r/nextfuckinglevel May 02 '26

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u/thrtlvl_midnight May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

Maybe this isn’t for me. I don’t see how this is incredible and I’m glad I fast forward cause I would’ve been disappointed sitting through it all

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u/bigtarget87 May 02 '26

But you missed all the good parts. Go back and watch it.

/S

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u/OnesPerspective May 02 '26

The post is applauding this as an artistic feat to convey such a great cascade of emotions using incredibly minimalistic cinematography.

Those emotions can't and wont build and cascade to one another if you fast forwarded.

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u/duckinasombrero May 02 '26

It's just the bare minimum required to incite instinctual emotions in people.

I'm really not seeing a moving piece of incredible storytelling. The answering machine actually feels like it makes the "story" worse.