Sci-Fi Short Film "Corrections" | DUST | Refresh Friday
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- čas přidán 17. 08. 2023
- In a next-generation prison, inmates are “corrected” over a few days by an A.I. linked to their consciousness. Cyrus, a lonely parole officer, becomes obsessed with Alice - a sociopathic inmate that the A.I. seems unable to reform.
"Corrections" by Nick Tucker
More About "Corrections":
In a future prison, inmates are not locked up for years - they’re connected to an accelerated simulation that allows them to serve their entire sentence in a few days. What these inmates don't know is that before they're released, they undergo a "Parole Simulation" that seems utterly real - and their moral resolve is tested in their most private moments. In this way, only the truly reformed are deemed "corrected" and released back into society. Cyrus, a lonely parole technician, becomes obsessed with Alice - an alluring and sociopathic inmate that the system seems unable to reform. While most inmates are corrected and released quickly, Alice has failed nearly a thousand Parole Simulations. Cyrus tries convincing Alice to undergo a procedure that will radically alter her personality, so she can finally be corrected and released. But Alice has her own plans. Despite having her memory wiped between Parole Simulations, she gets to Cyrus - seducing him and chipping away at his sanity … until it's not clear who has the upper hand.
A message from the filmmaker:
Corrections is a story about a world of nearly complete state surveillance, a world that has abandoned trust for security - a world distressingly similar to our own. I wrote Corrections as a way to examine issues of surveillance, privacy, and the role they play in how we make choices. How can we be our true self when we're constantly under the eyes of others? We like to think that surveillance can only reveal people's true character, but the pressure of constant observation has just as much power to influence how we behave and think of ourselves. Corrections is also about relationships between people, the way we exert power over others in surprising ways, and how we make ourselves into victims, or victimizers, without realizing it. Cyrus and Alice are locked in a power struggle, their drives and weaknesses conspiring to create a truly toxic relationship. I want the film to leave viewers wondering if it's possible to truly correct people, and if we really want to live in a world where there's no room for the people we can't "fix."
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A tiny masterpiece about obsession and loneliness. Extremely well done in a very compressed storyline. A wonderfully acted sociopath also. It's up to you to decide who is incorrigible.
A very interesting film. I've known people who can't seem to steer clear of trouble and the law. I've known a few that just got away with whatever it was they did, somehow managing to not get caught. There is a side to humanity that doesn't, and may never conform to what's considered normal, or lawful. Society has tried many ways to "correct" such people with limited success. Sometimes the roles we play in life can get blurred when we encounter certain other people. We sometimes lose our grasp on what's real and what is dreams. "Corrections" is a film that makes for much thought.
This was actually quite good. About halfway through, I started thinking that he was actually the one in prison.
Yeah, I figured it out too but it was so well done I couldn't stop watching. A combination of great film and editing techniques, awesome actors, and an original (to me) concept made it very fun!
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Yeah really good but the end has too much wrong with it
i was gonna comment and this spoiled it for me lmao. still gonnna watch though
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Sorry. One thing I learned a long time ago is to NEVER read the comments below a short film before you watch it.🤷🏻♂️
I love the feeling here of floating in a dream state.
Top Class .... thought provoking.
BRILLIANT... illustrates The Female Psychopath perfectly
4:55 He wants her to get a treatment called "Personality Reconditioning" then warns her that one of the side effects is that it will permanently change her personality....ummm..... well no shit...
One of the side effects is what the procedure is meant to do to the patient???....
"You are going in for a surgery, to remove your gang green foot, but unfortunately one of the main side effects to the surgery is loss of that foot."
@@Not_Always I was so captivated by this video I was distracted by something shiny and forgot to get back to it.
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"I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers."
"then there was Jimmy Two Times, because he said everything twice"
At the end he could have said to her "You can get me out". I really liked this short film.
Great stuff! It dawned on me at minute 12 or 13.
I like how all of Dust´s films are so cinema-like. And no background story, always straight to the point, you don´t need foreplay. Ten secons to dive in is enough. No hobbyist crap (which I did back in the early nineties), just pure and professionally created stuff. What do these films cost? Who sponsors?!
Thought this was an awesome short when I originally viewed it - still has that edge. A well done piece. Reminds me of reading a well written short story!
Excellent! The 'dream within a dream' was cliché, but everything else was so well done. A very convincing world.
Cliche? That's like saying "it's a good song but the chord it's written in is kinda played out".
I liked that. I didn't see the end coming. Very good!
Quite the plot twist at the end. Excellent video. Well scripted and kudos to the actors.
how did I not see that ending coming
Very, very nicely done. Kudos to the entire team!
What a remarkable content in a brief sci-fi film. I'm thankful for this well directed and excellently performed acting in this brief film. The social science issues are evocative in many ways. My study has been behavioral science and information theory related to machine learning technologies and, for me, this sci-fi presents a possible future exponentially improbable. And the existential questions in this movie are something I've no answer for, but based on my study, it would almost never happen in this way.
Bravo! A look at "who dreams the dreamer" that hooked me right away. _Very_ well done.
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Read the message from the filmmaker in the description. Worth it.
From the start I knew he was going to be screwed over.
Cortázar all the way. Continuidad de los parques. Noche boca arriba. With just a hint of Burroughs. Nice.
Wow, brilliant one, I wasn't expecting that.
I've literally been trying to watch this all day. (Work, ugh, amiright??? 😅) and each snippet I watched, I loved. And then I watched it in its totality. And I loved it. It was really well done, Sci fi effects were great, acting was phenomenal, really well put together. Great job everyone who made this! Would love to see more from you all!
DUST never disappoints. Well done!
While watching this great and interesting film...
I'm remembering Sarah's character in real life...her name is Maggie...well, that's what we called her. We had a thing going on...
Great works. !!
Very good short 👌! It reminds me that, sinning does not make me a sinner. I sin because I am a sinner!😇👿
Excellent presentation and production very believable dystopian future....very scary 😮❤ well done @DUST 😊
This is reminiscent of Minority Report.
why are all these so good!
I'm truly impressed with the casting and their acting here - along with the cinematography, directing, editing, and the light touch with all the necessary sci-fi effects - and, tying it all together, a story that compels you to keep watching, despite having the feeling that you have a correct hunch about where it's going.
Now that's quality. 👍 Bravo.
This is awesome!Thank you
Great short! Great acting.
Very Black Mirror-esque.
I could see this being real in the future.
The actors are great, but the sociopath was brilliant scary.
From ‘no bail’ to this. Amazing.
Not too shabby. Better than most dusts.
See "a clock work orange"
Definitely enjoyed this one! Would love to see more of this type.
This was early Black Mirror quality stuff
Thanks!
Excellent production. I remember seeing this years ago, but that's OK, this is definitely one of the best productions DUST has presented. As for this scenario actually becoming possible somewhere in the not too distant future . . . well . . .
*Can't get enough of Dust, I can bench watch videos for hours! Smash that like if you love Sci-Fi *🤩
Bench watch! Like it! Sounds like a work out!
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The only person that should do this job, should be without any emotion.
I need to stop reading the comment section on this videos. Thanks for the spoilers.
End unexpected ❤
the problem is that this video like many others had already been broadcast. You can't pass off old videos as new
They both creep me out.😳
Engaging, well scripted, well acted.
Oh, that ending though!
I saw that one coming...
Yes, it was quite predictable.
Obvious ending though thoroughly engaged throughout 🤗
so ... the whole world is in prison? powering the batteries :)
I like the acting. The plot of a sudden love for an incorrigible criminal seemed quite interesting to me. You really can't tell your heart. However, the cinematography could have been better.😅
This was a really good video.... last year
Very entertaining
Very well done.
Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream.
--Edgar Allen Poe
Good twist. Well done.
Good excellent as usual thank you
Most excellent
Well done
I mean the idea that one could actually cure someone with this way is ridiculous, you'd have more chance with the Ludovico technique, but apart from that entertaining.
good film
112👍's up DUST thank you for sharing 😂😊
I hadn't considered that dreams need not be inclusive of memory, but could be something completely separate, unique or exclusive unto themselves.
very good
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Super
Looks like a good one but the audio sent me other places
wow..we geting closer to the truth
well I considered this ending but I thought it might be better if he inserted a simulation inside a simulation allowing her to be released early just to see how she would respond. Maybe he was the only key to reforming her. Seemingly. But in reality he was the one in the simulation all along but he still thinks it is her and he can't understand why he inherited her nature post, what he thought, was her release.
Didn't see that one coming.
I had to use two 9in speakers with 500 watts at 75% to even attempt to listen to this terrible audio whisper mix. I didn't go any higher to make sure you didn't have a loud section that would damage my speakers. These low mixes are why young people think they need subtitles for everything. This is ridiculous.
I think that's a "you" problem. I have auditory processing deficits, and although the mix was a little low for me, I still understood everything perfectly. Perhaps you should get a comprehensive hearing examination.
Now that was perfect society now perfect
Ooooooh!
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Wowzers"
It was a reverse revenge in A.I..
hard
Provocatively disturbing ~ ~ ~ 😮
People should stop telling stories like this before we all realize that we are in a simulation ourselves, and the overlord terminates the program….
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If you get locked up for a restraining order then 99% of the pollution would be going through some simulator. That is not a big offense. You probably get locked up if you take a red light while driving. In the simulator, you keep taking it so you are screwed and be in a simulator forever, or get a new personality
She makes me uneasy.
spoken words were completely inaudible for way too much of this film. Horrible audio work for an otherwise excellent film.
This would not be a good system.
This throws away the best power that we humans have: learning from experience.
These repeated simulations just show who the subject currently is.
If the subject doesn't keep anything from a previous existence, they will keep being the same.
The best education is still punishment/reward. In which form, only experience will tell.
the guy is in love, and understand that if he corrected himself, he will not see the girl again?
If you think obsession is "love", you need as much mental help as the main character does. Buddy, the guy was a *STALKER.* That's why he was in for breaking the restraining order.
He's Another Murder, Waiting To Happen, And I Haven't Even Finished This Video Yet . . .
Wow, I Was Wrong, And It Was A Complete Reversal Of Characters . . .
Terrible audio
Wow!
Is the future bleak?
Can the future be this bleak?
When will the retraining stop?
Societal failure.
When society places you
in an altered state of mind.
Is this reality or is this a dream?
Who decides what?
Is this all there is?
Oh, am I thankful that
Jesus Christ is my Savior
even though I am a sinner.
My sin penalty has been paid.
In this simulation...
Can the situation/ simulation
ever be truly satisfied.
Are these scenarios
computer-driven
out of the mind of
an AI systems array?
Thought-provoking
to say the least.
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An extremely predictable story with an obvious outcome. I knew precisely what the ending would be the moment he saw Alice rather than his gf. Do better in future, please.
The wasn't his girlfriend. It was a simulated date. There's a video on the desk after he rips off the ear bud to tm end the scenario.
Now this why I subscribed this what I'm talking bout Dust.. Wasn't a fan of the last video because I don't do zesty but I rocks with this💯💯