The Bourne Ultimatum with Unicorns

December 10, 2011 5:23 PM

Carl Erik Rinsch‘s futuristic action thriller short The Gift. Other movies by Big Lazy Robot Studio. The Commercials of Carl Erik Rinsch. Also: The Hunt of the Unicorn.
posted by growabrain (7 comments total)

Thanks for this, growabrain! You've made the post I've been pondering for days. I would strongly recommend readers check out BLR's meta-trailer k3loid too.
posted by Bora Horza Gobuchul at 5:39 PM on December 10, 2011

Sorry about that, Bora. I hate it when it happens to me.
The Gift is from last year, and won 2 Lions @ Cannes.
posted by growabrain at 5:42 PM on December 10, 2011

I no understand The Gift. Some xplain?
posted by Joe in Australia at 7:02 PM on December 10, 2011

@Joe: I think it is a retelling (of sorts) of The Hunt of the Unicorn (the OP's last link). Wikipedia link.
posted by isnotchicago at 8:59 PM on December 10, 2011

Graphics are incredible. Atmosphere owed alot to half-life, but that's not a bad thing.
posted by uni verse at 9:24 PM on December 10, 2011

..like most medieval art, an allegory of the life of Christ. You can kind of get the whole story there with son of god, apostles, devil, Romans, crucifixion, rebirth, etc
posted by stbalbach at 9:30 PM on December 10, 2011

"The Gift" was one of the entries in the Philips Cinema sessions, [discussed previously]; the Company had recruited filmmakers into producing independent projects (Jun and the Hidden Skies, El Secreto de Mateo, The Hunt and the Blade Runneresque Dark Room) which incorporated the same lines of dialogue as a connecting theme.
posted by Smart Dalek at 12:06 AM on December 11, 2011