Handshake

Directed by Patrick Smith · 2004

An innocent handshake between two people turns into a tangled, consuming struggle, a visual metaphor for a love affair.

A wordless, visceral metaphor for love as consumption, said to have inspired the horror film Together.

In this animated film, an innocent greeting between two people is quickly transformed into a tangled struggle, illustrating the twists and turns of a love affair. Relationships are visceral attachments, often leading to

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