{"id":8904,"date":"2021-11-19T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/?p=8904"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:36:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T07:06:46","slug":"all-too-well-the-short-film-2021-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2021\/11\/19\/all-too-well-the-short-film-2021-review\/","title":{"rendered":"All Too Well &#8211; The Short Film (2021) Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift is a singer-songwriter and an actor too! Ever since the release of her first short film <i>All Too Well: The Short Film, <\/i><a title=\"Taylor Swift\u2019s 2010 Speak Now Album Is a Gem We Don\u2019t Deserve\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2020\/04\/29\/taylor-swifts-2010-speak-now-album-is-a-gem-we-dont-deserve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swift<\/a> has added director to her list of titles. The film is based on the ten-minute version of the song \u2018All Too Well\u2019 that first appeared on the singer\u2019s fourth album \u2018Red\u2019 released in October 2012. When she re-recorded the album titled \u2018Red (Taylor\u2019s Version)&#8217;, she added the ten-minute version of the song that quickly became a fan-favorite (it is Taylor&#8217;s Favorite too) and released an accompanying Short Film on November 13!<\/p>\n<p>Starring the <em>Stranger Things<\/em> star Sadie Sink, the \u2018Teen Wolf\u2019 and \u2018The Maze Runner\u2019 actor Dylan O\u2019Brien as <i>Her <\/i>and <i>Him <\/i>respectively, and Swift (who makes a brief appearance), the roughly fifteen-minute short film is based on the storyline of the song \u2018All Too Well\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taylor Swift - All Too Well: The Short Film\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tollGa3S0o8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Swift\u2019s music has always given us a peek into her personal life, her relationships and the short film does the same by detailing the beginning and the end of tumultuous young love, one with a noticeable age difference. The latter seems to be the subject of contention between the protagonists as the lyrics \u201c<i>You said if we had been closer in age \/ Maybe it would\u2019ve been fine \/ And that made me want to die<\/i>\u201d also suggest the same. Both Dylan and Sadie perfectly embody the characters of the story Taylor Swift wrote and directed.<\/p>\n<p>The film begins with a quote from Pablo Neruda that says: \u201c<i>Love is so short, forgetting is so long\u201d <\/i>which is very relevant to the storyline of the film.<\/p>\n<p>The time Sadie\u2019s character spends trying to make sense of the debris of the love that had gone wrong is definitely more than the <b>love<\/b> we see in the relationship between <i>Him <\/i>and <i>Her.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerable creativity of Swift underlines the emotional power of her unmatched storytelling and she allows her lyrics to carry the most of the film. The early moments of \u2018All Too Well &#8211; The Short Film mirror the first blush of romance, the honeymoon phase &#8211; the first beginnings of love. It also gives a visual reference to the lyrical motif of Sadie\u2019s character leaving her scarf at O\u2019Brien\u2019s sister\u2019s house and the male protagonist holding onto it even after their breakup. He is also seen wearing it at the climactic moment.<\/p>\n<p>[related-post id=&#8221;6017&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Cinematographer Rina Yang shot the \u2018All Too Well &#8211; The Short Film\u2019 on 35mm film, and Taylor splits it into different mini acts that serve as subtle hints to the female protagonist\u2019s future. Two of the seven acts are titled &#8216;The First Crack In The Glass&#8217; and \u2018The Remembering\u2019 to not only give a dramatic effect but also to emphasize the different phases of the relationship between the protagonists.<\/p>\n<p>There is an emotional scene wherein an argument takes place between the Sink and O\u2019Brien\u2019s characters (some may even compare it to the scene between Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson that became a meme from Noah Baumbach\u2019s <i>Marriage Story<\/i>) that has been recorded in a continuous shot. The argument comes after the male protagonist lets go of Sink\u2019s hand during a dinner party with his friends where he also ignores her &#8211; leaving her in discomfort among a group of people older than her.<\/p>\n<p>That scene is so well shot because of Sadie and Dylan\u2019s electric acting (and chemistry throughout the film) in which the former beautifully portrays the distraught young girl with a wide-eyed gaze Taylor sings of.<\/p>\n<p>Dylan captures the delightful pomposity his role demands and the cozy vibes in contrast to the intense emotions we feel is an amazing aspect to see in the film due to the stunning scene composition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt15909200\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MV5BYjM0MzE0NmQtZmIyNC00OTY4LTg2MmQtYWU5ZGVmODdjMmI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTM4NjkxNTQ@._V1_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MV5BYjM0MzE0NmQtZmIyNC00OTY4LTg2MmQtYWU5ZGVmODdjMmI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTM4NjkxNTQ@._V1_.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MV5BYjM0MzE0NmQtZmIyNC00OTY4LTg2MmQtYWU5ZGVmODdjMmI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTM4NjkxNTQ@._V1_-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MV5BYjM0MzE0NmQtZmIyNC00OTY4LTg2MmQtYWU5ZGVmODdjMmI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTM4NjkxNTQ@._V1_-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MV5BYjM0MzE0NmQtZmIyNC00OTY4LTg2MmQtYWU5ZGVmODdjMmI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTM4NjkxNTQ@._V1_-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MV5BYjM0MzE0NmQtZmIyNC00OTY4LTg2MmQtYWU5ZGVmODdjMmI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTM4NjkxNTQ@._V1_-343x215.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MV5BYjM0MzE0NmQtZmIyNC00OTY4LTg2MmQtYWU5ZGVmODdjMmI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTM4NjkxNTQ@._V1_-326x205.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/m.imdb.com\/title\/tt15909200\/\">IMDb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The film captures <i>everything <\/i>one could imagine and envision while listening to the \u2018All Too Well (10 Minute Version) (Taylor\u2019s Version)\u2019 all thanks to cinematographer Rina Yang and the film\u2019s writer and director &#8211; Taylor Swift. It is so raw and evocative that you may feel the emotions that Dylan and Sadie\u2019s characters felt who perfectly transformed into their roles displayed on the screen.<\/p>\n<p>What you don\u2019t see coming is an older version of Sadie\u2019s character who is portrayed by Swift.<\/p>\n<p>She transforms into the role of the younger actor (similar hair and everything) only much matured and poised and can be seen when the lyrics &#8211; <i>\u201cAnd I was never good at telling jokes but the punchline goes &#8211; I\u2019ll get older but your lovers stay my age\u201d <\/i>(a pattern that is quite visible among many Hollywood actors who date women significantly younger than them) can be heard as she gets ready to see the book lovers waiting to hear her talk about her new novel very aptly titled \u2018All Too Well\u2019.<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>[related-post id=&#8221;74&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Taylor (as <i>Her) <\/i>walks towards the audience from behind the curtains and it&#8217;s none other than the older version of Dylan\u2019s character who looks through the windows at her success whilst wearing <i>Her <\/i>scarf. This moment can be left to viewers to interpret although it doesn&#8217;t matter because he is no longer a part of <i>Her <\/i>life so much so that Swift chooses not to show his face!<\/p>\n<p>The song <i>All Too Well <\/i>never had a music video however \u2018All Too Well &#8211; The Short Film\u2019 is everything and more than the fans ever imagined! It is so loved by them that it has a fandom of its own!<\/p>\n<p>Swift very skilfully blends the dialogues with the lyrics, making the viewers impatiently wonder what happens next. It immerses them into the relationship that ultimately falls apart as the emotions conveyed in the film leave you reeling from the rollercoaster of feelings and pain the female protagonist carries. The wound she carries is difficult to forget after having seen the imbalance in their relationship in which an older man gaslights a young woman and even stood <i>Her<\/i> up on her birthday.<\/p>\n<p>If anything is clear after having watched \u2018All Too Well &#8211; The Short Film\u2019 it\u2019s that Taylor Swift can translate an auditory piece on screen in a brilliant manner.<\/p>\n<h5>Check Out \u2018All Too Well &#8211; The Short Film&#8217;: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tollGa3S0o8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift is a singer-songwriter and an actor too! Ever since the release of her first short film All Too Well: The Short Film, Swift has added director to her list of titles. 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