Beach, kids, feeble-minded There are short films, the plots of which describe the first sexual experience of a child. After all, we all know that adolescence is marked by self-discovery, sudden actions and an ever-increasing hormone tower somewhere inside, which sometimes smokes from base desires.
Tom Garber didn’t try to bring this subtle subject to the level that is often found in author’s films – when you are ready to forgive the director any pranks and perversions, if it carries any meaning, or beauty, or emotion, or all of it. “Crabs in the Sand” is generally tolerable, some shots are good in their production. And if they ask me what this tape is about, I can answer. What do I say? The first sexual experience of the child.
But the plot, consisting of exactly one action, causes persistent bewilderment, as if the director wanted to immerse us in understatement or just shock, rather than tell an interesting case. Yes, you can appeal to concepts such as “art house”, “personal look” and others, but such a seed could be developed much more interesting, exciting, more sensual. Garber thought the pretentious silence in the last few minutes would speak for itself. It didn't say anything new. Except one. Except what?
That's right: we were just witnessing a child's first sexual experience.
The end. Think what you want.
2 out of 10