BREAK, SHOK, 〜〜Two films made in the UK

 Jueves, 6 de noviembre de 2025: 

 Tonight, I watched the following two films in the Japanese-style room (Washitu).

① Recorded onto an external hard drive connected to a SHARP AQUOS. BS12. Broadcast from 9:15 PM on October 4, 2025. SATURDAY SHORT THEATER, "BREAK" (UK, 2015, 20 minutes, original English, Japanese subtitles).

 It was a good movie. As expected.

② Recorded onto an external hard drive connected to a SHARP AQUOS. BS12. Broadcast from 9:05 PM on October 15, 2025. SHORT FILM THEATER, "SHOK" (UK, 2015, 21 minutes, original Albanian and Serbian, Japanese subtitles).

 A shocking film. The UK has been producing one excellent short film after another. As expected.

 In the US, this film was nominated for an Academy Award.

 The original title "SHOK" means Nakama (Japanese) in Albanian, ПРАТИОЦИ (PRATIOCI) in Serbian, COMPAGNONS in French, Begleiter in German, COMPAÑEROS in Spanish, and COMPANIONS in English.

 The Japanese title is "Tomodachi" (Japanese), but I think the original title conveys the nuance of a relationship that goes beyond friend, amigo, ami, or freund.

 This 20-minute film brilliantly brings to light what was happening in the region, leaving us terrified and shocked.

 The worn-out, abandoned red bicycle symbolizes everything that happens in these 20 minutes.

 All of the actors playing the Serbian soldiers are top-notch actors. The film beautifully portrays the strange gaze and expressions that can only be seen in the eyes of real Serbian soldiers (at the time), who were a mass of rage, hatred, distrust, a desire to attack, and hostility, to the point that (especially in the final scene) it truly inspires intense hatred in the viewer.

 At the time, a chain reaction of hatred (as seen in the famous film "Killing Season" (2013, USA)) led NATO forces to commit brutal acts and indiscriminate attacks, but the film portrays the situation in which people were consumed by mutual hatred and hostility, and the people who lived in fear but bravely amidst it, in a way that feels more than necessary in these 20 minutes.