‘We Die Alone’ Tells A Story About Love (Short- 2019)

The drama and horror short film We Die Alone is a story about love. It will premiere on Amazon Prime and Alter on the 21st of August 2020. Also, if you regularly find yourself browsing around the Mother of Movies website, you’ll have heard about Gunpowder and Sky’s Alter channel on YouTube before now.

We Die Alone is A Dark and Twisted Love Story

Director-writer Marc Cartwright wants to show you the lowlights of the dating world. More to the point, why it feels so hard to find love, right? How chasing that elusive connection can be viewed in a number of different ways. Surprisingly, even the concept of inadvertently being invisible versus wanting to be invisible is two very different things.

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Aiden (played by Baker Chase Powell), just wants a connection. He fantasizes about finding that special someone who likes what he likes and turning it into the relationship he dreams about. Aiden is also trying to do this by playing the online dating circuit. His apartment is filled with very concerning items of his very palpable desire to get everything just right.

At work, Elaine (played by Ashley Jones) thinks Aiden is charming. She smiles at him, gives him thoughtful gifts, and makes eye contact with him. Here, Aiden has the ability to talk with ease. Elaine, she’s the invisible one. Not even registering a blip on Aiden’s radar.

A chance encounter with a new neighbor in Aiden’s building with Chelsea (Samantha Boscarino) shows him that perhaps not everyone in the entire universe has zero in common with him.

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“It’s like I’m invisible in the real world like I could collapse in the middle of the street and everyone would just walk over me.”

Quote from Aiden in We Die Alone

In Aiden’s willingness to obsess about the smallest details, he misses more overt and obvious cues. As his obsession with connecting with the ‘right’ person increases, it’s easier to see what Aiden should notice but doesn’t.

We Die Alone is the perfect blend of personality types that those in the dating pool see. Souls bump up against each other at extreme ends of the spectrum in the quest to find love.

Generally, some are too hurt, others too afraid, and those who never make the first move. Some can’t find the right words, others who are willing to love anyone, and without a doubt, those who think the whole process is a game to be played and won. In a perfect world, these people would be matched with those who could aim to bridge that gap. But that’s not how life works.

Cartwright’s pinpoint accuracy in finding the right angle to have all these elements overlap makes We Die Alone work on a few different levels and crescendo into a horrific finale.

See the short film We Die Alone on Amazon and Alter from 21st August 2020 or you can watch it right now below. (Don’t forget to subscribe to support Alter.) Personally, we loved it.

Watch the Short Film We Die Alone

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