Alright, in modified form. The old meets the knew in this short - an edgy modern voyeur theme (actually, that is probably true to what was implicit in the original noir movies) captured in skillful black and white and ironically set to the Kinks (used recently in a far lighter movie, Rushmore).
The writing is interesting, the performances angsty enough without disintegrating into student-film-torture-suffering, and the locations impressive (the makers either had a real budget or managed to shoot in subways and over-looking tall buildings without permissions). The only sticking point (slightly jumpy editing - I saw it on 16mm at a student festival) will easily be overcome in the inevitable transfer to video. It's nice to see some of the kids are still shooting on 16...
Something I noticed: What is the protagonist carrying around in that strange package - it isn't a briefcase...