The most common comment among those who have seen E.D. is "visually stunning ... but what did the story mean?".
Even the director's comments (Bassam Kurdali) on the commentary track of the DVD are somewhat vague on the exact meaning of the story. He goes only as far as saying that parts or all of "The Machine" are merely figments of Proog's imagination. If that is the case, there are inconsistencies with the story, when Emo (the second character in the story), can see some of the things that Proog can, but not others.
At only around 10 minutes in length, it is hard to tell a complete story anyway. It might be easier to consider this as more as a scene out of a complete film. The motivation for the film was also partly to be a technical demo of what the open source software Blender (in the right hands of course) is capable of. To that end, it is a definite success.
If you like CG "eye candy", and enjoy solving puzzles and like movies that you can truly interpret personally, you'll love this film. And it's a free download from the project Orange website.
Mike
Even the director's comments (Bassam Kurdali) on the commentary track of the DVD are somewhat vague on the exact meaning of the story. He goes only as far as saying that parts or all of "The Machine" are merely figments of Proog's imagination. If that is the case, there are inconsistencies with the story, when Emo (the second character in the story), can see some of the things that Proog can, but not others.
At only around 10 minutes in length, it is hard to tell a complete story anyway. It might be easier to consider this as more as a scene out of a complete film. The motivation for the film was also partly to be a technical demo of what the open source software Blender (in the right hands of course) is capable of. To that end, it is a definite success.
If you like CG "eye candy", and enjoy solving puzzles and like movies that you can truly interpret personally, you'll love this film. And it's a free download from the project Orange website.
Mike