Vlog of Mattie: Contemplating A Brief Encounter

(video by Mat)

Mattie has been absent from youTube for six months and the prodigious son comes back with a gem of elegance and subtlety, a beautiful video of five minutes that speaks volumes about his love for the world of movies.

The title calls in mind, of course, the great classic from 1945, that Brief Encounter, a point of reference in any history of cinematography: woman meets man; gradually they fall in love; but she is not free. This calls in mind, of course, another point of reference, 2000, In the Mood for Love. And other great movies.

The story told by Mattie is also of a brief encounter. Once a boy met a girl and a sparkle was in the air for a minute. From her? From him? From both? They never met after. Had it really been, that encounter? Or was it only his ardent desire to recreate, in spirit, the Brief Encounter?

(Vlog of Mattie)