Hirsute, a peculiar short film of the sci-fi variety concerning Kyle (A.J. Bond), a young scientist on the verge of traveling through time only to encounter a confident, borderline arrogant, future version of himself who turns his world upside down.
The title scene shows a fly-by montage of equations canvassing the walls of Kyle’s apartment as a frantic piano piece plays erratically until our young scientist seemingly finds the answer to his time traveling problems. Kyle however utters the word 'Damn' when nothing happens, that is until his thoughts are interrupted by a splashing sound coming from the bathroom.
Sitting encased in bath water is Future Kyle who asks for a towel before abruptly explaining Kyle’s current time travel theories are incorrect. What follows is a lesson in the laws of time travel as Future Kyle takes the lead prompting Kyle to ask “Have I always been this pretentious?” But Future Kyle simply shrugs it off reminding Kyle that they are not the same.
Future Kyle begins to show Kyle something that will ‘change his life’ as a hilarious scene unfolds at the four minute mark between the two with Kyle questioning “Is this the time machine?” only to receive “I’m making hard boiled eggs” in return.
Sitting down to eat said hard boiled eggs, Kyle realises his time traveling counterpart now has a noticeable lack of hair from the neck down as Future Kyle tells him to run his fingers along his smooth, hairless arm. It seems Future Kyle just might be attracted to himself. A head-to-toe sleeping arrangement cements this theory only it does not quite go to plan continuing the level of weirdness and hilarity as Future Kyle makes a rather inappropriate pass at his present self.
The awkward exchange finds Future Kyle leaving the same way he entered through the bathtub with his egg shaped time traveling device. Of course, not before he instigates a shocking reminder of the entire experience for a startled yet observant Kyle.
The last scene shows the two Kyles standing in the kitchen alongside the egg timer as Future Kyle arrives in the tub to their right. Confusing? That’s time travel for you. Just ask John Connor regarding his paradoxical birth.
Hirsute is written and directed by University of British Columbia Film Programme graduate A. J. Bond, who proves he’s a triple threat in every sense of the word playing the roles of both Kyles superbly.
In an interview with Shortfilmoftheweek.com, Bond stated “My aim was to make a comedic film in which your laughter gets increasingly more uncomfortable until you question whether you should be laughing at all.” Noting his love for Back to The Future and the idea of alternate versions of people as his inspiration.
The almost fourteen minute film contains an interesting element of comedy. Yes, its uneasy. Yes, its strange and startling, but its amusing, entertaining, quirky, intelligent and thought provoking all at the same time. To put it bluntly, A. J. Bond’s Hirsute is bold, bizarre and borderline brilliant.
Hirsute is available to watch online now having received eight awards and three nominations for various film festivals screened at over fifty festivals worldwide including the Cork Film Festival. A. J. Bond is currently writing and working on his first feature length project, the psychological thriller Wisteria.
The title scene shows a fly-by montage of equations canvassing the walls of Kyle’s apartment as a frantic piano piece plays erratically until our young scientist seemingly finds the answer to his time traveling problems. Kyle however utters the word 'Damn' when nothing happens, that is until his thoughts are interrupted by a splashing sound coming from the bathroom.
Sitting encased in bath water is Future Kyle who asks for a towel before abruptly explaining Kyle’s current time travel theories are incorrect. What follows is a lesson in the laws of time travel as Future Kyle takes the lead prompting Kyle to ask “Have I always been this pretentious?” But Future Kyle simply shrugs it off reminding Kyle that they are not the same.
Future Kyle begins to show Kyle something that will ‘change his life’ as a hilarious scene unfolds at the four minute mark between the two with Kyle questioning “Is this the time machine?” only to receive “I’m making hard boiled eggs” in return.
Sitting down to eat said hard boiled eggs, Kyle realises his time traveling counterpart now has a noticeable lack of hair from the neck down as Future Kyle tells him to run his fingers along his smooth, hairless arm. It seems Future Kyle just might be attracted to himself. A head-to-toe sleeping arrangement cements this theory only it does not quite go to plan continuing the level of weirdness and hilarity as Future Kyle makes a rather inappropriate pass at his present self.
The awkward exchange finds Future Kyle leaving the same way he entered through the bathtub with his egg shaped time traveling device. Of course, not before he instigates a shocking reminder of the entire experience for a startled yet observant Kyle.
The last scene shows the two Kyles standing in the kitchen alongside the egg timer as Future Kyle arrives in the tub to their right. Confusing? That’s time travel for you. Just ask John Connor regarding his paradoxical birth.
Hirsute is written and directed by University of British Columbia Film Programme graduate A. J. Bond, who proves he’s a triple threat in every sense of the word playing the roles of both Kyles superbly.
In an interview with Shortfilmoftheweek.com, Bond stated “My aim was to make a comedic film in which your laughter gets increasingly more uncomfortable until you question whether you should be laughing at all.” Noting his love for Back to The Future and the idea of alternate versions of people as his inspiration.
The almost fourteen minute film contains an interesting element of comedy. Yes, its uneasy. Yes, its strange and startling, but its amusing, entertaining, quirky, intelligent and thought provoking all at the same time. To put it bluntly, A. J. Bond’s Hirsute is bold, bizarre and borderline brilliant.
Hirsute is available to watch online now having received eight awards and three nominations for various film festivals screened at over fifty festivals worldwide including the Cork Film Festival. A. J. Bond is currently writing and working on his first feature length project, the psychological thriller Wisteria.
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