We Can't Live Without Cosmos (2014)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Boring

Best movie of this year hands down!

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The mystifying "My ne mozhem zhit' bez kosmosa" ("We Can't Live Without Cosmos" in English) is about two friends in training to be astronauts. I interpreted the Oscar-nominated short as a look at how one's career - and what happens to relationships because of it - can affect one's life. Like most animated shorts, it probably won't get seen by the majority of the public, but I recommend it. Containing no dialogue, it begs the question of whether great achievements are more important than friendship.I've also seen "Bear Story", which one the Academy Award for Best Animated Short that year. Both shorts are worth seeing. I don't know that I would call one better than the other. In the meantime, do make an effort to see this one.

We Can't Live Without Cosmos (2014) *** (out of 4) This Russian film was nominated for a Best Animated Short Oscar and it's easy to see why as director Konstantin Bronzit doesn't use a word of dialogue and instead lets his two characters and animation tell the story. The story is quite simple as two best friends grow up in hopes of becoming cosmonauts and will do everything together in order to get their dreams.WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT COSMOS is a pretty good short that manages to have quite a bit of imagination going in it. I really loved the fact that this was an old-fashioned animation that used hand drawing. In a world full of CGI sometimes it's good to just go back to the old school stuff. For the most part the film moved extremely well and there's no question that it's well-made and looks terrific.

"Mi ne mozhem zhit bez kosmosa" or "We Can't Live Without Cosmos" is a Russian 15-minute animated short film from last year that managed an Academy Award nomination. It is probably not a front runner right now, but who knows if it may win. Surprises in the category are not a rarity. The writer and director is Konstantin Bronzit and the last film he made was "Lavatory Lovestory", 7 years ago and this one was also an Academy Award nominee. But back to this one here. It seems space is still as interesting as every after film like "Gravity", "Interstellar" and "The Martian" and it also extends to the genre of animation now. The first third of the film is really feel-good and humour as we watch a pair of close friends in a training facility for space travel. And the two are not only the best friends, they are also the most talented applicants. However, it becomes a lot more dramatic afterward and this is also where the film delivers the best. I did not really like the first part, but it gets better quickly. I think this is on par with the Chilean entry and Hertzfeldt's film, so I do not have a clear favorite yet. Still two short films to see, but I really like Hertzfeldt's older works, so maybe I will side with him. As for Bronzit's film here, the Academy Award nomination is a nice present briefly after his 50th birthday and it is also a good little movie. I recommend the watch.

We Can't Live Without Cosmos is a 15-minute long animated film nominated for the Best animated short film Academy Award. It tells the story of 2 guys, who are life long friends, undergoing training preparing for space mission. 10 minutes into the film it's revealed that only one of them is a "real astronaut" while the other is just his backup / reserve astronaut. When the first guy blasts off into the space, his friend watches him leave while holding in his hand their photo.After a sudden plot twist the story turns into a drama. The space ship disintegrates and the astronaut is presumed dead. The second guy can not deal with the trauma of losing his best friend and literally goes insane. Eventually he is confined into medical facility from where he mysteriously disappears. The end of the story looks a little bit cryptic and leaves much to the viewers imagination. Well, I must say that this film is an absolute tear jerker, It is impossible to watch it without breaking into tears. From the technical point of view the animation might seem clumsy of dated but the excellence of the film lies within its plot. The art-house / festival public will be pleased with this short film.