A statement from director Yoni Weisberg: "I grew up on a (un)healthy diet of cinema. My mum and I went every week to the local Ritz Video and we would rent 2 films all to be watched that Friday night, and the first time she let me pick I chose Robocop and A Nightmare on Elm Street - from that day on I was absolutely hooked on brash genre filmmaking. Horror and Sci-fi have always been such potent vessels in which we can pour subversive societal commentary, and that is what I tried to create with The Third Hand. Since completing my studies in Film I had always wanted to make another short film, but it felt important to me that I learn more about my craft before finally investing all of the required blood, sweat and tears into another personal project. This film was the culmination of years of discarded ideas and other films on the ash heap. I had always been driven to create a genre based parable which I felt reflected some of what I see as fundamental flaws within society. The drama at the centre of my film comes from a man who has had his own wants and dreams ground down the absolute minimum. He views himself as fundamentally flawed, and therefore undeserving - this to me is a commentary on his position in life, one which I don’t see as unfamiliar to the world at large. The majority of the world’s population is subjugated in one sense or another and one of the themes of this film is about the treachery of that situation. Being told that we are not in control of our own destiny and constantly being pushed by forces beyond our control towards our inevitable self destruction by offering us things we don’t need and insisting that we just need to give up a little bit more of ourselves to get it. The other major thematic exploration is a classic tale of greed. Never being able to see when what we have is already enough. This is explored from the opening shots of the film where we see our isolated character as viewing himself as incomplete and searching for a way to feel whole. What I wanted to do was to take this character and tantalize him with the possibility of fulfilling his dreams, taking him into his own Aladdin’s cave and at first making him feel like he has gained control before swiftly pulling that rug from under him. My production designer, Marc Ingham, and cinematographer, James Watson, worked closely together when designing the set. We wanted to make sure that the discovery of the mysterious room didn’t simply feel like an extension of the normal world but rather a highly conceptualized version of it. This for me was the manifestation of the unseen powers that be which govern our lives. From that moment on this room itself is a character and without our main character even realizing it this room becomes the antagonist ultimately twisting things to its own end. The Third Hand was design to first and foremost entertain, enthrall and shock but I designed to furnish the unusual world with familiar iconography that we would all recognize so that the audience could see a slice of themselves in our protagonist and I hope that the film leaves audiences wanting to see more."
I'm glad that I read this summary of the film. I found the idea of this film to be quite perceptive. For me, the 90's was the last great decade...while some things will never change, there weren't any underlying taunts from social media for us to have to prove ourselves. His expression at @1:19 though😆😁 & that vending machine✋ @5:45 ...nice work!
You should have read those comic books I used to read in the early and mid 1970s. Things with titles like Vault of evil and Mansion of darkness, which were reprints of 1940s and 1950s horror comics. In fact, at first I thought you were going in the direction of one in which it was a witch hunter who caught a witch by purchasing Love Potion from her and also receiving a special bag from her, in which he would say a phrase and a golden Florin would drop out. I was thinking this was going to be a story like that one. So take yourself to the comic book shop that Sheldon and his friends go to and get those horror comics from the 60s and 70s. If the candy bar had been a Fifth Avenue, it would have been worth it.
I think that it was more from shock and the adrenaline wearing off. Your body can basically become paralyzed when something as traumatic as a limb getting severed happens. So, I think that he died from his heart giving out due to the shock.
I think what this film is saying, is that we all have things that make us imperfect. We need to embrace these imperfections, because the more we stress about trying to "fix" ourselves the further we fall into insanity, willing to lose a hand to gain a finger. And ultimately destroying ourselves
Seemed more like the writer got stoned, wanted a candy bar and as a stoned mind tends to do, he started thinking about the vending machine eating his hand. A little rework once his mind is clear and there you go. Not saying you're wrong. You cold be spot on, however it seems that everyone wants to give this stuff a deep meaning when it probably has none. Just the fruits of a stoned person craving a candy bar.
Well said. Even if this was or was not it's true intention as everyone can get their own idea of what it means to them. In this world we live we are brainwashed/manipulated into thinking what beauty and success is. Maybe true success is accepting we're not perfect and just be happy with what you've got.
the actor was a perfect choice, his expressions are incredibly unsettling. thank you youtube recommendations for leading me to this, love the stuff you show alter!
@@stacymcgee5378 Exactly!!! The amount of money that I would've cloned.... hand surgery, luxury cars, big house, and other expensive things would be possible after I got finished.😁👍🏾
SPOILER ALERT. My personal take on this is that the man lost his finger somehow, at any point in the past, probably at work with machinery (perhaps a copy machine, since it is shown here). We know he has lost a finger at some point due to the emphasis on his hand where it is missing. He eventually becomes obsessed with the idea of getting a 'normal' hand back, so he resorts to desperate measures. The candy bar is opened and consumed, so therefor, damaged. However, once the man places it on the copy machine, it comes out as if it had never been opened, damaged. The candy bars being compulsively copied could represent his inability to adapt to something he already has, so feels he needs to make exact copies of what it was before it was damaged (in this context, his hand). Him copying the hand and cutting it off, could be interpreted as him going and doing surgery, given his desperate nature, most likely illegal or risky surgery. When he dies at the end, it could symbolise that the surgery went wrong or he did not get desired results from it, leading him to be consumed by his desire to have what he once did. His hand. This is just my personal take on it, I could be completely wrong.
@@pakde8002 Exactly, which means my explanation could be one of many, symbolism and the meaning behind something is different for everyone due to our past experiences. I just gave my interpretation 👍
I think the nightmare he had with cutting his hand off with the selling machine was a symbolism about how he lost his fingers, rather than it being the copying machine. I think he was some kind of a engeneeir employee and he accidentally lost his fingers to a machine, then later he lost his job for another machine that would do the job he did 10 times better and faster(the copying machine). He then gets enraged but also fascinated with what Technology can do. And then the rest goes as the same as your theory.
Ja das denke ich auch. Yes, I think so, too. Der Kopierer hat ihm sogar noch eine Chance gegeben. The copier even gave him another chance. Hat bei seinem ersten Mal drücken nicht geklappt! Did not work the first time he pressed! Greetings from Berlin
REVENGE of the Vending machine. From my perspective, the vending machine, and copier are an evil couple and when the man manhandled the vending machine, the copier got furious and unleashed its evil powers on the poor man.
No, that was the only way cause there was no original finger. To think of it, the missing finger was the one that wedding rings are worn. Maybe he had a bad divorce so he had that finger cut off
He had the strength and fortitude to amputate his hand in a paper cutter, staple a new one to the bloody arm stump, and the irony of choking on a candy bar called "finger"
I love how this movies, without having too much scenes and words, can give you an uneasy feeling! This movie also grows depending on the viewers; you can interpret this to many conclusions. Beautiful
You guys should make your own production house for feature films ....y'all are really good at executing the screenplay. Far better than all those useless horror shits hollywood is making these days. Thanks for all these short horror treats. Love you. Keep entertaining us.
Thank you for saying this - and you're in luck. We're working on a few feature films from the ground up right now, and will be releasing the sci-fi horror feature film SEA FEVER on April 10th with the sci-fi studio @WatchDUST
A small perhaps, overlooked, detail is that the copy machine doesn't make 'perfect' copies. If you look closely at @3:36 onwards you can see the packets either have copy numbers that differ, or elongated 'E's. When the man first finds the machine it also says 'error'. Perhaps these hint at the tainted nature of anything the machine produces?
He cut his hand...stapled a new one....felt no pain...nether fainted....no blood loss....but he died because he choked on a candy bar..... Trying to give us a msg...One should be careful while eating a Candy bar...
Gotta hand it to you Alter, this was an engrossing ride into the dark depths of delirium and insanity. A masterful production and one that deserves great applause.👍
I felt like he had died after the food machine crushed him to death and he was in purgatory for a while... He could've copied money but all he wanted were _chocolate, new glasses and a new hand..._ I think sometimes we can get greedy and _too_ much of *one* thing is bad for you... I really enjoyed this one! Reminds me of the weird things that happen in your dreams/nightmares! 🌚✨
moo kun that’s a good take on it but that part was just a part of his imagination. I think he was hoping he could find a bunch of random hands so he wouldn’t have to do what he did to his own.
Ah, I see... 😦 I thought it was a flashback of his death, like that's what happened instead of the beginning when he gets the chocolate bar... I think you're right, he does seem hopeful instead 😮 Thank you〜 ♡
@@xxvillaintenshixx9187 I don't know quite enough about that series to really get what you mean. Most of the anime I watch is stuff like Shiki, Higurashi, and Death Parade: brutal as hell and/or might completely destroy all your warm and fuzzies. What I've seen of it, though, it looks fun.
Greed can kill a man. It can never make him like the guy in this video tried to be... But can only break him as was shown here. My perspective to this video. Awesome work Alter💕 Your videos are getting matured by every post
I loved this short film, such a surreal experience and the actor really did a great job pulling us into this bizzare world. My interpretation of the film is this: The man goes to get a candy bar, and he shows an angry desperation for it when it doesn't come out. The machine senses this vulnerability, and lets him into this other-dimensional room. The room is kept simple so that even a man like him can understand it: it contains an office copier that can not only duplicate items, but duplicates them in their original, or perhaps "perfect" state. The man figures this out by copying the candy bar, and his greed makes him try to take the machine out of the room for his personal use. However, he is knocked out and the machine shows him that he can have what he always wanted (a new hand) but perhaps at a great cost (the machine falls over and kills him in the dream). With the idea planted in his mind, and ignoring the warning, the man uses everyday office implements to cut his hand and graft a new one to his arm. The use of ordinary office supplies represents that anyone could have done this, there is nothing exclusive about the room or this man's situation. The man then chokes to death on a candy bar, which could be just from the consequences of his greed, but I think this is saying that our desires are meaningless because ultimately we are all going to end up with the same fate (i.e we are all going to die someday). The clock in the room is broken when the man first enters, perhaps signaling that the man is unable to move on and accept the fact that he has an "imperfect" hand (my interpretation was that he was born like this, not that he lost a finger in an accident) hence creating his own insecurities and personal hell. When he dies at the end, it acts as a sort of release for him and the clock is able to move forward again.
This is when you take your candy and go, uh the first time 😜. What happens when you're trapped in a dead end job. He just doesn't know when to stop... Lol Anything to get to the end of the day. Thanks Alter for giving me entertainment on a Monday. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
The clock is truely the second character in the movie ! The light reflections on it look like monster eyes... and I love the way she "looks" at the man just before the end... Brilliant !
Would entirely eliminate the need for organ donors. Since its an exact copy but undamaged, you could take out the dying organ, make a quick copy, put new working organ back in. Hypothetically would be same blood type and all, since it's an exact copy.
medical? Nah, think literally anything that fits into that scanner space. Need more super rare metal, just print a slab. Get some reverse engineering teams on there and you've got the next manufacturing system of the world.
I gotta hand it to ya, this is hands down one of the best films I ever seen handled so perfectly I know this probably doesnt make sense but that printing machine really comes in handy I'll see myself out
00:36 for such a passive looking character, that rage came out of nowhere! Edit: Read synopsis and now see why it lay there, underneath. 4:56 Always been paranoid about putting my hand into machines with lids, hatches or doors. ✋😲😥. 😜😂😂😂 Overall, Kafkaneque with a brilliant performance from Tom and I enjoyed it immensely, as horror built upon horror! Definitely going in my collection.
Well I think the film was about the greedy nature of the human mind and its quest of satisfaction and ungratefulness.We are never satisfied with what we have and keep craving for more.I guess the craving for the chocolate(sugar craving) is a metaphor for human craving(for fulfillment or perfection).The craving leads him to insanity at the end where he is ready to sacrifice his hand for a new one.I loved the foreshadowing where in his hallucination(or dream),he saw his hand getting cut when he tries to get a new one.This shows that even when we know that a thing is going to destroy us,the craving still hampers our decision making and makes us take the wrong decisions.I also liked the way they played with the clock,how it was stuck on 4:21(the angel number that represents satisfaction or success) and the glasses. Such a well thought film. Great work by the director and the crew. Thank you ALTER for these amazing films
The lens on his glasses is broken, he's missing a finger and he tries to fix things in the most unconventional nonsensical way imaginable🤔 he must be an engineer🤦😂
While most other shorts are just flat and cheap scares, these have a real message behind the horror, connecting it to the viewer. That makes it a million times more scary. I love it.
He fixated on his flaw - or, at the very least, what HE saw as a flaw. It caused him to be driven to insanity and after he FINALLY got what he wanted - a new hand - he ended up dying. It shows that if you fixate on what you DON'T have, you just might end up wasting your life away.
The thumbnail of the vending machine with hands makes me think back to llamas with hats- "My stomach was making the rumblies that only hands could satisfy."
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A statement from director Yoni Weisberg:
"I grew up on a (un)healthy diet of cinema. My mum and I went every week to the local Ritz Video and we would rent 2 films all to be watched that Friday night, and the first time she let me pick I chose
Robocop and A Nightmare on Elm Street - from that day on I was absolutely hooked on brash genre filmmaking. Horror and Sci-fi have always been such potent vessels in which we can pour subversive societal commentary, and that is what I tried to create with The Third Hand.
Since completing my studies in Film I had always wanted to make another short film, but it felt important to me that I learn more about my craft before finally investing all of the required blood, sweat and tears into another personal project. This film was the culmination of years of discarded ideas and other films on the ash heap.
I had always been driven to create a genre based parable which I felt reflected some of what I see as fundamental flaws within society. The drama at the centre of my film comes from a man who has had
his own wants and dreams ground down the absolute minimum. He views himself as fundamentally flawed, and therefore undeserving - this to me is a commentary on his position in life, one which I don’t see as unfamiliar to the world at large. The majority of the world’s population is subjugated in one sense or another and one of the themes of this film is about the treachery of that situation. Being told that we are not in control of our own destiny and constantly being pushed by forces beyond our control towards our inevitable self destruction by offering us things we don’t need and insisting that we just need to give up a little bit more of ourselves to get it.
The other major thematic exploration is a classic tale of greed. Never being able to see when what we have is already enough. This is explored from the opening shots of the film where we see our isolated character as viewing himself as incomplete and searching for a way to feel whole. What I wanted to do was to take this character and tantalize him with the possibility of fulfilling his dreams, taking him into his own Aladdin’s cave and at first making him feel like he has gained control before swiftly pulling that rug from under him.
My production designer, Marc Ingham, and cinematographer, James Watson, worked closely together when designing the set. We wanted to make sure that the discovery of the mysterious room didn’t simply feel like an extension of the normal world but rather a highly conceptualized version of it. This for me was the manifestation of the unseen powers that be which govern our lives. From that moment on this room itself is a character and without our main character even realizing it this room becomes the antagonist ultimately twisting things to its own end.
The Third Hand was design to first and foremost entertain, enthrall and shock but I designed to furnish the unusual world with familiar iconography that we would all recognize so that the audience could see a slice of themselves in our protagonist and I hope that the film leaves audiences wanting to see more."
🦌lol true lol 🦌
I'm glad that I read this summary of the film. I found the idea of this film to be quite perceptive. For me, the 90's was the last great decade...while some things will never change, there weren't any underlying taunts from social media for us to have to prove ourselves. His expression at @1:19 though😆😁 & that vending machine✋ @5:45 ...nice work!
This was not good. If you have to read the summary of a film to understand the film it's not a good film.
You should have read those comic books I used to read in the early and mid 1970s. Things with titles like Vault of evil and Mansion of darkness, which were reprints of 1940s and 1950s horror comics. In fact, at first I thought you were going in the direction of one in which it was a witch hunter who caught a witch by purchasing Love Potion from her and also receiving a special bag from her, in which he would say a phrase and a golden Florin would drop out. I was thinking this was going to be a story like that one. So take yourself to the comic book shop that Sheldon and his friends go to and get those horror comics from the 60s and 70s.
If the candy bar had been a Fifth Avenue, it would have been worth it.
Genuine work of art!
he just cut his hand, printed a new one and stapled it to his wrist. But he just died because he choke on a candy bar. I'm dead
Marina P Ong like wtf😂
No he is....😂😂😂
I think that it was more from shock and the adrenaline wearing off. Your body can basically become paralyzed when something as traumatic as a limb getting severed happens. So, I think that he died from his heart giving out due to the shock.
@@autumnemerald1019 interesting theory
@@HareHaven
Thank you!
I think what this film is saying, is that we all have things that make us imperfect. We need to embrace these imperfections, because the more we stress about trying to "fix" ourselves the further we fall into insanity, willing to lose a hand to gain a finger. And ultimately destroying ourselves
lemon arts ohhhh that does seem like the plot
Seemed more like the writer got stoned, wanted a candy bar and as a stoned mind tends to do, he started thinking about the vending machine eating his hand. A little rework once his mind is clear and there you go.
Not saying you're wrong. You cold be spot on, however it seems that everyone wants to give this stuff a deep meaning when it probably has none. Just the fruits of a stoned person craving a candy bar.
Great analysis
Well hats off to you...bc i did not have any concepts or idea as to understanding what this was about.
Thanks! 😊
Well said. Even if this was or was not it's true intention as everyone can get their own idea of what it means to them. In this world we live we are brainwashed/manipulated into thinking what beauty and success is. Maybe true success is accepting we're not perfect and just be happy with what you've got.
this guys tolerance for pain is impeccable not even a scream...
I scraped my knee and screamed like a whale in labour
A few whimpers, but he really felt convinced it was worth it.
My reply to that observation is that he must be an accountant. Looks like one anyway.
Coz it's not real... In reality there's lot of screaming.
so true
the actor was a perfect choice, his expressions are incredibly unsettling.
thank you youtube recommendations for leading me to this, love the stuff you show alter!
Yup exactly like how I felt as well...
Absolutely,
Truu
Incredibly unsettling is a nice way to say gormless fu**
@@dripstar6183 HAHHAHAHAHAHA
I don't know if it was intentional or not, but I loved how the lighting made the clock look like an eye.
It almost looked like the room was sadistically grinning at the end there. ..
It does look like an evil eye!!
Omg yeah. I thought the same!
@@MichelleSPodcast where?@
@@Myrtillepeacherry 2:17
I would've just cloned 100 dollar bills. 🤷🏾♂️
That's what I was thinking😁😂😂😂 and whatever other money was in my wallet 🤑
@@stacymcgee5378
Exactly!!! The amount of money that I would've cloned.... hand surgery, luxury cars, big house, and other expensive things would be possible after I got finished.😁👍🏾
Exactly. That was my first thought.😂😂💯💁
That actually makes sense lol. How bout I cut off my hand and clone it instead? Great idea lol
You also would have cloned the serial numbers.
SPOILER ALERT.
My personal take on this is that the man lost his finger somehow, at any point in the past, probably at work with machinery (perhaps a copy machine, since it is shown here). We know he has lost a finger at some point due to the emphasis on his hand where it is missing.
He eventually becomes obsessed with the idea of getting a 'normal' hand back, so he resorts to desperate measures.
The candy bar is opened and consumed, so therefor, damaged. However, once the man places it on the copy machine, it comes out as if it had never been opened, damaged.
The candy bars being compulsively copied could represent his inability to adapt to something he already has, so feels he needs to make exact copies of what it was before it was damaged (in this context, his hand).
Him copying the hand and cutting it off, could be interpreted as him going and doing surgery, given his desperate nature, most likely illegal or risky surgery.
When he dies at the end, it could symbolise that the surgery went wrong or he did not get desired results from it, leading him to be consumed by his desire to have what he once did. His hand.
This is just my personal take on it, I could be completely wrong.
Pak De Not in detail he just described his interpretation, symbolism is open ended
@@pakde8002 Exactly, which means my explanation could be one of many, symbolism and the meaning behind something is different for everyone due to our past experiences. I just gave my interpretation 👍
Brilliant analogy
Completely wrong.
Look at the filmmakers synopsis and see.
I think the nightmare he had with cutting his hand off with the selling machine was a symbolism about how he lost his fingers, rather than it being the copying machine. I think he was some kind of a engeneeir employee and he accidentally lost his fingers to a machine, then later he lost his job for another machine that would do the job he did 10 times better and faster(the copying machine). He then gets enraged but also fascinated with what Technology can do. And then the rest goes as the same as your theory.
He looks like he needed a hand there
Just Some Guy without a Mustache 👀
Just Some Guy without a Mustache om-
Just Some Guy without a Mustache oh I get it🤣
It took me a few seconds to finger out your pun 😂
Jellal!!!
No body is perfect. Accept that and you live. Simple.
Ja das denke ich auch.
Yes, I think so, too.
Der Kopierer hat ihm sogar noch eine Chance gegeben.
The copier even gave him another chance.
Hat bei seinem ersten Mal drücken nicht geklappt!
Did not work the first time he pressed!
Greetings from Berlin
Kanbulo Moosa acceptance is a hard thing to do for so many ppl... wish it wasn't!
Arm Collector yea... I can’t accept that you collect Arm 🤣🤣🤣
Kanbulo Moosa we all collect something lol!!
Arm Collector 🤣🤣
REVENGE of the Vending machine. From my perspective, the vending machine, and copier are an evil couple and when the man manhandled the vending machine, the copier got furious and unleashed its evil powers on the poor man.
HAGHAH
@Muhammad A very amateurish review.
they're dating
I'd pay to see this movie you've come up with.
Me: ok you can print yourself a new finger
The man: cuting his all hand and stapling a new one
Me: umm.. i guess its work too...
Yeah he didn't have to cut off his whole hand to replace 1 finger.
No, that was the only way cause there was no original finger.
To think of it, the missing finger was the one that wedding rings are worn. Maybe he had a bad divorce so he had that finger cut off
He had the strength and fortitude to amputate his hand in a paper cutter, staple a new one to the bloody arm stump, and the irony of choking on a candy bar called "finger"
I love how this movies, without having too much scenes and words, can give you an uneasy feeling! This movie also grows depending on the viewers; you can interpret this to many conclusions. Beautiful
You guys should make your own production house for feature films ....y'all are really good at executing the screenplay. Far better than all those useless horror shits hollywood is making these days. Thanks for all these short horror treats. Love you. Keep entertaining us.
Thank you for saying this - and you're in luck. We're working on a few feature films from the ground up right now, and will be releasing the sci-fi horror feature film SEA FEVER on April 10th with the sci-fi studio @WatchDUST
@@WatchALTER that's a great news ...looking forward to watch it.
why didnt he print money on the machine?>?
Dude's dumb as a door.
They made their own candy brand for a short film
It's amazing how this film can have absolutely no dialogue and still get a message across truly brilliant
ur mom.
A small perhaps, overlooked, detail is that the copy machine doesn't make 'perfect' copies. If you look closely at @3:36 onwards you can see the packets either have copy numbers that differ, or elongated 'E's. When the man first finds the machine it also says 'error'. Perhaps these hint at the tainted nature of anything the machine produces?
He just had to work late that night.
The company was a bit.. Short-handed
.. Okay imma leave now.
😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
He cut his hand...stapled a new one....felt no pain...nether fainted....no blood loss....but he died because he choked on a candy bar.....
Trying to give us a msg...One should be careful while eating a Candy bar...
Okay so I guess I'm the only one craving that chocolate now..
Nah nah im in😂
Butter FINGERS
Gotta hand it to you Alter, this was an engrossing ride into the dark depths of delirium and insanity. A masterful production and one that deserves great applause.👍
I felt like he had died after the food machine crushed him to death and he was in purgatory for a while... He could've copied money but all he wanted were _chocolate, new glasses and a new hand..._ I think sometimes we can get greedy and _too_ much of *one* thing is bad for you... I really enjoyed this one! Reminds me of the weird things that happen in your dreams/nightmares! 🌚✨
moo kun that’s a good take on it but that part was just a part of his imagination. I think he was hoping he could find a bunch of random hands so he wouldn’t have to do what he did to his own.
Ah, I see... 😦
I thought it was a flashback of his death, like that's what happened instead of the beginning when he gets the chocolate bar... I think you're right, he does seem hopeful instead 😮
Thank you〜 ♡
Money wouldn't have worked. It's an exact copy every time and if all your bills have the same serial number it'd be suspicious.
@@moo-kun ur mom.
ur mom.
dark,strange,weird and bloody-i love it. its like a mini "short for twilight zone-or outer limits. props to the crew for making this excellent lil one
The first thing that ran through my head when I saw the thumbnail:
"CAAAAAARRRLLLLL!!!"
Well, when you crave hands...
lmao 🦙 🤣🤣
Oh...I thought it was an MHA reference...
@@xxvillaintenshixx9187 I don't know quite enough about that series to really get what you mean. Most of the anime I watch is stuff like Shiki, Higurashi, and Death Parade: brutal as hell and/or might completely destroy all your warm and fuzzies. What I've seen of it, though, it looks fun.
Greed can kill a man. It can never make him like the guy in this video tried to be... But can only break him as was shown here.
My perspective to this video.
Awesome work Alter💕
Your videos are getting matured by every post
He died just because he choked on a candy bar💀
His operation was successful.
That was terrifying the part when The candy bar got stuck😱😱
I loved this short film, such a surreal experience and the actor really did a great job pulling us into this bizzare world.
My interpretation of the film is this: The man goes to get a candy bar, and he shows an angry desperation for it when it doesn't come out. The machine senses this vulnerability, and lets him into this other-dimensional room. The room is kept simple so that even a man like him can understand it: it contains an office copier that can not only duplicate items, but duplicates them in their original, or perhaps "perfect" state. The man figures this out by copying the candy bar, and his greed makes him try to take the machine out of the room for his personal use. However, he is knocked out and the machine shows him that he can have what he always wanted (a new hand) but perhaps at a great cost (the machine falls over and kills him in the dream). With the idea planted in his mind, and ignoring the warning, the man uses everyday office implements to cut his hand and graft a new one to his arm. The use of ordinary office supplies represents that anyone could have done this, there is nothing exclusive about the room or this man's situation. The man then chokes to death on a candy bar, which could be just from the consequences of his greed, but I think this is saying that our desires are meaningless because ultimately we are all going to end up with the same fate (i.e we are all going to die someday). The clock in the room is broken when the man first enters, perhaps signaling that the man is unable to move on and accept the fact that he has an "imperfect" hand (my interpretation was that he was born like this, not that he lost a finger in an accident) hence creating his own insecurities and personal hell. When he dies at the end, it acts as a sort of release for him and the clock is able to move forward again.
Damn... 😳.. it's a good thing this wasn't called "the third leg"... fellas, imagine how THAT would have went down.. 🤔🤣
😂
Woah there Jigsaw...
🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
8:21 maybe the candy bar was a little dry 🤷🏽♀️
Maybe.
I think that he went into shock from the adrenaline wearing off and ended up dying from that.
This is when you take your candy and go, uh the first time 😜. What happens when you're trapped in a dead end job.
He just doesn't know when to stop... Lol Anything to get to the end of the day.
Thanks Alter for giving me entertainment on a Monday.
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R W thank you for watching! Stay ALTERed.
2:17 The clock seems to be broken, probably indicating that the world he's in isn't real.
I noticed how at the end the clock was not stuck in limbo anymore.
You guys at ALTER really know horror and it shows in every video ❤️✊
The clock is truely the second character in the movie ! The light reflections on it look like monster eyes... and I love the way she "looks" at the man just before the end... Brilliant !
Could see the eyes too....
Also saw 1 big eye.. Like the empty stare... From a Cyclops
Woah! This is both the longest and weirdest advert for a 3D printer I have ever seen.
I’m not a doctor, but even I can see the medical possibilities with that copy machine.
Would entirely eliminate the need for organ donors. Since its an exact copy but undamaged, you could take out the dying organ, make a quick copy, put new working organ back in. Hypothetically would be same blood type and all, since it's an exact copy.
medical? Nah, think literally anything that fits into that scanner space. Need more super rare metal, just print a slab. Get some reverse engineering teams on there and you've got the next manufacturing system of the world.
I gotta hand it to ya, this is hands down one of the best films I ever seen handled so perfectly
I know this probably doesnt make sense but that printing machine really comes in handy
I'll see myself out
Rhea chan you’re a dork 😂😉❤️
ur mom.
00:36 for such a passive looking character, that rage came out of nowhere!
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Read synopsis and now see why it lay there, underneath.
4:56 Always been paranoid about putting my hand into machines with lids, hatches or doors. ✋😲😥. 😜😂😂😂
Overall, Kafkaneque with a brilliant performance from Tom and I enjoyed it immensely, as horror built upon horror!
Definitely going in my collection.
Should of had a Butterfinger instead.
nah, new butterfinger is terrible, it would have killed him anyway
You got that right!!! 😋❤️
Well I think the film was about the greedy nature of the human mind and its quest of satisfaction and ungratefulness.We are never satisfied with what we have and keep craving for more.I guess the craving for the chocolate(sugar craving) is a metaphor for human craving(for fulfillment or perfection).The craving leads him to insanity at the end where he is ready to sacrifice his hand for a new one.I loved the foreshadowing where in his hallucination(or dream),he saw his hand getting cut when he tries to get a new one.This shows that even when we know that a thing is going to destroy us,the craving still hampers our decision making and makes us take the wrong decisions.I also liked the way they played with the clock,how it was stuck on 4:21(the angel number that represents satisfaction or success) and the glasses.
Such a well thought film.
Great work by the director and the crew.
Thank you ALTER for these amazing films
Well damn!!!! When work
Life gets out of hand !
last time i was this early i was still allowed outside 😂
Everyone who ever worked on weekend in office alone knows the feeling.
Man, Yoshikage Kira would love this.
Yoshikage Kira would enjoy that machine.
Repeat for eternity in an upper level of Hell. This film is like a great metal song: aggressive, mean, brutal and really well done! Thank you!
I can’t wait for the sequel “The Third Leg”
Great short film. I saw this at a film festival last year on a big screen and it really worked with the creepy atmosphere and surreal imagery.
ur mom.
This is designed and filmed so incredibly well
The guy: Losses hand
Also the guy: Oh there goes my hand again
I can tell there is a deeper meaning but I am just befuddled on what it could be.
The candy bar called “FINGERS” is such a cool sneaky addition👍🏻
The lens on his glasses is broken, he's missing a finger and he tries to fix things in the most unconventional nonsensical way imaginable🤔 he must be an engineer🤦😂
Fantastic production value and storytelling.
Ah, yes. Pulling an ol' Ethan Winters by stapling your severed hand back onto your bloody stump.
I see what you're doing there.
Sound design had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Amazing work.
Very good.i would of printed a million dollars then had surgery on my hand.
Probably spent his last physical dollar on the candy bar
The sound effects are genus
While most other shorts are just flat and cheap scares, these have a real message behind the horror, connecting it to the viewer. That makes it a million times more scary. I love it.
Great message
I love alter because it never fails to disgust me 😶
Best film I've seen without dialogue.
I am a simple man - in quarantine. I see Alter video notifications, I click.
Very strange little film, sort of in an absurdist vein. Well done.
Seriously though, that was some weird loop I felt I was in and like I kept thinking that I had been at the office too long. Great acting.
Well thought character, we all must have met him along the way, and that part of him in us we contain. I liked this.
See that's why I never want to work in the corporate world, it will definitely make you crazy as hell !!
One of those horror vids I cant stop my brain from producing a SCP EUCLID report.
Latest SCP details
This SCP can *CLASSIFIED*
He fixated on his flaw - or, at the very least, what HE saw as a flaw. It caused him to be driven to insanity and after he FINALLY got what he wanted - a new hand - he ended up dying. It shows that if you fixate on what you DON'T have, you just might end up wasting your life away.
bruh why is this me right now because all the good food restaurants are closed💀
+Alter . He should of had a Snickers. Lol Thanks I am disturbed earlier than usual ( "You deserve to be Disturbed ).👍🖤
Raven Nevermore we all deserve to be disturbed! 🖤
@@WatchALTER are you from america???
@Vasanthi ok you tell me where is he from??
@Vasanthi but where are you from???
@Vasanthi I am from Pakistan rawalpindi
Marvelous! His acting is great!
I DIDNT KNOW THAT A HUMAN COULD BE THIS CRAZY .......OHH GOD HELP ME
=ALTER U NICE BUDDY .KEEP GOING WE LOVE U
Entertainment in the time of pandemic. Thank you, Alter!
*After this a Kit Kat ad came.*
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"Magical Office Supplies, how can I help you?"
The thumbnail of the vending machine with hands makes me think back to llamas with hats-
"My stomach was making the rumblies that only hands could satisfy."
That was a mind blower.
Wait, you tell me that he cut off his hand, somehow put anotherone, and died of choking
Ikr, I said the same thing. So after enduring all that pain be then dies from a candy?
Sometimes Life give us a chance to fix our mistakes , but because of greed we loses everything
That was brilliant!!!!
A short horror film that isn’t about someone alone at night in a creepy hose with no satisfactory conclusion?!? You have treated us!!!
Loved this because I’ve had this idea of cheesecake from the xerox machine. 💅🏻
I've always had this irrational fear that the vending machine flap would cut off my hand ✋ Nice to see an ALTERnative twist on that fear!
Man,this guy was a chocolate lover and a half 🍫🍫🍫
This printer has the SCP foundation SHAKING-
Don't be GREEDY. There's so much you can have for free.
Oh my! What an imagination, being able to staple your hand back on. This man enjoyed his candy bars! This film was very interesting!
There's no such thing as ugly, only perfect. Everyone is beautiful♡
I was eating...
But, it was great. Loved it.
Where my ALTER Fans at?!?!
That was awesome 👌👌👌
Got to hand it to the film makers, this was good
Guys from "Office Space" would come in handy 😂
I really liked this film well done!
Well done!!!!!
Loved it!!
Dang…it really sounded like that background noise at 01:10 was coming from outside my window. Siren Head be hunting. 😂