"Out of all the men in the world, I ended up marrying a bloody mouse."
So ends this short film.
 Lasting all of five minutes or so, this film is a definite "kiss
in the dark". It leaves you stunned, elated, and damnit!, wanting
more. The name of the short gives it away,really. The plot focuses around a man (Richard)
who we see in the midst of constructing something. We are given very
few hints along the way as to what that 'something' is, and I've often
found, when showing it to people, they tend to wonder aloud what it
could possibly be. (I've heard the guess of a door quite often)
Sound-wise, it's incredibly minimalistic, relying only on the sounds
of  the tools that Richard's character - we never learn his name, he
is only listed as 'The Man'- employs to bring his contraption into
reality.
Also, there is no one else on screen for the course of the short excepting
Richard. You could easily argue that this film is his headliner. :-)
 But
as the visuals and sounds take you along through the contraption's
construction, we are still not allowed to see it. 'The Man' rests,
takes a swig of London's Dry Gin and coughs- the closest thing to
speaking he does throughout. He then smooths  his hair and adjusts
his appearance in the mirror, and we next see him kneeling.
Looking as though he is praying, he leans forward and rests his head
on a wooden block, tripping the mouse trap to come crashing down to
his waiting neck.
A better mouse trap?
Maybe. But a hell of a film.
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