David B. Earle

Dining Room

David B. Earle

This 1-minute short film was created by David B. Earle, and uploaded on his YouTube channel in 2006. The film begins focusing on a gray-skinned girl in a dining room, spoon in hand. A fire can be seen in the background. She slowly opens her eyes and begins talking backwards: ".gnihton si erehT" As the camera zooms out to the table, she faceplants in her bowl. The camera fixates on the scene before reversing. The girl returns to her previous position, and she says: "There is nothing." She then closes her eyes again, ending the film. The film is meant to show a scenario that can be infinitely looped.

Dining Room or There is Nothing

David B. Earle

Lea Porsager

The film flips back on itself. At exactly the midway point, the film begins to run backwards, and the sound repeats itself backwards with it. The character, speaks the three words backwards as the film goes forwards, so that they can be deciphered at the end of the film when they are played backwards.