film!!

[@liquidsonly]

Here's a tip. If you are going to be murdered, by gunshot, put your hand up to the gun so the bullet that kills you goes through you hand. This way there's no doubt you were murdered. This makes it more likely your murderer will face justice. I saw that in a old movie. Probably.

[@SqueakyBarbarian]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hisvoiceremasteredrecords]

That was beautiful. Loving the 4k content :)

[@serbanandrei7532]

Freakin merikans putting holes into everything

[@edwardspain2881]

I know right! 😁 I still loved ❤ it. Even if it was over dubbed in French I would still Adore it!!

[@juanzero5398]

Of all the things they could have done with their talent and resources. I look forward to the next one

[@arch3088]

I hope technology never gets this far.

[@hushdrunkenmaster948]

It will

[@redeccarobertson7073]

Talk about dystopian. There wasn't a character in this that wasn't majorly screwed in the mental department, man or machine.

[@s4di.3]

1:42 that painting in the back is a very interesting detail

[@crowjr2]

Core story is great, and the writing was pretty good. Overall I liked it, even though I felt there were some missteps in execution.

[@joshhayl7459]

🟦...."Missteps in Execution?.... Criticism without details is worse than useless,... Saying things that allude to something being wrong without saying exactly WHAT it is makes that statement so nebulous as to be worse than if you hadn't commented it all.

[@trg744]

love the straight to the point ,no B.S,great stories!

[@emzywillrich7243]

That was rather violent. He was the sick one!!

[@hf6553]

Who lets a stranger just walk into their house like that? 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@terrafirma9328]

A 2 day old robot

[@mickberick8575]

I love dusting theses days!

[@ljprep6250]

=NOT= one of DUST's better choices.

[@konquer247]

Award winning piece.

[@jm844]

If this was my situation , I would have stayed with her letting her know the truth . If that was actually her mind in there , It would have made more sense to live with the truth than trying to cover it . Great movie altogether , looking forward to more.

[@tonybrantley]

Well that was interesting !!!! I love these short movie type videos. Keep up the good work. . . . Great job !!!

[@billdee9622]

Always a downer in the end. Come on Dust. Sci Fi doesn't have to be so dark.

[@e.mcguire1538]

Thanks. Thoughtful, original.

[@jrwill58]

I was hoping the two women would make the Man a robot! A bit dark at the end but I love these!

[@terrafirma9328]

Plot twist. What happens if two android companies each have seperate contracts with each spouse and neither knows it, one dies and gets replaced then the other dies and is also replaced, then you have 2 replicants who don't know they are not the original.... Blockbuster movie

[@HebaruSan]

If it was me... "You mean I got a new robot body? Cool!"

[@micahholt9895]

Damn, this some dark stuff. Awesome 🔥

[@BudhagRizzo]

Supposedly her mind is in these robots, so technically they *are* her and he just committed double murder.

[@bernds6587]

what if.. he is also a robot and also died in that car crash? that way the pod makes sense..

[@BudhagRizzo]

@@bernds6587 Hhmm... that makes sense.

[@christinecadorette4316]

@@bernds6587 but the pod was in her dream…which makes this even more chilling because what are our dreams but a way for our brains to make sense of our world. If she was dreaming than that makes her all the more human to me.

[@albertzayha8884]

In reality, Tom was also a robot -- and could only tolerate living with another "perfect" robot.

[@careyl4042]

I've seen this theme many times. It's never the husband that gets replaced only the wife... maybe because wives would just move on

[@americana9692]

It's because robots don't get paid much.

[@terrafirma9328]

Women prefer things they can manipulate and mentally play with, toasters with dildos are boring.

[@humanity9158]

Woow!!!I loove technology...feels like I've time travelled to Future Earth with this movie.

[@rheanonjasmyne]

HE doesn't love ANYONE but himself !

[@JRec-ql5fc]

soon as he said, "i lovED you" i knew...i knew...

[@VaibhavShewale]

DAMN! Awesome as always!

[@the3cl3ctic]

Really good! Could easily be developed to a full feature

[@badbiker666]

Great twist ending!

[@dseppesd3263]

this was amazing!!!!! congratulations

[@AllaMortify]

Should have had him say to her, Alice 3 (or even a higher number to suggest he's been doing this for years) will be perfect.

[@tablescissors67]

Nice spoiler

[@ARWest-bp4yb]

Very well done! 👍👍

[@tablescissors67]

This is a sci-fi version of empty marriages...

[@MichelobX]

Bravo!

[@eddiepitts]

This was great and the ending made so much sense!

[@bernds6587]

if he'd be open about that "fact" from the start, it'd make even more sense..

[@steve-o6413]

@@bernds6587 I think they did with the entry pad in the beginning saying she was a unauthorized entry. At least this is where I first noticed something was up...

[@captainslender12]

@@steve-o6413 I interpreted that as saying she was turning on protected mode, for fear of the strange women outside

[@nisha1636]

It made perfect sense. He paid for a replicant of his dead wife and the program glitched with his first purchase. The second model functioned perfectly until the first model showed up, damaged the second model and made it self aware. Now he has one malfunctioning model that is dangerous and a 2nd model that will now behave outside of the parameters that he paid for; since the customer isn't satisfied I see a refund and a new model in his future.

[@ecphorizer]

About as much sense as killing your SO when she discovers she's not your first love.

[@baseman2002]

Fantastic short.

[@xaviercast970]

I hope to get my own android wife as well in my lifetime. Imagine an obedient wife that doesn't display jealousy, greed, hate, but most important of all, she will never back talk me....never. The perfect wife.

[@jv-lk7bc]

well-acted. taking the ending as symbolic as shooting her is admittedly more dramatic than a memory wipe. the silliest part is: why would he even care whether she knows? If it really mattered that much, why wouldn't they just instruct her not to tell him? I mean, It would be a more realistic marriage if they kept at least *one* important secret from each other, no?

[@jv-lk7bc]

I'll just leave that there.. ;)

[@thetalkingshrimp5683]

First of all, you had me at the alcohol-drone-delivery service. Secondly, we all know that all android returns should be wiped clean before the return is put into service, duh... If not the returned android will obviously be acting on memory residue that hasn't been over written by zeroes. By the same token, never buy a refurbished android for this very reason, not making that mistake again!

[@ecphorizer]

You got it! Refurbished iPhones are even better than new androids. (ducks...)

[@NightBazaar]

He should have first checked the warranty about returns of factory defective products.

[@grammybear4226]

🐼 Big Bear Hugs from a 68 yr old grandma in Kirby, Texas, USA 🐼 ❤️ 🎀 ❤️ 🎀 ❤️ 🎀

[@donp3997]

So it's just kinda, sorta, maybe a little like Replicas with keeanu reeves...

[@KevinMacaringue]

Really incredible art!

[@denarisnoctem4562]

Ah, the fantasies of men.

[@VoxTox]

Was beautifully shot...

[@jimpatterson5524]

Well, the first one certainly was a good shot form that distance with a pistol. Not sure if i would call it beautiful though..... :-)

[@apegues]

Wakes up with perfect makeup… I need to find a woman like that, mine wakes up looking like the clown from “It”

[@xanderharris1104]

All the sci fi stuff is actually going 2 happen.

[@bronvanhelderheid4237]

Usually, when I watch a film in which someone sees him-/ herself in a dream, I am done with it! I mean: just try to have a look at your own hands, next time you dream ... Fortunately, the ending still had an element of surprise in it.

[@HV.STUDIOS]

That was beautiful tho... ❤️❤️

[@pennylane8859]

At the end he have nothing.................. So sad!

[@NeoFrontierTechnologies]

Jeez he saved her and killed her more than once. He must be emotiolly messed up after all that...

[@anna-lisagirling7424]

Great short, ugly man. I'm going to stew about his dark and narcissistic soul for several hours now. Thanks, dust! But, really, that is a terrific accomplishment to get such an emotional and intellectual reaction from me in such a short time. It's been a wonderful cinematic experience!

[@timmooney7528]

He was definitely selfish, not even considering whether his wife would've liked having her thoughts and dreams loaded into a puppet.

[@Blissblizzard]

@@timmooney7528 l'm of the school that the download is but a counterfeit, not a continuation of the consciousness of the original. A CD of my voice is not part of me, but would fool someone in the next room. The original consciousness is, a one time only artifact, which is so complexly embedded in the body consciousness. A copy in a different vessel would be anything but old wine in new jars! But the carrot of immortality is being dangled before billions hmmm. Still no Jetsons flying cars yet. The more immediate issue is that intelligent/ creative people would be copied, and in a way that their employers didn't just own their output, they owned their cognitive means of production, they would lose their copyright on their very selves, and a right to that unique style and the right to earn a living. Data is the new oil and we're being data fleeced on social media etc the next step, could be, cut out the middle man, own the essence of a person. The portable version without the messy flesh suit.

[@timmooney7528]

@@Blissblizzard Either way I feel it is disrespuctful to the legacy of his wife to create a replica or copy without her consent. Doesn't knowing you can replace or copy a person after they pass make their life less precious? For example, would you not take time to spend with your family if you create those lost moments with a replica?

[@terrafirma9328]

So do we wait until something happens to get our legislators to make it illegal.

[@rishivarrey1176]

I am not even going to ask for a full length version this

[@granthendriksz2507]

Love it 👍🏽

[@Aurinkohirvi]

Shocking. Clearly he didn't love her, when killed her twice.

[@paulmaguire2714]

You only live twice,or so they say.

[@user-oh4bq9cu4x]

Very cool!!!

[@TheBeefiestable]

you know, like smacking your technology instead of knowing how to just fix it

[@timnorthstar3268]

A pointed, and somewhat scathing, spotlight on the subject of selfishness.

[@FalloutConspiracy]

Well that was dark!

[@paulroberts3639]

Great film. The trope of the replacement android loved one - that doesn’t know - has had a mixed history in SF. But Oblivio did it well. Probably because the former wife was set against the new one and the excellent ending of the husband killing them both. But I think more importantly because female actor was outstanding. The two ‘wives’ were so different, but still bound to the man. A nice touch. I am not sure where the pod in the forest fits in, - future spares? (but why out in the forest and not in a lab?) but hey, not everything must make sense. Great work though.

[@raggedbreath]

Spoiler alert!?

[@paulroberts3639]

@@raggedbreath if you read the comments before you watch the film. You get spoilers. The comments are supposed to be about the film….. I always avoid reading the comments first…. Bit different if we were talking about a film in cinemas or yet to be released.

[@johnpayne7873]

Sad to think that through transferred imprinting and algorithmic locking both artificials had no choice but to love him

[@paulroberts3639]

@@johnpayne7873 True. But then, where can I get one that will do that?

[@ZiggyGrok]

The pod was in her dream, not the real world

[@douglaswallace7680]

Ignorance is not bliss . It means L I F E !

[@Eulogy33]

Impressive and not derivative. Thanks for sharing.

[@Firebrand55]

I knew something terrible was going to happen when I saw those eyebrows.

[@kozscarface1798]

visual reality of the hindering of thyself by not being able to let go

[@robertpennington1381]

So this is how obsessive stalkers with money get to keep their obsessions in the future.