RKS 2024 Canadian Oscar Nominated Documentary Short: “perfectly a strangeness”

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“perfectly a strangeness” a documentary short from Montreal based filmmaker Alison McAlpine has been nominated for Best Documentary Short at the upcoming 98th Oscars.

Three donkeys slowly clip clop their way up a Chilean mountainside to visit an observatory. For what reason we know not and there is no dialogue to assist in discovering that reason. They bray, roll in the dirt observe the observatory and head back down the mountain.

Carte blanche for your interpretation viewers. Beautiful cinematography of both the mountainside, donkeys and the exterior and interior of the observatory.

I like to think of this short as a cross between the Polish Italian film “Eo” where a donkey undertakes a journey of discovery of the human condition ending his fascinating trek at a slaughterhouse to be made into sausages and “2001 A Space Odyssey” with the donkey’s as astronaut Dave and the observatory the mysterious box.

The short is indeed strange but perfectly so.

Watch the trailer here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG8rOAi6Q2g

You can watch this short on CRAVE.

RKS 2024 Canadian Documentary Rating 91/100.

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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