Martin Scorsese directed the big shave at the start of his career in 1967. It is a very simple short film, that includes no dialogue, and the whole film is taken place in the bathroom.
The film is of a man who is shaving his facial hair, but then applies more shaving cream and carries on shaving until he has cut his whole face. The concept behind the short is that its representing the Vietnamese war, in the sense that it is pointless what he is doing and there is no need for it, and the self destruction of the mans face, represents the self destruction of the country. Also people don’t understand really why he is doing it.
The Bathroom appears to be very white and clinical, and he has just made a mess of it by getting blood everywhere, like the war.
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