Sunday Shorts: Tom Tykwer’s ‘Epilog’
Today’s film is the 1992 short Epilog, also known as Epilogue. The short, which is in German, is written and directed by German filmmaker Tom Tykwer, who also composed original music for the short. Tykwer is perhaps best known for his 1997 film Run Lola Run, as well as 2006′s Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Cloud Atlas, which he co-directed with the Wachowski siblings, is now in American theatres.
There was once a time when I thought Scarface was the best movie ever made, and Home Improvement was appointment television for me. While I still have a soft spot for both, those days of naivete are long behind me, as I’ve subsequently managed to broaden my horizons. Ambition is the most important part of a movie for me; if it tries to do something unique, tell a well-worn story in a different way, or take on large themes in a honest manner, I can forgive many flaws. If there’s one movie fact I’ve learnt after all these years, it’s that Employee of The Month is to Office Space what fast food is to fresh fruit. 
