Sci-Fi Short Film “Anomaly"

Sci-Fi Short Film “Anomaly" | DUST

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A 1960s space-race drama.
"Anomaly" by Dan Difelice & Salomon Ligthelm
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More About Anomaly:
Set against the space-race canvas of the 1960's, Anomaly is inspired by the traditional Christmas Nativity and explores, through a modern-day lens, the events of two-thousand years ago. It is a story about relationships that intertwine around an unprecedented astronomical event, as a couple navigate life's realities at a time of unfathomable significance.
Filmed on location in NYC, Maine, Kansas, and Colorado, the film features Christian Cooke, Lexi Johnson, Andrew Sensenig, and Anthony Lopez.
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@fonduesurstromming4914 5 жыл бұрын

DUST has become my favorite show on Saturday night

@nadky2297 5 жыл бұрын

Me too >_

@watchdust 5 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great night

@xoxo-sf1zg 5 жыл бұрын

@@watchdust good night!

@DavesNotHereEither 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's a good KZfaq Channel

@fonduesurstromming4914 5 жыл бұрын

@@watchdust Wow! My comment has been pinned!! Thanks! I get the feeling that great things happen to me this year♡

@jimevans4755 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best DUST my wife and I have seen, and we have watched quite a few. For those who have canned it, not being able to find meaning in the film, allow me to explain. Comets have been considered through out millennia to be "bringers of death," this one however occurred at the precise time life was being brought into the world. Thus one meaning for the name Anomaly. Secondly the astronaut did not die when he should have been destroyed by the comet. Third the scientist lost his wife and the child she carried when she hemorrhaged while he was working on his discovery/prediction of the comet and he was unable to be there for her; thus the comet did live up to the ancient prediction of being a "bringer of death." In addition Haley died during labor but as the comet appeared she resuscitated, again presenting an anomaly. Also, as the astronaut heard the baby cooing over their special frequency, he realized that he indeed was still very much in love with Haley thus love was reborn imparting life, as opposed to death, to love. We plan to re-watch to attain a better grasp of the philosophical nuances concerning the human condition.

@rickstorm4198 2 жыл бұрын

@Jim you are partially correct. Now, it's actually a modern allegory for the nativity scene. When you rewatch It that should helo decipher any misunderstandings. I'm not religious but found this piece moving nonetheless....

@lewistorres593 Жыл бұрын

How do you explain her pregnancy when he said they never did anything and she said there’s no one else.

@woodie62 Жыл бұрын

@@rickstorm4198 The one element out of sorts with the nativity comparison was that no father was present for this birth, being no man was responsible at conception in either case.

@TheXmaco Жыл бұрын

@@lewistorres593 They did only petting?

@slysneakly6465 Жыл бұрын

SPOILERS! 😄

@johncarey7786 3 жыл бұрын

This felt like an extended commercial for the newest perfume from Calvin Klein...ANOMALY

@kleven707 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yep

@alexandrevelloso3242 3 жыл бұрын

Eheeheehe hehehe hehehe hehehe hehehe hehehe hehehe hehehe

@accelwell7018 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my god. Lol

@snakeplisskin2570 2 жыл бұрын

I couldnt do it, bout 3 minutes in, bah!

@zenokarlsbach4292 2 жыл бұрын

cu[boards full of it. a bit extended though.

@bearsquatch 3 жыл бұрын

It's like they did all the filming and made a story out of the scenes they had available.

@RAZR_Channel 3 жыл бұрын

a shutterstock (stock footage) production

@marshalllaw123 3 жыл бұрын

The moral of the story is: if you gradually increase the volume, you create tension. Also, magical space babies.

@waynewilson1354 3 жыл бұрын

¹ 1¹ ¹

@BobStBubba 3 жыл бұрын

I started out thinking this was going to be a masterpiece of Found Footage, and it turned into a muddled religious MESS. Okay, the EDITING was "miraculous," I'll give it that.

@tr4480 2 жыл бұрын

Magic space babies. Lmao. Thats hilarious. But why hasn't Pixar or Disney made "Magic Space Baby: The Movie" yet?

@jesseallen3109 2 жыл бұрын

@@tr4480 so.. superman isn't a thing? joking. but he was essentially a space baby.

@KGBiH 2 жыл бұрын

@@jesseallen3109 I am definitely a thing.

@BobStBubba 4 жыл бұрын

It was like a film student: "Hey, prof! Look at these angles! Check the confusing back-forth-flashbacks! See the lighting? How bout when the comet went past? Cool, huh? And reasonably good acting, huh?" "Yes, Urkel, now all you need is a point, a theme, character development, resolution, and some stuff to actually happen. There's some promise there. Tenth grad will change a lot of things for you."

@taladze 4 жыл бұрын

That is exactly what was on my mind after watching.

@ModMINI 3 жыл бұрын

I gave up watching after about 10 minutes. Sounds like I made the right choice.

@alexb3617 3 жыл бұрын

this is underrated

@keekeefries6298 3 жыл бұрын

Mod MINI you did....36 min of my life I won’t get back....

@michaelhurst4818 3 жыл бұрын

Your words are like pennies. Copper, corroded and buried in the filth of a city street. Held together by the green of your envy. Lay flat against the ferment and ask for pardon lest you become the DUST from whence you came.

@jackcarterog001 3 жыл бұрын

Visually good, but the story was so bad that I was rooting for a direct impact from that comet

@purduephotog 3 жыл бұрын

There was a story?

@TraustiGeir Жыл бұрын

Gotta say, this left me with more questions than answers. It's like everything was a background prop: the comet, the orbiting photo lab, the defamed scientist, his wife and her miscarriage plus the apparent virgin birth. Also, who's grave was that? We got plenty of dots, but I see no thread to connect them.

@shawnerz98 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad I was not the only one confused! I have the same questions. This was shot and acted very well. But the plot has several gaping holes that leaves more questions than answers.

@Inertia888 3 жыл бұрын

I saw the absolute beauty of life. When humans are caught in the headlights of something so powerful that it may destroy everything or it may give new life, we stand in awe. Without the darkness of absolute loneliness, we would not experience the miracle of love.

@OslerWannabe 4 жыл бұрын

As a friend said to me over 50 years ago, in a slightly different context, "They can't all be gems." Nope. They can't. This is proof that ethereal music, glacial pacing, moody expressions and a Quixotic plot do not necessarily make you Ingmar Bergman.

@Stranger_In_The_Alps 3 жыл бұрын

We’re reaching levels of based that shouldn’t be possible

@lenisbennett3062 3 жыл бұрын

Are Woody Allen for that matter.

@BOBXFILES2374a 2 жыл бұрын

How about Ingmar Bergman in space?.....

@leeholmes9962 2 жыл бұрын

😬😬A😬😬

@bbariceo 2 жыл бұрын

Agree, 36 minutes waiting and hoping I didn't waste my time but oh well.

@TCG1200 3 жыл бұрын

I have been very impressed with most of the DUST content. This has lots of great imagery, but seems convoluted and shallow in actual content and story. Beyond artsy to a point of noise for nothing. Even some decent acting, but little for the characters to grab hold of. I have seen quite a few things in my day, where the end credits roll and I am left with a feeling of "What was that all about?" I just added another to that list. I am not a stupid or shallow individual - I hope. But I'm not sure what the purpose of this film really was. It eludes me.

@billg4517 2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly...

@magnificentmuttley2084 2 жыл бұрын

@Marcus Hyde - having watched ‘Anomaly’ a few minutes ago, I felt I wanted to comment on it. I was having difficulty finding meaningful words to convey my feelings. Then I read your comments. I too consider myself quite an intelligent and fair judge of the nuances of artistic creativity but rather than re-invent the wheel, if I may, I’ll just say “ditto”. I couldn’t have put it better myself. Some good acting (I can’t fault any of the performers) but the content didn’t do them many favours. I really wish I could be much kinder, and I really do want to be but this film, despite having very good production quality, was, sadly, a little lacking. Needs work for a full theatrical release, I would say.

@michaellyczak9337 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Good camera work, good CGI, but - what was the plot ? Reminds me of movies made in the 80's (American Anthem comes to mind), which were little more than music videos strung into a movie.

@anthonyb5279 2 жыл бұрын

I figured the writers we not capable of putting a good story together when they had the NASA guy say there is no president for a comet grazing our atmosphere. WOW!!!! gona write a story about comets and you don't know this happens every day. Then the 911 call... ummm yeah ok 911 system didn't happen outside of major cities till 1989. Then the big one!!! a space telescope in the days of film.. grrrrrr as one of the engineers that worked on the HST the suspension of disbelief just does not work. The first digital camera designed by Chuck Spoolhoff for mapping the moon came during the Apollo program and still would not have been suitable for a space telescope. Every aspect of the story shows the writers ignorance of the subject mater it addressed. This is basically an example of how NOT to do suspension of disbelief.

@turtle6455 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha... Anthony b, a woman magically became pregnant in this short. I think we can let those issues slide. Also, no one but you knows enough about the history of the 911 emergency system and such for it to be an issue for us. I think we just want the darn thing to make sense. Too many times I've sat though a short film waiting for a pay off at the end but only left with that wtf did I just watch feeling. I watch these shorts because I'm looking to be told a story. Instead, frequently I'm frustrated trying to interpret or create meaning. Ugh. There's another 36 minutes of my life wasted.

@wystannelson649 3 ай бұрын

I guess I’m one of the few in the comments that loved this. It’s may have not been straight forward but a lot of things in life aren’t. We live in a day and age where we just want to be entertained and not have to think. This was outside the box and refreshing to see. Try watching it again and let the story take you away without any judgment or thought. Ofc there are things I don’t like but overall I thought it was a beautifully shot and scored filmed that made me think throughout.

@krisaaron5771 3 жыл бұрын

Well, that's 36 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

@patstokes7040 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for letting be know before I got to 20minutes. It lost me when she said she was pregnant but they hadn't done it. That was it for me.

@robognome 5 жыл бұрын

Well done example of how to cram 5 minutes of story into a 36 minute video.

@robertoneill1979 5 жыл бұрын

Hmmm... I kinda suspected by 2 minutes. Thanks for the heads up ;)

@alphalunamare 5 жыл бұрын

that's the trouble with Luddites today .. they get a keyboard.

@gunners6034 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and let's call your beautifull house -a pile of brick, sand and wood. But you don't get it, don't you? 🤦‍♂️

@wutntarnation 4 жыл бұрын

I think the man who developed the "fast forward" feature should be given a knighthood.

@babydriver8134 4 жыл бұрын

Searching for light and ignoring HIM at the same moment. Doesn't anyone have faith in Jesus anymore?

@bernier1608 3 жыл бұрын

The look on those alien invaders' faces just before the astronaut blows their ship to pieces is priceless!

@Dude408f 2 жыл бұрын

LOL you’re an evil genius!

@LordDoome 11 ай бұрын

This is one of the best channels on youtube. Thank you for giving a platform for these creators and artist to tell their stories.

@Administrator_O-5 2 жыл бұрын

Details are everything, you can't use Apollo launch footage for a Gemini that used a completely different launch system.

@markconnelly183 15 күн бұрын

I think it was a Mercury capsule interior with a Gemini substituted for the undocking. Irregardless, it was so disjointed it was impossible to watch.

@ionia23 3 жыл бұрын

"The moral of the story is comets are bad for relationships." p.s. Someone forgot the flash fires and shockwave that just ignited and flattened everything below the path..

@semperintrepidus16 4 жыл бұрын

This one somehow reminded me of an old poem: The Night Has a Thousand Eyes Francis William Bourdillon THE NIGHT has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one; Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done.

@jepolch 2 жыл бұрын

36 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

@snaplash 8 ай бұрын

3:05 Original Polaroid camera: 1. There is no shutter release on the body, it's a small lever out near the lens. 2. You don't take another shot without pulling the tab to start the developing process on the first one and advancing the film for the next one. His second shot would result in the first one being ruined in a double exposure.

@longtimecoming3698 4 жыл бұрын

I love most their shorts, but this was like watching paint dry.

@yereverluvinuncleber 4 жыл бұрын

My gawd, you must be shallow.

@jefflindeman 4 жыл бұрын

long time coming & Julia Milford ~ What yereverluvinuncleber said. smh All I can say is, there's no accounting for cognitive ability. I guess that's why some of us find so much of the mindless tripe that serves the mainstream as the supposed pinnacle of achievement in the films arts to be as predictable and unchallenging as a hospital cafeteria entree.

@TKZprod 4 жыл бұрын

Shallow for what? For disliking boring movies?

@chuckcurtin 4 жыл бұрын

@@yereverluvinuncleber I guess I'm shallow too. Oh well.

@yereverluvinuncleber 4 жыл бұрын

@Chuck, nothing wrong with that, you are with the majority, most are...

@normhardy 3 жыл бұрын

It started out great and slowly my interest unraveled.

@evekollar3230 3 жыл бұрын

Superb screenwriting about ... well, anomalies ... the start not just of life but something being 'born' that isn't the norm for you. What spoke to me was those 'first time' moments we all have to face i.e. rejection, realization of something, death, yearning, understanding, love, fear, a beginning. Everyday we take for granted our way of being and fall into a routine then something different happens that creates a 'change', an awareness of something 'new' in our consciousness. For example you could be single for 50 years before finding love and that discovery gives life to a new way of being.

@drillgod666zobell7 2 жыл бұрын

The best comment I've read in a long time.👍

@m118lr Жыл бұрын

Humanity..and how we TREAT EACH OTHER..in the end, it’s ALL that really matters. GREAT film..kudos.

@kimivy7234 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful images, and almost a story line, confusing time periods, but as a whole, I don't get it.

@jupitergrls 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe like Mary & Joseph...an immaculate conception...since he clearly is baffled at how she became pregnant when they hadn't made love. Listen closely to the narration which is a commentary on how as humans we have lost our way...and how comets, when they make an appearance throughout history usually heralded in some amazing event. Perhaps the child that was born is such an event.

@tk000 4 жыл бұрын

I second this comment. Also, I was 4 beers deep when I watched it, so that may have played a role in why I didn't get it. Side note, immaculate conception and religion were invented by man.

@timrockman7 4 жыл бұрын

It seems that the video maker is more interested in making you feel things as opposed to 'getting it'.

@sarula72 4 жыл бұрын

lol, exactly!

@raymondwitter8101 4 жыл бұрын

@@tk000 artificial insemination of Mary by aliens is hinted at in the book Communion by Whitley Streiber.

@966Mako 5 жыл бұрын

Even my favourite movie Blade Runner had slow moments, but balanced with action. This was slow from start to finish, the lack of any pace just killed it for me. Doesn't matter how good a script may be or production values. Applaud the effort, it's hard work. In the immortal words of Mr Miyagi "find the balence"

@elianavarro3793 5 жыл бұрын

No action is necessary for that. We are addicts. We or you nedd adrenaline.

@bozboz4414 8 ай бұрын

Really?? Do you enjoy anything? Some people are impossible to please...got to be completely dense to not have liked this movie

@Dany-nv1fj 2 жыл бұрын

I think it is about existentialism, connection ( unity ) and how thing that we decide to do when things happened to us can affect others or ourself. It shows also the miracle of giving birth. It is a really sutil insinuation of all of that. Life is hard and could be dark but there are anomalies of bright and light. I liked it.

@Ingrid922 2 жыл бұрын

"More About Anomaly: Set against the space-race canvas of the 1960's, Anomaly is inspired by the traditional Christmas Nativity and explores, through a modern-day lens, the events of two-thousand years ago. It is a story about relationships that intertwine around an unprecedented astronomical event, as a couple navigate life's realities at a time of unfathomable significance. " Above the comment section there is more info, you have to click on the words.

@Lord_Starry 2 жыл бұрын

So the comet make magic baby? Eh?! This mustve been from before dust was really epic or smthn..ig we all start somewhere. Dust has come a long way n amped up our expectations! ~☆♡

@orogenicman 5 жыл бұрын

Why would anyone launch a Mercury capsule into low Earth orbit using a Saturn V booster?

@mikestevens8012 5 жыл бұрын

He brought his rock collection with him...

@allangibson8494 5 жыл бұрын

And below 60nm Altitude - meteors don't break up and light up until they are much lower. If the meteors are lit - the space craft would be too. Really crappy science in this fiction.

@palancar4262 5 жыл бұрын

Because that's the way the stock footage ended up. :)

@allangibson8494 5 жыл бұрын

@@palancar4262 Another 10 minutes on the NASA web site would have found more.... (All the NASA stuff is public domain).

@paulweisgerber7654 5 жыл бұрын

Allan Gibson it was a comet. Lit by the sun, perhaps?

@mannyortiz1887 2 жыл бұрын

this is over 30 mins of my life, that I will never get back.

@brianarbenz1329 3 жыл бұрын

The message of this movie: If you're a photographer taking outdoor pictures and some stranger comes along and asks you for your camera, DON'T give it to them. You'll never get it back and you'll end up having his baby and cleansing his sink. (That's where the Comet metaphor comes in.)

@quokka_11 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, this helps to explain why I feel scoured.

@definesigint2823 Жыл бұрын

Admittedly stuck on the comet / Jesus references, and having just scrolled down after confirming that indeed this is based on the Nativity, it took me far longer to understand this joke than it should have. Ha. Ha ha :)

@malahammer 5 жыл бұрын

December 25th, a bright star/object and a virgin (?) birth...now where could all this be going.................

@woswasdenni1914 5 жыл бұрын

2000 years darkness

@bill_y4762 4 жыл бұрын

It think you're reading too much into it. it's not like the birth was announced by a star or anything

@amnonmeyers6946 4 жыл бұрын

@@regularfather4708 Yeah! As a dearly departed friend said, pregnant woman doesn't want to get stoned to death, invents virgin birth -- pretty coherent.

@gustavolopez3405 4 жыл бұрын

un nacimiento virgen ?? .. . o mas bien otra "viva" que le hace el cuento a su novio ??

@frankpinmtl 4 жыл бұрын

@@amnonmeyers6946 Best comment ever. You win the internet

@IvorPresents 5 жыл бұрын

Speeding up, and shrinking down the end credits does a disservice to those who put together this little gem. It adds time to contemplate the story, and hold the mood. as the titles roll. Superb production values. and score, weaving style and narrative through a variety of time periods. It presents a challenging and non liner framework for the interlocking events that transpire. Shades of Kubrick and Malick permeate this film. slow leisurely and mind boggling. Solid acting, as all the actors are put through emotional work outs. Excellent all around. Leasurely paced, as it jumps from narrative to narrative, it moves at its own pace. certain interludes may be perplexing. For me, thats a good thing. Five enigmatic stars out of five.

@jeffmaxwell8297 3 жыл бұрын

Too much art, not enough story. Frankly, I don't know what the hell that was.

@keithscommunityanddomestic9513 3 жыл бұрын

i think the moral of the story is that the conception of a human being is a far greater anomaly that a comet entering the Earth atmosphere, but I think it's also saying that the miracle baby was a gift from the universe, it's like the universe was saying to the astronaut guy that it gave him that baby because love is far greater than anything and far more beautiful, it's like it was an alien conception, but the question is where will that baby lead them

@brentkaufman1723 3 жыл бұрын

@@keithscommunityanddomestic9513 I don't think that conception of a human is an anomaly at all. It happens everyday. A comet entering the atmosphere happens once in 10s or 100s of millions of years. Conception may be a much more complex and improbable (cosmically speaking) occurrence though, but not an anomaly. But forget about moral of the story. What's the story of the story?

@nama022 3 жыл бұрын

Sci-Fi flavored artsy romance... Humans can't get enough of their own belly-buttons. Yawn.

@1pcfred 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but you should see how clean my remote control is now.

@brentkaufman1723 3 жыл бұрын

@kylekataryn chips off of comets may enter the atmosphere, but dissipate. I think it was pretty clear that I was referring to large comets that would threaten people. I didn't mention asteroids, but no they don't - technically speaking, and you are going for 'technically speaking' for some reason, meteors/meteoroids enter the atmosphere.

@sterlingdean4036 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps this isn't what people would consider a great story, might even seem slow and a bit disconnected, but the final lines, 'It get so dark, you begin to wish it was never light.' connects the pieces.

@2cents128 4 жыл бұрын

If the objective was to make an art film about a couple of relationships and an astronomical event and incorporating only esoteric analog imagery with juxtaposition editing accompanied by an ethereal soundtrack, then they succeeded. If it was to make a sci-fi short…..nope, they didn’t.

@joaquimsetin358 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It's really not that comon for me to feel like I've wasted my time in short movies but, yep, I wasted my time on it.

@samuelallen1402 4 жыл бұрын

Ok so I'm thinking about the pitch for this movie.. "An astronaut ok, and his girl, he wants to marry her and not go to space but his rich family tries to talk him out of it. She announces she is pregnant and he dumps her because they never boinked, so there is some vague immaculate conception thing, just as the he goes to space and almost gets obliterated by a meteor shower and she gives birth to the mystery child and almost dies but somehow everyone lives. The end. Whatdayathink?

@roinek2817 4 жыл бұрын

I think you may have missed the point here, the underlying message in this short is to celebrate the creation of life on earth as we know it. It has been beautifully constructed to combine the girl in the film as a metaphor for Mary and the birth of baby Jesus. I had to watch it and deconstruct it a few times for it to make any sense. There are tiny little morsels of reference to this throughout the film, this combined with the musical score and the outstanding cinematography makes this one of the most outstanding shorts I have seen in a long time.

@2cents128 4 жыл бұрын

Disagree on my missing the point and I think your interpretation is a stretch. Your religious conviction has probably motivated you to see as a metaphor relating to your faith.@@roinek2817

@oakvue45 4 жыл бұрын

Dumb fucks did not realize the Frammus goes directly under the Joslin Rod….Duh!

@MrJamesjustin 5 жыл бұрын

I really loved that one. It captured the simultaneous wonder and futility, the love, opportunity, missed opportunity, regret and frailty of life, and the curious habit humans have for struggling against it 'til the very end. To top it off, the acting was beautifully engaging. Great work in my humble opinion.

@shaunarledge1839 3 жыл бұрын

A beautiful story of hope and humility. So POWERFUL In these troubling times. My hope is we don't destroy our diversity and in turn ourselves. I pray history speaks of us well!!!🤔🙂😎👍

@billyjack3361 2 жыл бұрын

There’s 36 minutes I’ll never get back.

@chuckbatson595 5 жыл бұрын

Who in their right mind would name a spacecraft “Anomaly”?? That’s just asking for trouble.

@MonoDiTriSub 4 жыл бұрын

Stellaris Players: Hold my Xenophobic Space Race.

@rolandrickphotography 4 жыл бұрын

Chuck Batson , afaik there are cultures on the blue marble, not using such numbers like 13 for hotel floors and so. Not sure, but as far as I can remember, five and death sounds almost equal in Chinese (don’t ask me which one) and they won’t use it as floor numbers - again: just as far as I can remember, possibly I am totally wrong.

@sadbunny99 3 жыл бұрын

The same folks that think a lady becomes pregnant with a glance.

@RobertDeloyd 3 жыл бұрын

@Brad Sanchez actually the three Astronauts onboard Apollo 13 were very very very lucky indeed to make it back to Earth safely. We had 13 colonies when we started the USA. So, number 13 is just a number... :)

@dannymccune1888 3 жыл бұрын

Someone that didn't want to give away the true nature of the video?

@cxar71 5 жыл бұрын

Alright, a Bayt Lahm (Bethlehem) comet, an immaculate conception ... well, I guess, Merry Christmas everyone!!! 🌟🐫👼🎄

@christinacyrus3824 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining it. Now, I'll watch again!

@droneshark9639 4 жыл бұрын

The Girls name Hailey. Haileys Comet

@trevthird2566 4 жыл бұрын

I was actually sorta thinking the same thing tbh

@daenithriuszanathos9306 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: the Immaculate Conception was about the conception of the Virgin Mary, not of Christ. Dr. Nitpicking, signing off.

@danthemam8742 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting view points expressed in the comments section. I am not a movie connoisseur, but felt a connection to the the story line. Complicated relationship with those we love and missed opportunities we regret…

@Mrjonessekid 2 жыл бұрын

For me the moral of the story is: family is what matters, closeness, love, human contact.

@EclecticBadger 5 жыл бұрын

Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth shattering Kaboom!

@stevesampson9693 5 жыл бұрын

😆😆😆awesome !

@paulweisgerber7654 5 жыл бұрын

Eclectic Badger that won’t happen until 2012

@paulweisgerber7654 5 жыл бұрын

Igor Schmidlapp lol! Now how will I destroy the earth?

@treykearns4867 4 жыл бұрын

@@paulweisgerber7654 I am a time commuter from the month 2012. . .it doesnt happen. Leastways not in 2012.. Nothing happens. . .Oh yea, Donald Trump becomes president but no earth ending events take place. Or if they did, I missed em. .

@paulweisgerber7654 4 жыл бұрын

trey kearns Donald Trump? The “you’re fired” guy? President?? Are you sure the earth doesn’t blow up or something?

@MIN0RITY-REP0RT 4 жыл бұрын

Making a film that is intentionally so obscure it violates the requisites of "story-telling " is not art, and is the intellectual equivalent of using handheld shaky camera for an entire production

@brentkaufman1723 3 жыл бұрын

You had me at violates requisites of story-telling. You lost me at shaky camera. When done well, it adds to the story-telling. Both rely on gimmicks to replace good story telling; but the latter isn't exclusive of story-telling. You can have a good story told cinematically as a POV, and it will work. There are a few.

@brentkaufman1723 3 жыл бұрын

@@jerryc3050 Cloverfield's story wasn't vague. "deliberately insensitive" is subjective. One could also say that many horror movies are deliberately insensitive for being so shocking, grotesque, jump-scares, and gory. I don't have a problem with the shaky cam. Others, clearly, do. By "this movie" do you mean Anomaly? I'd agree that it's a bad movie, as are many many movies on Dust, because they are cryptic and require the audience to make sense of what the plot is, not just a vague ending.

@gravedigger7034 2 жыл бұрын

I have watched quite a few of the short films, and been impressed. Something about this just doesn't do anything for me . Only 10 mins in i have to pull out , i wish yall the best peace

@markdrouin3960 2 жыл бұрын

That was the longest 36 minutes ever felt like a 2.5 hour movie.

@phillipmoore9012 4 жыл бұрын

An extremely well done film about a total crap story.

@larapalma3744 4 жыл бұрын

@@nobody7817 Nope, first was right

@ascherlafayette8572 3 жыл бұрын

@@nobody7817 no I agree first was definitely right

@ascherlafayette8572 3 жыл бұрын

@@nobody7817 oh Im sorry I guess me not finding the plot to this 30 minute video on KZfaq good or engaging makes my life and goals worthless. I'm just a stupid person because my opinion differs from yours my bad.

@ascherlafayette8572 3 жыл бұрын

@@nobody7817 I believe you said "that doesn't make you correct, just dumb"

@DoNotPushHere 3 жыл бұрын

@@nobody7817 taste is every one's own business. You just had your opinion, and some other differ. If you think your opinion is anything more than that, prove it. I like red color. That isn't any better than your taste about colors.

@nadky2297 5 жыл бұрын

I really like science fiction films, and this is my favorite channel that presents a lot of science fiction films that spoil the eyes. Thanks DUST, always support u ^o^

@nadky2297 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my God, my comment was liked by DUST, thank you DUST ฅ 'ω' ฅ

@TOMAS-lh4er 5 жыл бұрын

@@nadky2297 THATS SOOOO COOL!!!

@pcuimac 5 жыл бұрын

There is no science in these films. It's just emotional music, some gadgets and then some rockets in this crap video. smh

@johnmarks3179 3 жыл бұрын

Not really sure to make of this overall. The thing that was the most clear to me was that "Oliver" is one damn, gorgeous man!

@lexsmithNZ 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you to everyone that commented and saved 36 minutes of my life :-)

@TheDoug2103 5 жыл бұрын

to all of you out there makjing these shorts, even though a film is a short film its STILL A FILM.... have a beginning middle and ending.

@larapalma3744 4 жыл бұрын

Oh gooooooddddd

@BrandonBensonftw 5 жыл бұрын

“We need a 30+ minute movie for the Christian conservative coalition” “What stock footage do we have?” “Just the Apollo program” “We got this fam”

@jv-lk7bc 5 жыл бұрын

bone thrown

@ablebaker8664 5 жыл бұрын

Shhh... talk like that gets people burned at the stake.

@valcan321 4 жыл бұрын

So what exactly is your problem with the video again? Hell never understood what people hated so much about the story of christ. He's a guy that went around and told people to love each other.Which considering 99% of everyone else was "the stong do what they wish and the weak do what they must".....thats actually a pretty cool thing.

@eingew 4 жыл бұрын

@@valcan321 He did more than that and I don't think people "hate" christ, its more about the religion and the people who try to missionize, than about him.

@SimonRichardMasters 4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes. But the actual birth is another woman... Yeah I can now see how the baby lives. I was wondering if all the boy babies died but in the end only the mother flatlined meh had to watch it through but it was rubbish really as a story

@lisanidog8178 8 ай бұрын

I was a toddler when we were first orbiting the Earth and 10 when we walked on the moon. I was but 4 when JFK passed but listening to him here, I do remember him. Dad did a great imitation of him and Bobby Kennedy.

@JvlrXidez 3 жыл бұрын

God this was beautifully done! Loved every minute of it. Never stop making these DUST.

@mauriciocarmona7049 4 жыл бұрын

Hard to understand film, yet, with a simple message. The announcement of a miracle, the journey of man, the death of a spouse and the birth of a child all come to a stand-still and are undertood in the simple moments of life that bring humans together.

@freeverse06 5 жыл бұрын

Just recently found this channel and I've watched a lot of the hour long combination of short films and I've gotta say, I know where I'm goin to get my syfy fix lol. Keep up the good work 😊

@analytics8055 2 жыл бұрын

Love the attention to details,, had those old headphones, the old TVs, tape recorders...

@hasbi8472 2 жыл бұрын

it's surprising that many don't understand this story, but I think this is the best story among all the other stories no matter how great we search to explore outer space but this story reminds us of the importance of the time we have with the people we love but, that's my opinion

@Chuck8541 Жыл бұрын

Of course the importance of time we have left with the people we love is important. But that doesn't make this a good mini-movie experience.

@TheDweeb002 11 ай бұрын

@@Chuck8541 thanks for the warning. I was having a hard time getting invested after 7 minutes of the mediocre love interest

@Chuck8541 10 ай бұрын

@@TheDweeb002 Yeah, when I first came across the channel I was really excited. But it's best to watch them maybe after sorting by popularity, instead of when it was released onto KZfaq. Too many, are just trashy, with lame endings. The good ones are a diamond in the rough!

@dallasmullins8261 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best DUST films yet. I loved the Christmas symbolism (Astronaut Noel, Christmas Comet lighting the skies, miraculous conception perceived scandalously by some, baby in danger but surviving, beautiful baby, etc.) combined with the alternate universe motif (there was no Anomaly mission in our history here), plus the Haley's comet reference (the mom is named Haley). AWESOME JOB!

@DocSavage 4 жыл бұрын

This is a bit haphazard and confusing. It's really not 30 m ins worth of story.

@jupitergrls 4 жыл бұрын

@valinogoldberg2475 4 жыл бұрын

@@jupitergrls also Bayt Lahm is the place where Jesus was born.

@jupitergrls 4 жыл бұрын

@@valinogoldberg2475 :)

@GordyInMA 3 жыл бұрын

the commenter - Please explain what you mean.

@davidursin2150 3 жыл бұрын

@@GordyInMA Bayt Lahm is Bethlehem where Jesus was born by immaculate conception which is what this lame, slow, muddled, confusing, one note soundtrack film is all about. ZZZzzzzzz

@racookster 2 жыл бұрын

I knew we were in trouble when we had been seeing Gemini spacecraft and then, at 1:47, we get an Apollo liftoff.

@keithandjudirhodes8236 2 жыл бұрын

well, I'll never get that half hour back.

@godfreecharlie 5 жыл бұрын

If I was doing something in another room while this clip was playing and I only heard the soundtrack I would have to say "Hey, Interstellar II is on!" Yes, I know the music was different but close enough to impart that exact same emotion. Having watched this mess I'd have to say its light years behind Interstellar and nothing from the sound department could help it.

@TheProsaicCult 4 жыл бұрын

This is what a masterpiece looks like! The profoundness of it took me in completely. That love can hurt so much is what makes being human so precious. This is such a remarkable film that no one should miss seeing. 10 out of 10............full stop!

@davidhollyfield5148 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a huge Dust fan. So much new talent in one channel.

@KebabMusicLtd 3 жыл бұрын

I save time by reading the comments first. If the first three comments are negative then I stop the video dead in its tracks and won't watch again. If two are negative and one positive, then I will read the first five. I am all for the idea of developing writers and artists testing their material on the disaffectionate public... its a good learning curve, and I have certainly seen some very well thought out presentations, but sadly I have also seen more than enough poorly considered exhibits here and have therefore decided to draw a line in the snow. Sadly, for any film maker, it is probably the most valuable lesson to learn. Try not to lose your audience.

@wilbertbenjamin 5 жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter what they say, some people will complain when god arrives. With your budget and talent, I think you guys do one hell of a job! God bless!

@JamesTechYou 5 жыл бұрын

Why is it Dust cannot seem to strike a reasonable balance with voice audio and music. It's annoying to have to ride the volume control through every video just for the chance of picking up a few lines of dialog.

@charlessansom4849 5 жыл бұрын

Seems to be a trend in all modern films and TV. Can't hear the dialog for the damn background sound or music. Some say it's because of the way modern TVs only have tiny little speakers pointed down. I think it's the way the sound is mixed. There are gadgets out there that are supposed to bring up the dialog but I haven't found anything that works consistently.

@manglesthecat2635 5 жыл бұрын

Seems to be the trend these days. Also high resonance sounds are annoying to me.

@EgorDmitrenkov 4 жыл бұрын

I'd say it's 5.1 to stereo conversion

@allanfifield8256 4 жыл бұрын

Keep a finger on the volume knob.

@Dennnis10B Жыл бұрын

I changed my mind.....Did you know that the quote "Be not afraid", is written in the bible 365 times ? This is a film about transformation, a rebirth of humanity....it is coming soon. Be not afraid..!!! 10 /10.Well, I guess I grew up..

@bradleyholmes7687 11 ай бұрын

I have loved DUST ever since I first encountered the program on TBD

@markwarrensprawson 10 ай бұрын

Yep. As I thought. I've just re-watched it, and sure enough, it's a doggone masterpiece. One of the most beautiful things I've seen on DUST, really. I thought I'd give it a few weeks. Ended up forgetting about it altogether for a year. I'm not altogether content and/or at ease now, but I know that a year ago today things were a little more challenging than they are now. Time is an amazing thing. It's almost as if another person altogether left my previous comment. There' a bit of a meditation on the nature of time and our relationship with it in there to boot. Thank you, Dan Difelice, Salomon Ligthelm and everyone else who so masterfully transformed this 36-minute canvass of chaos into the intriguing opus it is, and thank you, DUST, for showing it to us. Y'all are the bomb.

@daviddowning4991 5 жыл бұрын

youtube has meaning again now that I found Dust! Thank you!

@rickjohnston555 3 жыл бұрын

12mins in and that’s all I can stand!

@stephentrepreneur 2 жыл бұрын

I have watched this several times. Possibly my most favourite KZfaq movie.

@CutPryce 4 жыл бұрын

Watched a lot of these now, but this is the only one I didn't enjoy. Unfortunately it happens to be the longest one I've seen.

@neoclassica2700 5 жыл бұрын

6:04 to 6:46 I'm in a perfume advert!!!!!!!! Magnificent - a scent for her and for him!!!!!!!!

@cliffjudge7943 2 жыл бұрын

The story line has great possibilities and, in a fleshed out film, it could be good and possibly excellent. But this short version seems like a trailer more than a completed film. With more time to develop the characters and their complexities -- and some serious tightening up of the science --I’d pay to see it.

@mikekosak9598 2 жыл бұрын

EXACLTY like a trailer- it leaves you wondering what the movie is about.

@Jakethegoodman 11 ай бұрын

Nah that's exactly the point. Your supposed to question the story because the story is a metaphor of life. You see what you wish. The question in my mind is whether this is actually Sci Fi or just a spaceship detail in a drama.

@notacommie5415 3 жыл бұрын

Someone put their heart and soul into this...I hope they were not as disappointed as I On the plus side, DUST has been a treasure trove of originality since I stumbled across it and I am grateful for all the hard work others put in their creations for us to view at our leisure

@Psycho250785 5 жыл бұрын

I am reading the comments and trying to figure out am I dumb or are people here seeing the things that do not exist...

@ablebaker8664 5 жыл бұрын

No... you didn't miss anything. It's just a bad attempt at biblical woo woo pretending to be sci-fi.

@ablebaker8664 5 жыл бұрын

@ In Culty America, irony gets you.

@wutntarnation 4 жыл бұрын

@ Under ironic in the dictionary is a picture of Jan curvo.

@GeoffInfield 4 жыл бұрын

lol right? Pretentious people LOVE this sort of interpretive rubbish, it feeds their superiority delusion. It was just annoying.

@horsekondom96 4 жыл бұрын

I had the same thought when reading the comment section and thinking wtf this video was so goood

@MysteriousMiddleEast 5 жыл бұрын

The cinematography and Ryan Taubert's soundtrack is EVERYTHING. The story.... not so much. But at least its all a treat for the eyes and ears.

@GigsVT 5 жыл бұрын

why would you say a bunch of jarring two second cuts is good editing? The story wasn't the only fail here. Wish modern editors would learn from the classics. Two second cuts are for trailers and montages, not telling a story.

@muhammetalikabalc7576 3 жыл бұрын

Wuww beautiful show Nice show beautiful story. Thank dust

@eddietucker3334 3 жыл бұрын

ffffffewww! That's the sound of the story going right through my pretty little head. But God, what a terrific piece of work!!!

@apburner1 5 жыл бұрын

This could be edited down to 15 minutes and absolutely nothing would be lost.

@dharvell 5 жыл бұрын

...a sign that absolutely nothing happens, in the film!

@ukeuwatch 5 жыл бұрын

Ponderous schmaltz, albeit well made and acted.

@lancerobinson8364 5 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%

@ghostlightplays 3 жыл бұрын

For those who are lost, I googled the movie: It's a retelling of the Nativity story - according to the writers.

@jupiter-blue 3 жыл бұрын

I really loved the filmography, but wow that story is really abstracted away. :D I did see the obvious parallels, though.

@russellmiles2861 3 жыл бұрын

Great film sequencing, editing

@jazz4asahel 3 жыл бұрын

The film seemed intended to bring us back to one another; that's all. For those who didn't get that in their 36 minutes, the producers likely already expected that. And made the film anyway.

@cherten1 5 жыл бұрын

I damn can't stop crying. You guys are killing me. This and the Time Traveler have been my favorites. Powerful messages.

@Wintermute909 5 жыл бұрын

What message? I honestly can't see anything except 'love' but even that doesn't make any sense.

@fabled-pilgrim 4 жыл бұрын

This is a very well crafted short. It relies heavily on it's visual aesthetic to tell the story with very little dialogue or narration. Watching this was almost like viewing an art installation ... you share the beauty but don't necessarily understand the purpose and that's ok. Everyone will watch this and take something different from it. Overall, an evocative piece, highly recommended.

@wystannelson649 3 ай бұрын

This is exactly how I felt - well explained

@mattjhodgkinson79 Жыл бұрын

I can't fault the cinematography or acting, but the plot was a shambles and the romantic backstory was as authentic as a perfume advert. The science was also very scrappy - a close call from a comet is hardly unprecedented in Earth's history as many large impacts are known, and that looked like an asteroid.

@janehall3271 2 жыл бұрын

I just watched this… made me cry…. A lot… watching it again.

@GaryTugan 5 жыл бұрын

hmmmmmmm.... I came here to the comments to attempt to get insights into... what I just watched, because during the move I found that I kept waiting to understand a little bit, here or there. I'd estimated that by watching a little bit more, I would certainly be rewarded with a little ah-ha or insight that might help piece this jumble together. Hey, I am a sci-Fi lover, and I am not typically a complainer. I can see the cool and beautiful aspects of this film and THAT is the ONLY reason I stayed to watch the entire thing. But come on guys. You can do better. As I read the other comments I see that I'm definitely NOT alone in my confusion, in my attempts to give you SOME kind of credit for an intelligent movie... I may be reaching for straw?

@monicastein9624 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!!!!

@linuxgeex 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria BC Canada... y'know, about 12 km from the Professor Xavier's school for Mutants, lol. This Dust explores emotional impact on personal vs global scale. Instead of telling people to pick which is more important, it lets the viewer feel both and say, "yes".

@tanyaerskine7657 2 жыл бұрын

Ok....that was 36 minutes of my life I'll never get back lol

@tomasotreasaigh111 3 жыл бұрын

I love films like this, real upbeat and cheerful with well written dialogue and funny characters. I especially loved the bit when everbody was laughing and telling jokes, it was hilarious and really uplifting! "What??? What do you mean its NOT 'Reverse Day'???"...

@netgod3com 5 жыл бұрын

9:09 anachronism 2 obvious and very visible solar panels on the utility poles while driving. Others are the 911 call, system wasn't implemented until ~1969 answering machines were exceedingly rare when this was set.

@nonyourbuz5805 4 жыл бұрын

...1968...via wiki...but yeah...maybe they were saying a JFK legacy program...