Five various figures, The Hope, The Thorn, The Nature, The Truth, and The Spark, meet with their inner black hole which consumes them all in the infinite deep.
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Overall, “Lost in the Black Hole” is a rather troubling project. Where it works well is with Aziz's visual skills and composition, as he manages to pull off a slew of impressive imagery here, with each of the five figures appearing distinct and visually separate from each other, the ability to recognize who each one is and keep track of their individual journey in the short. Since they are all based on understanding the symbolism involved in the visuals within as the repetition of prominent imagery involving the burning cross or flaming Sun creates a prominent setup for what's going on, this all offers an impressive storytelling tactic involving the characters' personal journeys. Mixing together the various mythological influences in the characters' transformations shown throughout here, everything involved in the visuals with the short come together quite nicely.
However, the fact that most of the information regarding the characters' journeys is made known through the press material rather than through the film itself makes it incredibly confusing. As an avant-garde piece of visual images collected together into a singular package, “Lost in the Black Hole” is striking enough but there's nothing within the film itself that is able to portray what's going on structurally. The dialog-free nature and visual-heavy approach keep everything so chaotic and disorganized that it's nearly impossible to tell what's happening. The only way to know is the pre-given information and that doesn't allow for the clearest of times in making sense of the storyline if you need to inform your audience what's the point of the story beforehand.
Filled with impressive visual aesthetics and fine avant-garde surrealism but way too confusing in the process, “Lost in the Black Hole” works mainly as a piece of artistic composition than anything else. Since the visuals are more prominent than any other part of the storytelling here, it's best served to the arthouse crowd or lovers of avant-garde cinema than straightforward genre fans.
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