A Year in Shorts Day 120: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
You unlock this door with the key of too much free time on your hands. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of meaningless awards, a dimension of taking said awards far too seriously, a dimension of writing blog posts about how seriously we take these awards in an effort to feel like all the space they’re taking up in our brains hasn’t been for naught. You’re moving into a land of both style and substance, of art and analysis. You’ve just crossed over into… The Great Oscar Baiter. (via IMDb) T oday, a presentation so special and unique that for the first time in four months we've been covering our Year in Shorts, we're talking about a film that some of you may have seen by binge watching The Twilight Zone. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short at the 36th Academy Awards, here is a critical look at a classic work of French cinema. Here is our piece on An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. (via Midnite Review) Setting aside the Twilight Zone connection for