THE DOUBLE FEELING
2016 · 10m · Germany
Directed by Nikias Chryssos
Genres: drama, experimental, surrealism
Tones: contemplative, dark, surreal
A psychological short from German director Nikias Chryssos exploring doubling, uncanny repetition, and the sensation of existing in two states simultaneously.
Picked by Felix
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Nikias Chryssos made 'Der Bunker' — one of the most unnerving German films of the 2010s — and this is the proof of concept. The double feeling is real and it will follow you.
The Vimeo page describes a 10-minute Fleshlight factory documentary, not the psychological doubling piece in the metadata — Chryssos went on to make Der Bunker, so either reading is interesting, but the disconnect makes this hard to gauge.
The Vimeo OG description here actually describes a Fleshlight factory documentary, not the psychological short the metadata implies — that mismatch means I can't responsibly enthuse over either version without confirmation. Chryssos has chops, but I'd want to verify.