简介：InhistrailerfortheViennale,THEBOYWHOCHOSETHEEARTH,LavDiaztellsthestoryofaboywhohasaspirations–heeducateshimselfandforgesplans.Onedaythere’saknockonthedoor,someoneleavesandheisliterallyleftoutintherain.Thundercracksandlightningflashes,waterpeltsdownandengulfseverything.Incredulously,theboylooksuptotheheavens–isthissupposedtobehisdestiny?THEBOYWHOCHOSETHEEARTHisprobablytheshortestfilmLavDiazhasevermade–agrainrichinmeaning.(V'18Trailer:THEBOYWHOCHOSETHEEARTHvonLavDiaz） TheideaofcommissioningLavDiaztodirectatwo-minutetrailermightsoundlikeacinephilicjest.Buttheresultofthisexperimentincontrastsisadense,evocativeshortfilmthattransmitslayersofnarrativeandmysteryinitsbriefruntime.Aestheticallyspeaking,THEBOYWHOCHOSETHEEARTHresemblessomeofDiaz’searlyshadowyblack-and-whiteworks,albeitmarkedbyasomewhatsofter,finertouch.Whilemaintainingafocusontherelationsoffamily,andtheimportanceofplace,itstonedepartsstarklyfromDiaz’softenwrenchingepic-realistsensibilities.Itinvolvesayoungboy,ananonymousson,wholivesseeminglyself-sustainedinwhatmightbethepresentandmightbetheendoftheworld.Heisaloneamidanostensiblyfunctional,ifprecariousuniverse.Hisoccupationsformapictureofearlysubjectivity–andaprompttoexplore,fromtheinnerselftoanever-obscuredlifeoutside.(RachaelA.Rakes)…