Directed by A.J. Bond, Hirsute is a short film about a scientists attempt to discover a way to travel through time. After the first minute he believes that he has finally mastered his equations until he writes down the time and date of his discovery in the understanding that he will travel back to that moment if it works. However when nothing happens we then see a replay of the scene however this time another version of him emerges, but he is some how different. The time traveller then explains that he is in fact the original version and that the other version was created when he travelled back in time.
Yet the time traveller is different; he has changed over time. Now he is more insecure and covers it up with a false sense of arrogance. He tells his double that when he waited on this same day and no one had shown up that he contemplated suicide, however because of his current display of confidence I didn't realize the significant of his insecurities on my first viewing. The time traveller also displays an air of vanity about him. One of the notable differences in the two of them is their grooming style. The time traveller dresses smart and casually, whereas his double wears a formal scientists overcoat. The time traveller is well groomed whereas the double has less time to think about his appearance.
As the film goes on however we begin to see the insecurities of the original time traveller. He often reacts to things with a fake laugh to hide his anxieties. Things do take a much stranger turn however when the original time traveller tries to seduce his double. The double reacts with shock towards his other counterpart. With the confrontation leading to previous underlying emotions coming to ahead.
The film really works as a good example of a subtle burning of suppressed emotions, which slowly but surely begin to gradually force their way to the surface.
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