Connected (2008) User Reviews

Like a haiku

[Aulic Exclusiva · 6/10 · 30 August 2008]

A brief, dialogue-less short about two boys who meet, love, break up, in the subway. The running NYC subway, like Democritus' river, provides a complete yet very simple image of fluidity. Everything is done through facial expressions. In Varpness' case, very beautiful facial expressions.

In a brief few minutes, Brunskill etches in the poignancy, perplexing quality and impermanence of everything save heartache. No fireworks or cant. It's like a haiku.

It is stated here that Mr Brunskill intends to expand this short into a full feature. It will be interesting to see how this will be done, considering the admirable economy with which this short intimates the basic point.

Sweet and sad

[preppy-3 · 7/10 · 27 August 2012]

Two young men (Michael Kir4bny, Dustin Varpness) meet and fall in love. They spend some time together but something breaks them apart.

No dialogue in this one--just music and a song that perfectly captures the tone of the film. Thw two actors are good in their roles and, in the case of Varpness, incredibly handsome. This short perfectly captures all the love, happiness and pain that comes into a relationship in a very short period of time. My only complaint--and this is minor--the two actors are quite obviously not enjoying kissing each other. I've never such tight-lipped kissing in my life! Still that's a minor quibble since everything else is so good. Worth seeing.

precise beauty

[Kirpianuscus · 24 April 2019]

It is not original. Only precise, in admirable manner. A kind of picture of loneliness and love and break up and meets and memories. Nothing unknown but, being so familiar, it works in great manner. A simple and beautiful short film about young men and about the fragility of connection between them. The precious gift - the feelings after its end because, more a good short film, it could be a song in images.