Shower

Approach this short film from the inside and it is one worth seeing. The lead character is confronted with a man masturbating in the public showers at a swimming pool. After initially reacting with revulsion, he joins the moment and is lost in it. When they are disturbed, whatever it was roused from within him is shocked back into the shadows, and he violently beats the man with whom he was just sexually engaged. As a character journey it is interesting, and the nudity matches well with the exposed desires of the man.

That said, the film doesn't leave much space for this, because it is mostly content to play it all out in a way that is overly provocative. The nudity, the public masturbation, the sudden violence – all of it is fed with tension and is a bit shocking, but it seems like maybe this is the point. On reflection, after watching, I liked it more than I did when watching – but afterwards I'm doing the work. While watching I didn't get inside the character, and found myself just a bit put off by an act of public indecency being the catalyst for the moment.

It is interesting, but it has too much impact on the surface and doesn't easily allow the viewer in to get to more.