Aerosol - Late Film

"When an ant appears on the factory belt, a worker's life changes forever."

A Worker is making aerosol cans on a Tayloresque factory floor.

The routine of his job is wrecked when an ant crawls into his machine. The game of cat and mouse, fueled by paranoia and hatred, begins and ultimately ends with the destruction of the machine that provides the Worker's livelihood.

The ant, feeling guilty, tries to help reconstruct the machine. From this moment, the Worker begins to realise that there is more to being human than his life to that point has lead him to believe.

Set in what appears to be a totalitarian, socialist, industrial retro-future; Aerosol is a very visually appealing short film. The set design is very reminiscent of Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's The City of Lost Children as well as later features such as Ernie Barbarash's horror sequel Cube Zero. Fusing with this increasingly popular but still very appealing future-retro styling is a very fitting sonic backdrop with the machine and worker creating / contributing to the music, think similar to the scene Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi with the workers in the field.

Although the film feels a little like a high quality television advert or music video at times, I guess as a result of the limited screen time, it does manage to be fun and thought provoking. Although maybe not as deep as it thinks it is; a worker in a repetitive job feels animosity towards an ant and then finds an understanding and a common ground. You would have to be pretty unintelligent not to see the allegory, still its delightful in its simplicity, sometimes we miss the obvious because it's all around us and things like this can be a wake up call and a reminder.

The CGI ant while strikingly cute against the films Industrial background is a very effective and emotive character, who will bring out a warm fuzzy feeling in all but the most hardened viewer.

Wojciech Wawrzyniak and his team have created a great short, if you get the chance to catch it, make sure you do it’s a delightful little film.

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