Eject
She first experiences it as an itch, a localised rash which won’t go away and scratching at it just makes it worse, but as the scab peels away underneath is revealed an object, like a USB socket surgically implanted in her arm or possibly emerging from it; initially horrified, Kate experiments with it, inserting a network dongle and finding herself transported, at least in her mind, to another place.
A metallic corridor leading to a chamber, barely lit and presumably underground, inside there is a red door and two filing cabinets, one large, the other small, and inside the first are folders containing memories and experiences, moments of her life, while in the smaller are the things she never got around to doing such as learning to speak French; what would be wrong with moving some of the files around?
Directed by David Yorke from a script co-written with Elena Saurel who also stars as Kate, the premise of short science fiction film Eject is simple but powerful, the temptation which cannot be ignored to rearrange things when the pieces of a life are broken down and laid out, editing and casting what is no longer wanted or needed into the void behind the red door, ejecting the unwanted and saving only what is of value.
The mysterious design of the darkened chamber adding huge production value, inevitably there is a catch, hard consequences of Kate breaking the unspoken rules of the place she has found, becoming another person but apparently one who is now so different she is no longer recognised by the system she has entered, and while the idea is only partially explored and no explanations are given the point is made clearly.
Eject is streaming on the Arrow platform now
