Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man - Neatorama

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Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man is the best short film I've ever seen. It's simply outstanding storytelling. Brandon McCormick took L. Frank Baum's backstory for the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz and told it in twenty-three minutes of film. The Tin Man was once a young man of flesh and blood, in love with a young maiden, until he lost both his humanity and his love.

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So when he gets his heart back he becomes incredibly depressed at what he lost? A great idea and well done, but I prefer the idea he started off as a tin man and gained something.

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Beautiful.

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Stuart: This has ALWAYS been the back story of poor Nick Chopper....

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that was so touching and so beautiful, sadly sweet.

Thank you

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@Bryan Irrera: Now I do look daft, I had no idea! (Obviously) I've never read the books, thank you for the insight.

I just looked him up on wiki and it really is a lot more complicated than I imagined. He finds his lost love and finds her married to old bits of him but at least he becomes an emperor.

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Woo! I like it!

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Well done, but a terrible backstory to the character. I'm with you Stuart.

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Stuart & FranklinBluth22: Blame Frank Baum if you don't like parts of the story he wrote. :D

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Loved it. Really enjoyed the sets and costumes. Well done and I think we'll probably be seeing more of this Brandon McCormick in the future. He's very talented.

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I just read the Wizard of Oz for the first time this winter. The tin man surprised- I also never knew his story.

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That's quite a package you got there, Threepio.

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I think you should make one for the lion and one for the scarecrow, that would be awesome:)

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