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The Move

I really liked this entertaining short film by Eric Kissack (editor & producer for The Good Place), in which a couple moving into a new apartment together discovers a previously unnoticed feature of their new space, which in turn…well, I don’t want to spoil anything. Just watch it.

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Samantha Bloom

Great find.

Bill Amstutz

that was cool

Mike Williams

I'm reminded of the great short story 'Rent Control' by Walter Tevis. In fact I was almost sure that was going to be what the film would be an adaptation of - not far off though.

It appeared in OMNI magazine back in the day and can be found as scans here: https://williamflew.com/omni13d.html

Howard Matthews

Perfect ending, too: no unnecessary fat

Samantha Bloom

Agreed

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sampotts

Excellent! @Jason - Perhaps at some point, there could be a post where we all share some favorite short films?

Lorem Ipsum

Why not post your favorite short films here?

sampotts Edited

Oh, just didn't want to derail the thread.

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Ben J

Monica and Ted's Excellent Adventure !

Dave Sandell

I spent 50% of my brain power during that video trying to figure out where I knew her from (Spoiler alert: Silicon Valley.)

Carl Skelton

Same, but with him... (Schitt's Creek)

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kyleg

“This is a metaphor for something” is one of my favorite tags on the site and I’m glad it’s being used again. Always great stuff.

Mike F.

Both of the actors were "that guy/gal"s for me. I absolutely recognized them almost immediately, but couldn't place them.
(Schitt's Creek and Silicon Valley, respectively, are probably

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