ERNIE | Omeleto
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- Опубликовано: 14 янв 2021
- A man rips a hole in the ceiling.
ERNIE is used with permission from Hadley Hillel. Learn more at hadleyhillel.com.
Ernie has led a quiet, sad life. His childhood was troubled and lonely, he burned the family business to the ground and he has never been able to earn the approval of his father. Now an old man, he has had no loved ones or family -- he only has his job knitting tea cozies. On his 70th birthday, having done nothing memorable or in his life, Ernie decides to end it.
His suicide attempt is unsuccessful, however, and punctures a hole in his ceiling. But he soon develops a bond with a young boy who lives upstairs -- a friendship that pulls Ernie out of his lifelong despair and helps bring hope and connection back into his world.
Written and directed by Hadley Hillel, this fantasy short has the feel of a modern fable, both in its uniquely stylized look and production design and in the voiceover that opens the film. With richly literary and formal language, the narrator sets up a character and situation that speaks of a stifled life -- a man who, though alive, has not quite lived or loved fully. This isn't Ernie's fault, because his family life has been neglectful and he's suffered much tragedy and bad luck. But it has hobbled his ability to make connections and see the richness of the world around him.
Production design often plays a highlighted role in fantasy, though the storytelling leverages this tool of craft in a unique way. Rather than aiming for a sumptuous, heightened fantasy realm -- think classic tales like THE LORD OF THE RINGS but also the highly stylized films of Wes Anderson -- almost the entirety of the film's physical surroundings, including buildings, objects and decorations, are rendered in the humble, ordinary material of cardboard.
Ernie's surroundings are not whimsical, inspiring marvel and joy. Instead, their uniform "brownness" emphasizes the dryness and monotony of Ernie's world. The only signs of color are in the knitting that Ernie does, both as a way to cope with stress as a kid, as part of his job when he's older, and as a way to help out the boy upstairs.
The narrative action and the overall expressiveness picks up when the two main characters begin to interact with one another. Though they have no dialogue as characters, the actors deliver their rich performances, particularly lead actor Gary Gorland as Ernie. Played as mild and quiet on the surface, he carries an air of existential despair within him. But he also possesses an innate kindness and sensitivity, which has an opportunity to bloom when he makes friends with his neighbor.
They're also helped along by a rich and charming score, which adds life and vibrancy to the film's forward movement, especially as the friendship between the man and the young boy grows. They see in one another a mutual solitude and loneliness, and come to one another's rescue at a crucial moment when they need one another most.
The worldview of ERNIE -- imbued in its voiceover, its approach to emotion and its construction of character -- is fascinating in that it doesn't minimize human suffering. An undertow of melancholy suffuses the film, and both its main characters grapple with profound loneliness emerging from familial neglect and pain. Yet they are able to see one another through: the boy helps remind Ernie of what is worth living for, and Ernie gives the love and acceptance he wanted from his own father to the boy, serving as a father figure.
The ending of ERNIE is sweet and heartwarming, but it is well-earned, especially in the midst of a world full of pain and dullness. Happiness doesn't come in a vacuum for Ernie: it comes from looking out into the world, seeing himself in another and offering up kindness. In doing so, we not only help others but heal ourselves. 
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I'm impressed how much work went into all the props & staging
IKR?! Everything is made of cardboard! The dedication!
@@cahidijoyoraharjo7833 the amount of time they put into it as well, imagine trying to re-shoot the ceiling breaking scene
@@TheRamblemanWhoSings YIKES! LOL
Agreed! How many times they’d have to reconstruct that!!
Jep that was amazing! Really creative
"Hey Ron"
"Hey Billy"
"That Hurt"
We all have seen enough RUclips.
@@yatintaneja21 Indeed
Idk wat you mean
Oh i get it now
That hurt
Aww this was so sweet - they found in each other what they had both been lacking from their dads - the cardboard captures the sense of loneliness & despair - how flat & bland the world is to someone depressed & contemplating both the futility of their own existence and ending a life with no joy or purpose
Spiritually and emotionally, both of them were 'homeless'??
Great analysis thank you , perhaps you could interpret the cardboard boxes as material goods purchased but those 'goods' are no substitute for the genuine love and care of another which cant be purchased ?
@@deborahkelly1948 oh that's lovely Deborah - what an interesting insight and interpretation - absolutely, I can see that - that's the thing with great short films (any great art in any ceative medium really) - open to interpretation - analysis - personal meaning & depth
Nice
@@deborahkelly1948 Nice. Also very interesting
for anyone asking, Everything is made out of cardboard to capture his depression, as a person who's struggled with mental health issues in the past i find it captures it really well. The fact that life is meaningless and bland is shown by the cardboard makes you empathize with the character as he is struggling with his life. The knitting is red as it really stands out against the brown cardboard to show how it's the only thing that gives his life meaning. This is one of the best shorts I've seen in a long time and it really resonated with me so props to whoever made the set, amazing work!
100% agree - as somone with clinical depression, this was exactly my thought - how appropriate the cardboard was - how it captured the feeling of depression
man really got an a* in english
@@justafancybluebird mate I've not even done my gcse's yet😂😂😂
Even though the cardboard is viewed meaningless and bland it is still very useful. We all have our purpose here on this earth.
The film maker is very dedicated!
I knew it was going to be a good one when i saw how everything was made out of cardboard
Lmao 🤣
When I thought the end was going to be great tradgty with both the old man and young boy my heart literally broke and I was covering my eyes with my fingers. I turn wrenches for a living and this movie almost made me cry. Awesome work!
Ngl, that scene already had me in tears, but thankfully they were both alive😭
I knew that the kid would save him but for a brief moment there. it definitely looked like that it was going to end bad. Amazing movie.
Now this, this is art. This spoke to me on a personal level, depression makes my whole life feel gray. The older I get the less "colors" I see in anyone or anything. It is a miserable existence. I feel his pain, and his relief made me feel a bit of relief too
Can you change your circumstances to happier ones, it's about having hope and warding off despair.
I'm not the only one who forgot how many shade of green there are
I hope and wish you well 🙏
I'm gay
@@peesicle and?
He looks like a 70 Year old Borat. All jokes aside this was a beautiful short
😂😂😂
This post is GREAT SUCCESS.
borats dad
Two broken souls healing each other, just beautiful
N Chekal > Yes. The essential ingredient of an ideal relationship, which unfortunately, most people never find.
As a man who knits and crochets, lives alone and struggles with severe depression this short flick plucks so many strings inside me...
Great mini movie. So meaningful
You good bud?
Sir, I need you to respond me.
Dudeee I hope you're doing well :(
@@karticus1139
No.
@Adriano Castellano
Never been married
So IKEA took over the world did they? Makes sense.
Omg I used to work there and your comment is hysterical 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Most definitely ... I swore I saw the armrest of an Ektorp sofa!
@@goldblooded7020 how did you ever find your way around?
Hold on, it didnt show any comment
It's more like "Oh look now this shot happened or now we are doing this, ok good"
I think people are forgetting that the old man found comfort in the red yarn, and that it's not meant to symbolize pain or that it's the only thing that put meaning in his life. It was the only thing he knew he could go to when he needed something to make him feel better.
Knitting is his calling. He can give comfort to others, and need to think outside the cardboard box.
@@chubun6631 Did you just-
Haedyn Black > Like many depressed people with trauma-induced emotional pain, the man had an addiction to numb the pair and forget the trauma -- his was Chocolate Milk, not knitting. The red yarn is not necessarily a logically fallacious, forced-choice, either/or dilemma -- it can be both a symbol and a comforting activity. It is for every individual viewer to choose their own meaning of the story. Peace.
This was one of the most original, funny, sad, tense shorts I have ever seen. On all levels. This was a work of genius. Thank you for that.
Yes and the voice of Edith Piaf singing, her life was tragic as well, filled with alcohol and bad relationships.
My biggest fear with committing self murder by hanging is the fan breaking and leaving a hole in the ceiling
Cute cat
@@abinothayyilsanoj4182 thought you was a dog person John
@@mynameisfoxx7326Yes I am ,but I didn't tried cats yet . Looking forward to train them as ninjas . Perfect.
i tried drowning once. at one point i couldn't really hold my breath
@@thaneshvaranpalaniappan1846 hope you are okay now
definitely one of the most incredible short films ive ever seen. the parallel between the paper rope and the red thread as they were both pulling tigher had me at the edge of my seat. the cardboard symbolism is so meaningful and the last line ties the story up beautifully
The string of fate!! How did I never notice that!!?
They made a life-size building out of cardboard. That is crazy dedication to their craft
The old man and the boy are the same person. The movie is showing the process of an old person coming at peace with his unhealed inner child. In his bland world filled up with depression, the first meaningfull thing in his life that he could have posibbly done was starting being kind with himself. The little boy that appeared was just his inner voice, trying to help him heal. At first, the man doesnt give him attention. But after that, not only that he tries to find solutions , but he also tries to give some warmth and love to a small boy who was suffering because of his dads' absence. This portrays the old mans' situation, who never healed from the fact that his father was never actually emotionaly there for him. A fact that resulted in a long life depression in the first place. What happens next shows in a symbolical way the fight that goes inside the old mans mind and heart: the boy at first doesnt want to receive the love, because he cannot accept the situation and come at terms with the reality that his dad is just not there for him. This leads to another suicide attempt. In a desperate way, the child inside the old man tries to find a way out and fights for survival. The parallel between the two of them both almost falling and dying is absolutely genius. The suicide will also "kill" the small boy, who is still trying to find a solution to make him believe that life can be meaningfull. That moment ocurrs when he throws the red yarn. This is also symbolical, of course there was no way and no logic in holding the yarn or keeping the yarn in a pocket during a situation like that, so that was the most obvious scene where one could understand the symbolism of the movie. It's the red yarn, which saved his childhood and helped him survive through trauma, it was the red yarn which helped the small boy take the letter and "reconnect" with his father - even in a distorsed way, and the same red yarn that helped the old guy stop the suicide attempt. The fact that he dropped the yarn in the elevator and he ignored the child who wanted to give it back was actually a symbol of his refuse to comunicate with his own inner child. The red yarn could symbolize hope, love (it belonged to his mother and see that a mother was also present in the elevator) or just That thing that makes him continue. It's interesting that he tries to kill himself with the same thing he clinged to, but the moment he stops refusing/denying and opens his heart to the small boy who is giving back his yarn, he basically saves himself and starts healing. As a response to this step, the small unhealed boy finally "expresses" and meets the old man. It's the moment where the old man finally finds himself, learns to be kind to himself, to love himself and lets the inner child heal. They both heal. The movie shows further how they (the "old" self and the "new" self) learn to be at peace together, while they simply continue doing the same things until then, but covered with acts of self-kindness.
I find it very interesting that the boy is living upstairs - "above". For me this symbolizes that the pure heart is above the mind full of scarred memories.
(p.s. sorry for my english)
Thank you for taking the time and effort for writing this.
@@kr1221E I appreciate that my view resonates with yours and happy if it helped in any way. Thank you also!
Yeah,sorry Sandra but unless you were a writer on this movie, I think you are putting your own interpretations onto this film, J.R.R Tolkien often hated people making his stories allegories for modern times and I can't help but see that pattern in your writing, you are delving too deep into shallow waters, the message is painfully obvious to anyone with half a brain who has lived through it. While your explanation may be intriguing, as an avid reader of both modern and ancient literature, I am wary of people like you who always try to see too much in what is essentially a cut and dry scenario. If you want to think of it this way sure. But I highly doubt that every little detail you described is necessarily what the original writer envisioned.
Unless you are the creator of this, I do not think you should be taking such liberties with the overall takeaway.
Even musicians do not like defining their music. Because it is pretentious to tell other people how to feel about something everyone takes differently. And it does nothing but diminish the overall worth of said art when someone tacks some silly meaning onto it like an emo kid on a high school message board.
I think your explanation was very interesting. BTW your English is excellent! I wonder if you are psychologist?
@@y.harveynorman1392 Thank you, both for appreciating my english and my interpretation. No, I am not a psychologist. But due to the fact that I've suffered from severe depression and other stuff for many years, I got of course in contact with this world, starting from myself, to therapists and other peoples' stories/cases.
After watching I've decided to never throw away any cardboard boxes ever again, I must redesign my home.
If I literally lived out of a cardboard box, than I'd probably become suicidal as well.
The comments here say that the cardboard represents his depression
Have you ever seen a cat, they love that stuff!
This the first thing to make cry in a decade... I have no words
I'm a production designer, a good one in my opinion, but this was PHENOMENAL! The color theory is so perfect and perfectly portrayed his depression. Even the rust colored yarn made sense. (He feels rusty, also the red portrays danger and harm). This is my dream project..
I thought red meant it was the only thing that gave life to him the only thing that’s peace for him
But as a comic book maker that’s been making comic books for about 8 years straight, these colour emotion do capture the feelings he is feeling. As a comic book maker I’ve realized colours is just something that symbolize to make it seem clear and the story and theme etc is to show what’s clear but I’ve saw something masterpiece in a dream and it’s basically what I said but more mature I don’t know how to explain it but once my art skills improves I will make the comic book I saw in my dream, it was a master pice
The man likes chocolate milk and bubble gum.
I can tell he's a great man.
This is my favorite short I’ve seen thus far. Brilliant! Addresses a serious topic in a smart fun way, and ends with hope and love. I needed this
It's good to feel wanted. It's good to feel needed. It's good to feel you've contributed. This video covers all three.
wait this was a really good plot. It shows the state of ones mental health and how it can be cured with the most unbelievable miracle
ill have you know i watched the whole thing and only cried for 30 minutes
WRONG I watched this 70 times and cried for a year
A spell binder. So much effort yielded a great work of art with moral to the story. Brilliant.
Beautifully concise description of this gem
The artistic ingenuity is awesome. An all paper building with paper trees and two lonely people who save each other’s lives. This one is a gem!!!!
Probably the best short film I've seen in a while. The dedication to the story and attention to detail is amazing
That is what this RUclips channel is for! 😂
What a good story. Simple, emotionally satisfying. I like how the props focus attention on the actors, and describe his life perfectly. And no dialog! Well done.
'worked on his mother's knitting to calm down'. Love this!
Wow the environmental design really puts you in the shoes of the main character and enables the audience to view the world from his eyes.
agreed Amir. I noticed it right away & thought how fukin clever!!!
Both at the end of their ropes, one wanting to die, the other wanting to live. Then they had each other to bring meaning to their lives !
❤️✌️🇨🇦
This is by far the most beautiful usage of creativity i have ever witnessed.
I'm in love with how everything outside of them was made out of cardboard
This almost has a bit of Tim Burton flair. Love the production design here. I have never seen cardboard look so beautiful.
The first appearance of the knitted noose made me chuckle. It was perfect.
Props to whoever did the props.
This is definitely my favorite so far, I absolutely love it. Everything that happened spoke for itself, no dialogue needed.
Even the smallest of interactions and human connection can have a profound impact.
An entire set that's biodegradable.
This video is heartwarming.
It's nice to see something so beautiful, especially during these sad quarantine days.
Damn That made me cry.
This cardboard setting is aGENIUS IDEA to convey the depressed feeling....
La merveilleuse Edith Piaf est a sa place!
Olivier-Pierre de Belmont > The Wren and La Vie en rose
That didn't end how I thought it would, thank god
The juxtaposition of one trying to live while one is trying to die. Poetic and brilliant.
man they choose the sweetest looking old dude ever
Love everything about this. And the concept using board, paper is brilliant.
It's incredible what this film pulls off without any dialogue or script, besides the narrator in the beginning.
Meaningful! The concept of Friendship and giving time to Time, in order to do what is expected.
This is art if Ive ever seen any
Amazing cardboard set. Can mean so much to all sorts of people. Incredible work and thought gone into this small film. Thank you all again for such brilliance. "You see its not the big budget stuff that gets everything right".
This gives me such Wes Anderson vibes and I am here for it
Me too! If only for the fact that it's incredibly stylized
Discovered your channel 20 mins ago, this I my 2nd film. I never knew I liked short films. Thank you, love from Portsmouth, England 😘
What an absolutely magical little short. I really love the way they did this, with everything being so bland, making the characters and gifts pop. 10/10 marvelous job, very unique!
What a great production! Absolutely loved the scenery, what a brilliant way to highlight the mundanity of life. Thank you.
I was not ready for this. So so amazing!
Got to be one of the best short films I have seen this year. So glad to have checked it out.
I’m addicted to your videos man they’re amazing
This film made me cry. Thank you for helping me feel, it’s been so long since I had an actual emotion of resonance 🖤
These shorts are treasures. Thank you.
That was really beautiful , and unusual just shows that no script is better than a bad script!
BEAUTIFUL!! I EVEN SHEDDED A TEAR.. BRAVO
Even with no words, they gave a massive message. 😁
this is beautiful yet so sad
I went through so many feelings! But, I'm in awe of the all cardboard set! LOVED it!!💕Thank You!
The set and lighting became co stars and the elevator scene was awesome. Sometimes it's the small things that make the we barely notice that makes all the difference. Won't forget this one for a while
The best short I’ve seen from you guys.
Thanks! Full of emotions. Touching. Beautiful.
Suspension...
this is such a beautiful film- i love especially the usage of light
That was simply amazing, beautiful, and very impressive. Just wow…. Thank you for making this. Bravo 👏
This was so special and so unusual. Beautifully done!
This is absolute beauty. I really love this. Fantastic job! Bravo!
Brilliant!!! Thank you for this!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
That little boy is so cute and adorable! I can't stop myself from screaming when he's about to fall and the old man was hanged! The suspense was killing me!
I almost thought both of them would die🙈 Thank God for a relieving end.
Beautifully crafted❤️
Wow AMAZING video! Well done!! i was honestly in tears at the end
This was so beautiful and hard to watch at the same time (suicide is touchy for me). The cardboard and lack of dialogue or color, save for the yarn, were well executed.
Wow that was so so beautiful! I'm so glad I watched this
Very very thought ful
So much effort went into production apart from superb direction and acting
the cardboard set is ingenius and just miraculous!
I SIMPLY LOVED THIS ! THANK YOU
Brilliant, beautiful, heartfelt & poignant
Omeleto keeps outdoing itself
Bravo & kudos!
I really enjoyed this one. You can see the amount of work that went into it
Heart wrenching beautiful piece of art.
Wonderful actor. Really a beautiful concept, and resonates so much.
Thank you!
Fantastic set design, lovely acting. Doing something so simply!
What a beautiful story! The set design was brilliant!
Normally I wouldn't watch something like this but the concept and comedic factor intrigued me. It reminds me that no matter how depressed my life may appear, tomorrow may be the day I make a difference in someone's life .
This was so beautiful it made me cry
I can appreciate IMMENCIALLY the amount of work and time making this set. Thank You Kindly. Bill
I love the attention to detail. The whole set is made from cardboard and paper. The crew that worked on this and the actors did a great job.
this is simply GOLD 💖
Touches the heart.
Brilliant...best short film on depression I ave ever seen. Thank you for sharing
visually stunning and so powerful
This channel never ceases to amaze me. Outstanding!
I love the aesthetic. What a great short
Wow this is a really good short story!