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The Fade
Short film · Bora Bora, French Polynesia
When he arrived in 1971, he was red. He came for one wave.
Transcript
00:00When he arrived in 1971, he was red.
00:04He came for one wave.
00:07The lagoon has no waves. The reef keeps them outside.
00:12He waited the season.
00:15Then the next one.
00:18Every November, the hotel measures him.
00:21Against the paint chart.
00:24The cushions are changed to match.
00:27Guests assume he is part of the brand. He is not.
00:31Today, the hotel is this colour.
00:34He has been offered shade. He declined.
00:42The chart has one space left.
A mockumentary. The character, the hotel and its paint chart are fictional. Images and voices are AI-generated.
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