* Director: Jane McGee
* Length: 15 minutes, 8 seconds
“The Optician” is about a nervous eye doctor, John, who’s in love with his assistant, Barbara. He spends most of his time inside his own head, reasoning with himself about why he should tell her how he feels, but never does. As it happens, he comes across a pair of glasses that magically allow him to see 10 seconds into the future whenever he wears them. He uses his newfound tool to aid him in asking Barbara out, and hopefully make himself happy.
This is a wonderful film that would be great to be seen as a feature, as long as it were done by writer/director Jane McGee. She appears to have a sense of emotion and wit that isn’t exactly easy to come by these days, much less combined. If subject matter of this variety were in lesser hands, I’m sure it wouldn’t amount to so much. There’s an elegance about it that’s endearing, and makes you curious to know what more she has to offer.
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