This one doesn't ask for your attention, it waits until you slow down enough to give it. A woman, a forest pool, and the thing looking back at her: that's the whole cast, and the film treats the reflection as a second character rather than an effect. The Escher logic is the point, up folding into down, self folding into self, until you stop trusting which side of the water you're on. Moths keep drifting through, and once you clock what they're doing there, the second viewing turns into a different movie entirely. Nothing explodes, nobody explains, and the animation carries every ounce of the meaning, which is exactly why people who need dialogue to feel something bounce right off it. Watch it alone, late, with the lights off, and see if you like what surfaces.
Deep In Reflection is a psychological film conceived as a visual allegory about self-examination, in the spirit of Escher. Its imagery centers on a woman and her mirrored image in a pool deep within a forest, with moths also appearing among the visuals. Through these images, the film suggests the act of looking inward at oneself.
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