SNAPSHOT
It’s been almost 200 years since “the final war”, and the masses dwell in a grimy underground metropolis, controlled by their totalitarian government’s cruel police force. It’s a grim future indeed… until one desperate man lucky enough to own a very special pair of shoes accidentally inspires an uprising. (synopsis via Gizmodo)
Next to life, which as Jeff Goldbum reminded us is Jurassic Park “will always out”, freedom is the next great universal constant (next to perhaps love) which will always rise to the top.
No matter how brutal and diabolical a regime may be, history has shown again and again that sooner or later, people will rise up and tyrannical governments will fall.
It’s not a matter of “if” but “when”, an historical constant that finds rich expression in Helio, another of the uniformly excellent short films from DUST, which describes itself as “the first multi-platform destination for binge watchable sci-fi”.
Given how compellingly well-written and realised, each of their short films like Helio, I can personally attest to their bingeable nature.
Helio is right up there with the best of their output, a brilliant testament to humanity’s irrepressible willingness to do what it takes to be free, that pulls no punches when it comes to what the cost is, but affirms again and again that it is always worth paying.