A Blizzard-Bound Man Spirals Into Paranoia in This Tense Animated Short

Winston is named for the narrator of Aram Sarkisian ’s short , a desperate man dashing off a fevered letter that reads like a crazed journal entry . “ I ’m not losing my grasp again , ” he take a firm stand , as he weaves an more and more paranoid tale about his neighbor — a man he abhor and is obsessed with in adequate measuring .

The stark aliveness capture the eery totems of Winston ’s patent madness — open fireplace smoke coming from what should be an empty house ; strange footprints in the snow — but it ’s the excellent vocalization - over acting that really ratchets up the tension , as the admirer rapidly loses his grip on realism . ( Or does he ? ) This guy would n’t be out of blank space in an Edgar Allan Poe story … or maybe working as the caretaker at the Overlook Hotel .

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