Name: Homeless
Genre: Short
Duration: 9 min
Rating: 6

Dennis Hopper makes of "Homeless" a unique and unusual experience which reflects a hidden reality inside of another hidden reality. Filmed in a very realistic style, a voyeuristic kind of "documentary", where a homeless woman spends her days pushing her cart through the beautiful Santa Monica just getting through the day. However, she's not your typical homeless since she is beautiful, has a great body and somehow she manages to take good care of herself - but that only is evident when she's off of her dirty heavy clothes. Then Hopper goes to create some flashbacks which reveal she was an exotic dancer and with those two different points one can put together an image of who she was and who she is, and the connection between her past and present is all up to viewers in figuring out or imagine what happened to her to reach such a sad breaking point.

Obvious that she's an actress (sadly not credited), but for those eight minutes you really accept as a possible reality. How many people with careers or good looks end up living on the streets due to countless failed setbacks or even by their own choice in the search of freedom or just to ignore reality as it is. You have such idea by the thousands. It's a movie that throws so many questions to us and it's not even all that important that we have answers, we just accept it as something that happens. Hopper doesn't create scenarios or any character to interact with her, except for some curious passers by who turn their heads to take a better look at her, because like many intrigued minds out there, the curiosity hits in wondering why such a beauty is living like a tramp? The thought is there in their faces but they don't move an inch to ask her if she needs help or anything.

This idea of present a distant reality is quite valid though in a deeper level we wonder why Hopper felt the need for such a small project. Maybe an idea to develop a feature film of which never got made? To raise awareness on audiences in showing life through a different and unusual perspective? You name it. But there's something strong going on there, worthy seeing and worthy of raising a storm of thoughts and reflections. 8/10.

The short form refers to creative works characterized by their brevity and concise storytelling. Unlike full-length feature films, short films have a running time of less than 45 minutes, while TV shorts have a running time of less than 22 minutes.

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A homeless woman, improbably well-groomed and (as seen naked to the waist as she changes from one shabby sweater to another) well-toned, spends from dawn till night pushing her cart around a seaside California city. Flashbacks show that she was once an exotic dancer and illustrate the point that, under the over-sized and dirty clothing that makes her "invisible", she is still the same attractive woman.

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