This short is absolutely incredible, but let me explain myself.
I discovered this thanks to a french YouTuber who analyzed this short in depths and invited people beforehand to watch it for themselves, which is what I did. And oh boy was my first viewing experience unsettling. Like this short was really me being utterly confused and semi-terrified as to what was going on onscreen. But I was mostly confused as to what just happened, I felt like random scenes were put against each other with no real meaning. What an utter fool I was thinking that.
The analysis of this short made me realize one thing: every single detail, object, background... Everything was calculated and put there for a specific reason. Nothing was there randomly. And oh boy with every element there was, it is pretty hard to understand what's going on. But when everything is coming together, you can fully understand how genius all of this is.
I won't explain much since it would ruin the whole point of watching this for yourself, which you should definitely do because it is quite the experience. While I got help in understanding all of this from the video of the YouTuber I've mentioned earlier, I got some parts together myself and it felt quite good aha. This short is a critic of something that is not quite mentioned or talked about in artistic projects, which is the medication and health system in the US, as well as addiction problems.
The rabbit hole goes so far down there is (or was, I don't think it exist anymore) a hidden website with some sort of exploring map of a house (house that is the main location of the short) that kinda remind us of Google Maps or point and click games from the 90s. Either way, the whole "lore" around Unedited Footage of a Bear, and all the details you begin to understand as time goes on make the whole experience really worth it. The only reason it's not a 10/10 is simply because not everybody has the time and will to do all of this research and exploring for simply one short, yet I'd still recommend doing so or just watching the short. It's simply terrifying aha.
Overall, absolutely incredible. I wish to see more infomercials like this in the future!
