I wrote the following review of a short film, Eyelids, over at rednoW.com.

How does a beautiful idea begin? When does that idea become art? Eyelids, a short film shown this year at Cannes and the Chicago International Film Festival, began in 2007 as a doodle on a post-it note. Brad Bischoff, a student at Columbia College and the co-founder of the production company, Look at Rubbish, first envisioned Eyelids as a Valentines Day poem for his girlfriend. As friends from Look at Rubbish got involved the project grew to include a children’s book and eventually the short film. The result of this collaborative process is a touching story narrated by Bischoff’s grandfather and filmed on black and white 16mm film.

Eyelids is a tender story about a boy who wishes to live on the eyelids of a girl he likes. From this intimate vantage point he will watch her life unfold: holding open tired eyes, wiping away tears, and painting peaceful dreams at night. While watching the film last week at the Chicago International Film Festival I was taken by its unabashed kindness. Here is a straightforward, albeit extraordinary, tale of love and devotion with not a whiff of cynicism. What a pleasant surprise.

Read the rest and watch the film at rednoW.com.