I'm just guessing, as usual, because I have no idea of the cognitive process involved in the scripting of this film, but it strikes me that this is a piece about control.
Shibari is a fairly ancient Japanese art, and when properly practised, can totally immobilise a person. If a person seeks to submit completely to another, it's a fair start point. I got the impression that the woman wants the guy to exert some very basic control over her, but unfortunately she is unable to precisely articulate her desire.
Driven by the realisation that the passion in their relationship is virtually extinct, it's almost as though she's trying to draw him a map as she ties everything in knots. His unwillingness to pursue the most direct line of investigation only serves to further distance her from him. The shrink (all tics and unlit cigarettes) seems to understand the woman's yearning, but our hero prefers denial.
The repeated coda "now tie me up properly" seems to imply that she actually seeks a full on submissive bondage solution, and for him to take absolute responsibility for her wellbeing and happiness. The fact that he is incapable of understanding her needs, or responding adequately to them, is probably the reason she ties him up properly and vanishes.
Like I said: just guessing.
Apart from that, it's a decently made short film, with enough interesting imagery to hold the attention, even if the plot occasionally seems to have fallen through a crack in the floorboards. The shot of the despairing woman and the suspended turtles framed by the window at dusk would not look out of place in a fancy art gallery. Likewise the final web. Nice aesthetics, shame about the narative.
Shibari is a fairly ancient Japanese art, and when properly practised, can totally immobilise a person. If a person seeks to submit completely to another, it's a fair start point. I got the impression that the woman wants the guy to exert some very basic control over her, but unfortunately she is unable to precisely articulate her desire.
Driven by the realisation that the passion in their relationship is virtually extinct, it's almost as though she's trying to draw him a map as she ties everything in knots. His unwillingness to pursue the most direct line of investigation only serves to further distance her from him. The shrink (all tics and unlit cigarettes) seems to understand the woman's yearning, but our hero prefers denial.
The repeated coda "now tie me up properly" seems to imply that she actually seeks a full on submissive bondage solution, and for him to take absolute responsibility for her wellbeing and happiness. The fact that he is incapable of understanding her needs, or responding adequately to them, is probably the reason she ties him up properly and vanishes.
Like I said: just guessing.
Apart from that, it's a decently made short film, with enough interesting imagery to hold the attention, even if the plot occasionally seems to have fallen through a crack in the floorboards. The shot of the despairing woman and the suspended turtles framed by the window at dusk would not look out of place in a fancy art gallery. Likewise the final web. Nice aesthetics, shame about the narative.