No, they aren't just random people, this is a good career starter for many. But the comment makes a good point about getting seen with a low budget. Hurray for DUST for making all those dreams come true for so many!!!
Just waiting for the first films entirely created by A.I. now. It is surely within reach and will be a major game changer. Bc all digital content, which is our main way of consumption now, from music to literature, to movies will be tailor made for each of us. Just like currently we get YT recommendations based on our viewing habits we will get the complete shtick, independently of human creators. Will put a whole lot of people out of work, but frankly, given the sh!t that hollywood shoves down our throats they deserves to be.
What will be left of human culture then. No shared experiences. Cultural phenomena tailored for the individual mind by an AI. Doesn't look like a bright future to me
I can’t remember how I found “Dust” but I’m so glad I did There’s so much quality content, a sure rival to the bbc, Netflix, amazon and holly/bolly/chollywood
I agree.. It didn't make any sense to me either. Seems like a huge waste of time. He never learned or changed. Unless the only memory that had been wiped was that silly interview.. And the rest was kept? But that wasn't what happened... Oh well.. They can't all be perfect films!
I think it's just the memory of the parole and interview that is purged, but they still go through a virtual "training/rehabilitation" course before being tested again (in the virtual real world) to see if they learned.
Loved it. The story kept me engaged enough that I was not looking around for a twist, just 'how will she get out of there, and what might she do when that happens?" As such the twist caught me by surprise. Which is very rare and most welcome, as I really enjoy not having predicted an ending.
my only complaint is the sound. I had to crank it all the way up to 11 and could still barely make out the words over the eerie background music. Also, I saw the plot twist possibly coming about half way through. not saying it was predictable but I've been watching dust for almost a year now
@@jonaseggen2230 Regardless of who produces the content, it does seem strange that for most videos on this site I have to turn on CC to understand what they are saying.
@@kevind814 Could have something to do with Dust, but this also happens to me with loads of other short films on other channels to. Maybe it's the filmmakers, maybe it's youtube or maybe it's the software the content makers are using???
Great short but you need to address your sound issues. Even with all my sound settings at max I could barely hear them talking especially with the background noise. This seems to be an issue with a lot of your material. Apart from that, good job.
yeah that was my only issue with the film.... I understand they're trying to build the feeling of that room... but they could have made the voice has more clear. This Factor was easily correctable in editing., this is still one of the better films I've seen
I love films with this much depth! Showing the manipulative power the psychopathic mindset has over normal brain function, making it void of a conscience, emotions, empathy, boundary awareness of others and personal responsibility. The entire video was about physical incarceration and virtual role playing (simulations) to put the inmate in various tempting situations. The only memory that was purged was the conversation with the parole officer. (3:25 - 50). The two most powerful vices that a psychopath has are manipulation and not accepting responsibility for the consequences of their actions; and this film did both superbly. The lack of responsibility is illustrated by the male inmate projecting all those antisocial behaviors onto his female parole officer. By doing that he didnt have to take responsibility because in his mind he wasnt perpetrating the crimes, she was. The other Hallmark quality is manipulation which was shown in his dreams, when he projected his actions onto his parole officer, using seduction in an attempt to gain release. Nick Turner, I applaud you for your ability to show the complex workings of a damaged psychopathic mind; in only 17 minutes! I have watched hour long documentaries on the subject that dont even scratch the surface in comparison to your work. If the power brokers in Hollywood werent themselves, variations of Cyrus, this short would be nominated for an Oscar. And Dust...this one is over the top fantastic, keep them coming.
You can't rehabilitate her/him and purging memory just leaves them with orginal coding of a psychopath/sociopath. At some point, the thought police might decide to turn them into Soylent Green
"Solvent" green ? Hahaha Spell correction too smart for you Soyle, , ok , sooo english tooo smart for me lol That was damn good movie tho Thank you for reminder
Trope Alert! Call it Meta-Meta or Role-Reversal, this is an instance of a trope. Yet in 17 minutes and seventeen seconds, this shows why tropes exist, and why writers, producers, actors and directors continue to do their best with them and against them. This. So psychological. The futurist sci-fi trappings aren't the focus, but merely serve to efficiently strip away distractions (despite the excellent CGI eye-candy), leaving us in a minimal, largely virtual, landscape. Where people, personalities and character matter. Are all that matters. So well done. Watching the parole officer's cracks appear, watching them go where they unsurprisingly go. Then straight to the surprise flip and twist. Love it, love it, love it!
I called the ending about halfway through HOWEVER I kept watching all the way through because this video added up to 17 minutes of absolutely Gripping filmaking. This film was of Oscar caliber all the way through in all departments Incredible story, perfect shot selection, great editing perfect score and art direction, excellent costuming , sound design, make up , set design and the casting and visual effects. J***s Ch***t who are these principal actors and why dont I know them? They became their characters. Just perfectly. Wow standing ovations for everyone. And btw I am a govt lawyer who has been working behind the scenes in the criminal justice system for almost 3 decades. You guys (everyone who helped make this) just nailed everything. Just wow to the nth degree. Even though this was set in the future I believed every moment of this film.😊😊😊👍❤
Wow,and holy phug-excellent work by Nick T. This whole short was very well crafted-from the storyline-to the actors-to the graphics,everything had me hooked. I wish this was longer-like-to a whole movie. I could totally get into this if it was a movie-that'd be sick!
I liked the pace of this short. It could indeed have been a much longer movie. It held me hypnotised, I didn't find anything predictable about it. And it's about simulation and psychopathology and dreaming so of course it's thought-provoking. Anyway, I loved this. And I liked the two main characters. And I liked the sfx; and the soundtrack too, even though it was quite loud throughout. I had to use the ccs. But I loved this short. Great acting.
Virtually the exact same plot as "Watch Room", A DUST Exclusive Premiere one month ago. I'll look forward to another simulation of a simulation one month from now.
Exceptional! The future criminal rehab concept, the twist...EVERYTHING. And I read a lot of comments about the sound quality...I actually heard everything just fine.
this channel brings back memories as a kid when my mom got me Isaac Asimov magazine, ANALOG magazine, and stories of fantasy and science fiction amagazine and later on OMNI, this is those magazines come to life and it is all awesome, this story has twists n turns thinking it is her that is on parole when in reality it is him the whole time talk about a cyber prison on an extreme level.
Wow! The premise of this film is certainly interesting, but on the whole, not entirely unique. Sci fi has often explored what incarceration might look like in the future, after all. But it's the actors that really deliver the goods here: The scenes where Alice spars with Cyrus crackle with a level of menace that really caught me off guard, and watching Cyrus' resolve slowly crumble into obsession made clear the battle that was going on between the two. The twist at the end has also been done many times before, but the details shown here linger in the mind--what was the actual crime committed, and how does that factor into the many parole violations we learn about at the end? That this film was well-shot, with a visually-engaging style is just icing on the cake. It's all good, and well worth watching!
I wish Cyrus had just told her that she would be the same person with the brain alteration, instead of letting her out, but I loved (and did not at all anticipate) the ending, so I guess that wouldn't have helped.
@@jsalsman That's a really good question! With this seemingly minor plot point, we get a peek "behind the curtain" and see how a story is constructed. Alice *has* to ask, "will I be the same person" and Cyrus *has* to respond, "No", because Alice *has* to say, "put me back in." Otherwise, if Alice says, "sure, wipe my mind" the story ends, or if there's no mind wipe procedure at all, Alice has no agency, and she becomes a boring automaton in the story instead of the cold, calculating character she needs to be in order to get inside Cyrus' head, drive the story forward, and keep the audience interested. All stories, no matter the form, are based on such constructs. The thing that separates good stories from bad ones is often the skill employed in making the underlying constructs either invisible, or so entirely inevitable that the audience never questions them, as you did. If you ever notice that a character in a story doesn't seem to behave logically, that can often be an indicator that the character *has* to take the illogical action in service of the story, but a poor job was done of creating a context in which that action is entirely logical...
That was awsome! I loved the concept it was just great. And the acting was great both characters played their roles very well! She was great at the sorta crazed yet sane look where she knew she was in control. Would love to see an idea like this turned into a full length film! The idea of a simulated rehabilitation was pure genius and has a lot of potential. All in all one of my favorites that I have seen so far!
Cool story, but the audio is completely unintelligible, even when I turned the volume way up. I had to use closed captions to understand what was being said. Please fix these videos before posting.
That was my first comment here, noticed that right away. An otherwise highly compelling production can fall short of its intended goal if marred by flawed audio engineering . . . which this is an unfortunate example of.
I really liked the way this short makes you stop to consider "for whom the bell tolls" and examine your own life. What could have been better is some indication of why the person might ever be expected to have changed if they start over after the memory wipe at count 0 every time. The only thing I can think of is that perhaps there's an educational component to the simulation that can permanently help the person to improve-something like that should have been indicated in the film.
I just found this channel yesterday. As a writer, I'm glad to see such good story telling. Though the cliche could be seen a mile away, the art often is in the way the story is told, not in the actual story. I value plot above all, but if your ending is predictable, simply bring both perspective and a deep sense of regret. I love this channel, and will continue to glean the rich style of story telling that these projects have.
Ur short films have quality of holliwood films.. and havnt seen a lot of adv though.. how is it possible to do such big projects havning such brilliant ideas.. and almost uploading everyday. U a hell of underrated channel in yt . U should have atleast 50 60 millions of subcribers
We curate films from indie filmmakers (with proper permissions) but we are a film studio as well and have several DUST Original short films on the channel, with feature films/series in development
Figured it out a bit early, but that didn’t take away from how much I enjoyed this. What a great story - with excellent actors. Alice really had me believing she was a sociopath - chilling. It did seem unfair that he had hundreds of iterations before he failed/had his memory wiped, though - he should have been paroled after resisting her the first time.
aaah finally something good. Yeah yeah I could point out some flaws, like isn't this system too expensive, and it's difficult to hear what they say, but... it kept me interested and the ending hasn't disappointed me either. Well done.
I loved it would have liked it so much better if I could have heard it then again I own a Dell Inspiron 7786 so I put absolutely no blame on you. It can do anything but one thing they cannot seem to master is the delivery of a sound driver that actually allows one to turn the volume up.
Your content and visual is beautiful.. it takes lot of hardwork awesome team.best of luck for your future projects...I m huge fan of work learning a lot from you. take care
The twist ending makes no sense. Alice was so blatantly insincere and manipulative. How could anyone fall for her? Why should she behave any differently on a new trial? There should have been some sort of treatment each time.
[thumbs up] : but difficult to hear the voices during the first Rehabilitation session. There's either too much bass in the voices or the music is too loud.
Very well done, but the ending was predictable after a few minutes into the movie already. Also the idea of purging the memory of the inmates over and over again doesnt seem to make a lot of sense. Because I think there is a lot of truth in saying: "You need to learn from your mistakes!"
I definitely agree with you. Still I think that the idea behind this action is that prisoners, who seem not to have learned anything will get another chance in a duplicate situation, in the hope, they will encounter it with a different mindset
According to the canon in the film though, most criminals learn in a few days. This makes sense as most crime is not necessarily by factor 1 or even factor 2 socio/psychopaths, but rather driven by other combinations of factors like poverty, poor parenting, trauma, etc. An salient example is 1 study done (I wish I could recall author) on mafia criminals who were incarcerated and even most (possibly all) of them did not test high enough on factor 1 or factor 2 nor the Hare psychopath checklist or even meet the conditions for a clinical diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) the closest actual mental diagnosis to the concept of sociopathy/psychopathy (and only an adult diagnosis). Interestingly, Quite a few of the mob subjects met the diagnostic conditions for Borderline Personality Disorder, though. And these are guys who have robbed and often killed in cold blood. But they werent more likely to be psychopaths. It was rather a combination of other emotional instability/mental illness (Borderline,Bipolar, etc) and being raised in a culture where crime was the norm and to be a career criminal was an expectation (at least of men) that fit together with a worldview of family, religion, and other values such as loyalty, professionalism, honor, etc. that made it possible for them to do sociopathic things when they truly did have empathy, but its why there culture had to be so insulated and family-based as it required constant mutual reinforcement between a them to work that way. Anyway that just an example of how most criminals are not sociopaths and in this film , though they lost memory of the parole interview, they would retain the memory of ethics course they went through in their box before the simulation, and be able to learn without knowing its not real life.
primatology grad UPenn I take it you majored in voodoo with a minor in witchcraft. You psychs are all the same....you're the delusional ones. Climb down from your high horse...come back to the real world
If Simon and Alice were actually an imprisoned futuristic "Bonnie and Clyde" that were codependent to a level the A.I. simply could not fathom it would have really freaked me out. A side by side shot of them in suspended animation and crime photos would have sold it rather well.
I love how this channel bring us a lot of high quality content almost everyday
define quality
It's astonishing, I don't know how they do this!
@@photelegy There are a lot of bored people with time and technology at hand.
To be fair the main character whispers most of her lines. But, I had volume on full bore, too.
I love the fact how regular people come up with creative content and shoot quality cinematic scenes on low budget. Way to go technology :)
No, they aren't just random people, this is a good career starter for many. But the comment makes a good point about getting seen with a low budget. Hurray for DUST for making all those dreams come true for so many!!!
Just waiting for the first films entirely created by A.I. now. It is surely within reach and will be a major game changer. Bc all digital content, which is our main way of consumption now, from music to literature, to movies will be tailor made for each of us. Just like currently we get YT recommendations based on our viewing habits we will get the complete shtick, independently of human creators. Will put a whole lot of people out of work, but frankly, given the sh!t that hollywood shoves down our throats they deserves to be.
What will be left of human culture then. No shared experiences. Cultural phenomena tailored for the individual mind by an AI. Doesn't look like a bright future to me
I can’t remember how I found “Dust” but I’m so glad I did
There’s so much quality content, a sure rival to the bbc, Netflix, amazon and holly/bolly/chollywood
This actress has the psychopath stare perfected. She really did her homework
definitely
for reeeal! and for the brief moment in the end, she felt like a well balanced good natured human! well done extremes!
@@canufi6my Serious accusation, just admit that she's the good actress.
@Viking Calm down, she's just an actress who did her job well.
@@christophvolar3481 Exactly.
Tell me I'm wrong but how is anyone supposed to learn and be corrected when their memory is purged after every failed simulation?
"you always say that" : maybe because you always launch the same simulation with the same initials settings?
I agree.. It didn't make any sense to me either. Seems like a huge waste of time. He never learned or changed. Unless the only memory that had been wiped was that silly interview.. And the rest was kept? But that wasn't what happened... Oh well.. They can't all be perfect films!
You mean it was the man who was actually on parole?
Maybe incompetent bureaucrats will always be with us in the future too?
I think it's just the memory of the parole and interview that is purged, but they still go through a virtual "training/rehabilitation" course before being tested again (in the virtual real world) to see if they learned.
Best short film that I' ve seen in ages. I'd pay for this content. Special effects or large budgets will never beat a solid story with solid acting.
Another great short that needs to be made into a full length feature.
Thank you, Dust!
Loved it. The story kept me engaged enough that I was not looking around for a twist, just 'how will she get out of there, and what might she do when that happens?" As such the twist caught me by surprise. Which is very rare and most welcome, as I really enjoy not having predicted an ending.
I liked it! The plot twist was very expected though, after seeing the same plot twist on many other simulation-related films.
my only complaint is the sound. I had to crank it all the way up to 11 and could still barely make out the words over the eerie background music. Also, I saw the plot twist possibly coming about half way through. not saying it was predictable but I've been watching dust for almost a year now
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(To someone else on this page)
"You do realize DUST doesn’t make these right?"
@@jonaseggen2230 Regardless of who produces the content, it does seem strange that for most videos on this site I have to turn on CC to understand what they are saying.
Predictable is an understatement here.
@@kevind814 Could have something to do with Dust, but this also happens to me with loads of other short films on other channels to. Maybe it's the filmmakers, maybe it's youtube or maybe it's the software the content makers are using???
Agreed. I end up switching the closed captions on.
Great short but you need to address your sound issues. Even with all my sound settings at max I could barely hear them talking especially with the background noise. This seems to be an issue with a lot of your material. Apart from that, good job.
I couldn't hear it either.
Using ubl bluetooth headphones. Sound was perfect.
I thought it was just me. Both characters seemed to mumble.
Seemed fine on my tablet
@@robertschultz4588 yeah but hard to do when 3 of us want to watch it.
Drop the supposed background music down a notch or 3. Otherwise, very nicely done.
Yes, it's severely messing with my clear speech filter.
I also do share feelings about the background music, but what is more, I didn't like the ending, which is very cliche / very anticipated.
@@hotbit7327 lol yeah same here, but I'm not surprised by endings very often. So gave them a pass on that part.
@@EpicJonT WTF???????????????????
yeah that was my only issue with the film.... I understand they're trying to build the feeling of that room... but they could have made the voice has more clear. This Factor was easily correctable in editing., this is still one of the better films I've seen
I love films with this much depth! Showing the manipulative power the psychopathic mindset has over normal brain function, making it void of a conscience, emotions, empathy, boundary awareness of others and personal responsibility.
The entire video was about physical incarceration and virtual role playing (simulations) to put the inmate in various tempting situations. The only memory that was purged was the conversation with the parole officer. (3:25 - 50). The two most powerful vices that a psychopath has are manipulation and not accepting responsibility for the consequences of their actions; and this film did both superbly.
The lack of responsibility is illustrated by the male inmate projecting all those antisocial behaviors onto his female parole officer. By doing that he didnt have to take responsibility because in his mind he wasnt perpetrating the crimes, she was. The other Hallmark quality is manipulation which was shown in his dreams, when he projected his actions onto his parole officer, using seduction in an attempt to gain release.
Nick Turner, I applaud you for your ability to show the complex workings of a damaged psychopathic mind; in only 17 minutes! I have watched hour long documentaries on the subject that dont even scratch the surface in comparison to your work. If the power brokers in Hollywood werent themselves, variations of Cyrus, this short would be nominated for an Oscar. And Dust...this one is over the top fantastic, keep them coming.
ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS!!!
Beautifully conceptualized and a brilliant ending!
You can't rehabilitate her/him and purging memory just leaves them with orginal coding of a psychopath/sociopath. At some point, the thought police might decide to turn them into Soylent Green
"Solvent" green ?
Hahaha
Spell correction too smart for you
Soyle, , ok , sooo english tooo smart for me lol
That was damn good movie tho
Thank you for reminder
Soylent Green. :-)
Oh, you mean "Reconstitution.";)
That's what "Weyland-Yutani" calls their new rations for "shake and bake" colonies.;).
or the whole system is feeding on their biometric energy like in the matrix and on purposely repurging the same events forever more
Trope Alert! Call it Meta-Meta or Role-Reversal, this is an instance of a trope. Yet in 17 minutes and seventeen seconds, this shows why tropes exist, and why writers, producers, actors and directors continue to do their best with them and against them.
This. So psychological. The futurist sci-fi trappings aren't the focus, but merely serve to efficiently strip away distractions (despite the excellent CGI eye-candy), leaving us in a minimal, largely virtual, landscape. Where people, personalities and character matter. Are all that matters.
So well done. Watching the parole officer's cracks appear, watching them go where they unsurprisingly go. Then straight to the surprise flip and twist. Love it, love it, love it!
I saw it coming but still, that was an incredible watch! Thank you!!!
I called the ending about halfway through HOWEVER I kept watching all the way through because this video added up to 17 minutes of absolutely Gripping filmaking. This film was of Oscar caliber all the way through in all departments
Incredible story, perfect shot selection, great editing perfect score and art direction, excellent costuming , sound design, make up , set design and the casting and visual effects. J***s Ch***t who are these principal actors and why dont I know them? They became their characters. Just perfectly.
Wow standing ovations for everyone.
And btw I am a govt lawyer who has been working behind the scenes in the criminal justice system for almost 3 decades. You guys (everyone who helped make this) just nailed everything. Just wow to the nth degree. Even though this was set in the future I believed every moment of this film.😊😊😊👍❤
This dude is actively into a sociopath. Wow. This film definitely holds a mirror up to real life. No sarcasm. I've seen this shit happen in real life.
Wow,and holy phug-excellent work by Nick T. This whole short was very well crafted-from the storyline-to the actors-to the graphics,everything had me hooked. I wish this was longer-like-to a whole movie. I could totally get into this if it was a movie-that'd be sick!
This one really surprised me. WOW!!! Excellent ending!!
Great movie!!!
From beginning to end. Good job!
I liked the pace of this short. It could indeed have been a much longer movie. It held me hypnotised, I didn't find anything predictable about it. And it's about simulation and psychopathology and dreaming so of course it's thought-provoking. Anyway, I loved this. And I liked the two main characters. And I liked the sfx; and the soundtrack too, even though it was quite loud throughout. I had to use the ccs. But I loved this short. Great acting.
DUST Is the Best channel... On TH-cam
Virtually the exact same plot as "Watch Room", A DUST Exclusive Premiere one month ago. I'll look forward to another simulation of a simulation one month from now.
I jut knew from the beginning that he was the one undergoing the “incarceration”!
Still a great flick.
Well I had no idea! ☺
Exceptional! The future criminal rehab concept, the twist...EVERYTHING. And I read a lot of comments about the sound quality...I actually heard everything just fine.
I love this channel and always suggest this to my friends...
Appreciate the shares
Wow! What a twist! I didn’t see that coming.
Many did. We've been watching DUST too much.
I like this film. Maybe both characters are in a "Corrections Center". Fine performances and direction. DUST is King! Thank you all.
That would have been a hilarious twist.
Now THAT is a wow story. Good job everyone!
this channel brings back memories as a kid when my mom got me Isaac Asimov magazine, ANALOG magazine, and stories of fantasy and science fiction amagazine and later on OMNI, this is those magazines come to life and it is all awesome, this story has twists n turns thinking it is her that is on parole when in reality it is him the whole time talk about a cyber prison on an extreme level.
Wow! The premise of this film is certainly interesting, but on the whole, not entirely unique. Sci fi has often explored what incarceration might look like in the future, after all. But it's the actors that really deliver the goods here: The scenes where Alice spars with Cyrus crackle with a level of menace that really caught me off guard, and watching Cyrus' resolve slowly crumble into obsession made clear the battle that was going on between the two. The twist at the end has also been done many times before, but the details shown here linger in the mind--what was the actual crime committed, and how does that factor into the many parole violations we learn about at the end?
That this film was well-shot, with a visually-engaging style is just icing on the cake. It's all good, and well worth watching!
Nice write up Ed, always like reading your review - hope the filmed lived up to the teaser too :)
@@watchdust that it did! 👍👍👍
I wish Cyrus had just told her that she would be the same person with the brain alteration, instead of letting her out, but I loved (and did not at all anticipate) the ending, so I guess that wouldn't have helped.
@@jsalsman That's a really good question!
With this seemingly minor plot point, we get a peek "behind the curtain" and see how a story is constructed.
Alice *has* to ask, "will I be the same person" and Cyrus *has* to respond, "No", because Alice *has* to say, "put me back in." Otherwise, if Alice says, "sure, wipe my mind" the story ends, or if there's no mind wipe procedure at all, Alice has no agency, and she becomes a boring automaton in the story instead of the cold, calculating character she needs to be in order to get inside Cyrus' head, drive the story forward, and keep the audience interested.
All stories, no matter the form, are based on such constructs. The thing that separates good stories from bad ones is often the skill employed in making the underlying constructs either invisible, or so entirely inevitable that the audience never questions them, as you did. If you ever notice that a character in a story doesn't seem to behave logically, that can often be an indicator that the character *has* to take the illogical action in service of the story, but a poor job was done of creating a context in which that action is entirely logical...
Yes! I was hoping this would go to the next Inception layer, and wasn't disappointed.
Yo the plottwist blew my soul into the fucking space
DUST is the number one.
Violation of restraining order hidden in plain sight! Good one!
I figured it out before it ended
but that didn't take away from the story's awesomeness.
How I wish prison/jail could be this sanitized!!! 😅
You telegraphed this one. Saw it coming a mile away. Freud will fail you every time.
That was soooo good!!!!! 😍👏
Very good film - food for thought !
OMG.....The twist just made everything so much better.It was already great though.I really love ur films....❤️❤️
That was awsome! I loved the concept it was just great.
And the acting was great both characters played their roles very well! She was great at the sorta crazed yet sane look where she knew she was in control.
Would love to see an idea like this turned into a full length film!
The idea of a simulated rehabilitation was pure genius and has a lot of potential. All in all one of my favorites that I have seen so far!
Wow! Amazingly portrayed!
❤️ you Dust !
Just great. superlative quality content!
I like these shorts even more now that I found the closed captions button - lol
ANOTHER PERFECT SHOW! AGAIN! THANK YOU DUST.
WELL DONE.
Thanks for watching
Excellent, complicated, challenging, thoughtful
Cool story, but the audio is completely unintelligible, even when I turned the volume way up. I had to use closed captions to understand what was being said. Please fix these videos before posting.
That was my first comment here, noticed that right away. An otherwise highly compelling production can fall short of its intended goal if marred by flawed audio engineering . . . which this is an unfortunate example of.
Thank you for making this amazing this film
Outstanding.
Thought I had it alllllllll worked out.
Good stuff.:)
Much better with captions on
brilliant
these more good content on Dust than there is on Netflix movies
After seeing that many DUST movies, I always expect twist in the twist. Wasn't surprised...
excellently done. very slick and the music was perfect.
Expected end but very enjoyable nonetheless and very well acted and scripted!!!
It might be the greatest short film of all time but its hard to tell when you cant hear it !
did NOT see that coming. very good!!!
Nicely done!
I really liked the way this short makes you stop to consider "for whom the bell tolls" and examine your own life.
What could have been better is some indication of why the person might ever be expected to have changed if they start over after the memory wipe at count 0 every time. The only thing I can think of is that perhaps there's an educational component to the simulation that can permanently help the person to improve-something like that should have been indicated in the film.
That was SUPER! Beautiful, cool, believable! In Love!
interesting. nice that it actually had a story, even if the twist was evident about half way thru.
Most of the DUST content have good production values but rather generic stories. This is one of the rare ones with an actual good story.
Absolutely wowed by Sarah Phillips acting skills with facial expressions and body language in this one--gotta go find other stuff she's done now.
She's very beautiful; captivating.
I just found this channel yesterday. As a writer, I'm glad to see such good story telling. Though the cliche could be seen a mile away, the art often is in the way the story is told, not in the actual story. I value plot above all, but if your ending is predictable, simply bring both perspective and a deep sense of regret. I love this channel, and will continue to glean the rich style of story telling that these projects have.
Glad you found our channel!
Ur short films have quality of holliwood films.. and havnt seen a lot of adv though.. how is it possible to do such big projects havning such brilliant ideas.. and almost uploading everyday. U a hell of underrated channel in yt . U should have atleast 50 60 millions of subcribers
right, but, much better them holywood
We curate films from indie filmmakers (with proper permissions) but we are a film studio as well and have several DUST Original short films on the channel, with feature films/series in development
Very well done. Congratulations!
nothing predictable about this short at all just saying.... done very well, loved the plot twist at the end, may have to watch again for clues!
Great twist! 👍
Figured it out a bit early, but that didn’t take away from how much I enjoyed this. What a great story - with excellent actors. Alice really had me believing she was a sociopath - chilling. It did seem unfair that he had hundreds of iterations before he failed/had his memory wiped, though - he should have been paroled after resisting her the first time.
This was really good.
aaah finally something good. Yeah yeah I could point out some flaws, like isn't this system too expensive, and it's difficult to hear what they say, but... it kept me interested and the ending hasn't disappointed me either. Well done.
That is so f*ked up, but absolutely Brilliant! Great acting as well!
I'd like to see this as a full length movie. It needs more time to bloom into a storyline.
Oh my God very very brilliant highest level thought process...
This film kept me guessing. I could see a number of possible plot twists, and this was just one of them.
Conceptually brilliant.
I kind of had a feeling there might be a twist waiting to happen. Pretty cool film and concept!
A really cool film, with an interesting idea behind it.😁👍🏻
That was a really good story. Even without the twist ending.
I loved it would have liked it so much better if I could have heard it then again I own a Dell Inspiron 7786 so I put absolutely no blame on you. It can do anything but one thing they cannot seem to master is the delivery of a sound driver that actually allows one to turn the volume up.
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You do realize DUST doesn’t make these right?
Beautiful and powerful thank you!
Loved it 👍
Quality content as always
Nice futuristic concept created beautifully in the form of movie.👍👌
Excellent short! Well scripted, acted & edited. Would make a great full length movie too.
this paradigma is rising, society as prisoners and inspectors ... prophetic
The twist ending makes no sense. Alice was so blatantly insincere and manipulative. How could anyone fall for her? Why should she behave any differently on a new trial? There should have been some sort of treatment each time.
this one blew me away. Really good all round. thank you. xJes
Thanks for watching Jessica, we're constantly looking for thought-provoking sci-fi and we felt this one hit the mark
[thumbs up] : but difficult to hear the voices during the first Rehabilitation session. There's either too much bass in the voices or the music is too loud.
Very good film!!!!!!
Very well done, but the ending was predictable after a few minutes into the movie already.
Also the idea of purging the memory of the inmates over and over again doesnt seem to make a lot of sense. Because I think there is a lot of truth in saying: "You need to learn from your mistakes!"
I definitely agree with you. Still I think that the idea behind this action is that prisoners, who seem not to have learned anything will get another chance in a duplicate situation, in the hope, they will encounter it with a different mindset
The mathematical theory behind this is machine learning.
According to the canon in the film though, most criminals learn in a few days. This makes sense as most crime is not necessarily by factor 1 or even factor 2 socio/psychopaths, but rather driven by other combinations of factors like poverty, poor parenting, trauma, etc.
An salient example is 1 study done (I wish I could recall author) on mafia criminals who were incarcerated and even most (possibly all) of them did not test high enough on factor 1 or factor 2 nor the Hare psychopath checklist or even meet the conditions for a clinical diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) the closest actual mental diagnosis to the concept of sociopathy/psychopathy (and only an adult diagnosis).
Interestingly, Quite a few of the mob subjects met the diagnostic conditions for Borderline Personality Disorder, though. And these are guys who have robbed and often killed in cold blood. But they werent more likely to be psychopaths. It was rather a combination of other emotional instability/mental illness (Borderline,Bipolar, etc) and being raised in a culture where crime was the norm and to be a career criminal was an expectation (at least of men) that fit together with a worldview of family, religion, and other values such as loyalty, professionalism, honor, etc. that made it possible for them to do sociopathic things when they truly did have empathy, but its why there culture had to be so insulated and family-based as it required constant mutual reinforcement between a them to work that way.
Anyway that just an example of how most criminals are not sociopaths and in this film , though they lost memory of the parole interview, they would retain the memory of ethics course they went through in their box before the simulation, and be able to learn without knowing its not real life.
primatology grad UPenn
I take it you majored in voodoo with a minor in witchcraft.
You psychs are all the same....you're the delusional ones.
Climb down from your high horse...come back to the real world
Loved it. Any chance of reuploading it with the sound up please?
Plot was obvious, but still thought provoking.
In fact, it's her test in his test in her test. Bingo!
If Simon and Alice were actually an imprisoned futuristic "Bonnie and Clyde" that were codependent to a level the A.I. simply could not fathom it would have really freaked me out. A side by side shot of them in suspended animation and crime photos would have sold it rather well.
Unusually high quality