Real Gone is one of my favorite short films so far. I refer back to it a lot mainly for its simplicity. The camera work and cinematic elements greatly reflect those in House of Cards or True Detective. The director wanted minimal camera movement to give an overall darker tone to only show a greater contrast in its theme.
Real Gone starts out with our main character's near death experience. For a few seconds he gets to see paradise then he's shocked back into reality. And things aren't the same for him. Life becomes bleak for him. He finds no joy in living anymore.
So our main character thinks up a plan, he's going to end his life to once again find his paradise. We see him write a "goodbye" note. This is where the tone changes dramatically. Every plan he thought up didn't work. No matter how hard he tried he could't kill himself. He only found himself in the hospital with the doctor repeating the same words, "You're still alive".
This finally drove our character to his breaking point, which leads to the second tone change. I won't ruin the end for anyone who wants to watch it. But the overall theme of the film, although humorous, is tragic. It challenges the audience to ponder whether the end of the journey is greater than the journey it's self.
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